OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AUSTRALIAOxford New YorkAthens Auckland Bangkok BombayCalcutta C. Cape Town Dares Salaam DelhiFlorence Hong Kong Istanbul KarachiKuala Lumpur Madras Madrid MelbourneMexico City Nairobi Pans Port MoresbySingapore Taipei Tokyo Torontoand associated companies inBerlin IbadanOXFORD is a trade mark of Oxford University PrciS Wendy Sahanaya, Jeremy Lindeek 1997First published 1997This book is copyright Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, researeh, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmuted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo copying, recording or otherwise without prior written permission Enquiries to be made to Oxford University PrewCopying for educational purposesWhere copies of part or the whole of the book are made under Part VB of the Copyright Act, the law requires that prescribed procedures be followed For information, contact the Copyright Agency LimitedNational Library of AustraliaCataloguing in Publication dataSahanaya, Wendy, 1940-IELTS preparation and practice listening and speakingISBN 019 554095 61 English language - Examinations 2 International English Language Testing System 3 English language - Examinations, questions, etc 1 Lindeek, Jeremy, 1961- II Title III Title International English Language Testing System preparation and practice (Series IELTS preparation and practice)428Edited by Eliza CollinsIllustrated byjuli KentText designed by Rob Cowpe DesignCover design by Rob Cowpe DesignTypeset by Banshee GraphicsPrinted through Bookpac Production Services, SingaporePublished by Oxford University Press,253 Normanby Road, South Melbourne, AustraliaContentsPreface How to use this bookPart 1 The Listening testAbout the Listening test X 1Section 1 7Section 217Section 322Section 425Listening exercise 1 Names, numbers, places29Listening exercise 2 Whos speaking? 31Listening exercise 3 Study strategies ?34Practice Listening tests 36Parf 2 The Speaking testWhat to expectPhase 2 About yourselfPhase 3 Asking questionsPhase 4 Wider issuesPractice interviews .5354586164TranscriptsAppendix Answer KeyListening answer sheetSpeaking test sheetAcknowledgments6793979899PrefaceHow To Use This BookIn this pr.ictice hook you will work your way through a Practice Listening testfrom beginning to end You will need to work with the book and the audiocassette togetherWhen you see the words START YOUR TAPE NOW in the book, youshould start the cassette tape and follow the instructions given in both thebook and on the tape You must start your cassette tape at this point in orderto do the exercises that followWhen you hear and see the words STOP YOUR TAPE you should stop thecassette tape and work through the explanations and exercises in the bookuntil you see START YOUR TAPE NOW againThe first part of the book works through a Practice test, section by section,following the structure of a typical IELTS Listening test The structure of eachsection is discussed and the type of questions demonstrated Strategies are sug-gested for dealing with the various question types as well as for the Listeningtest in general The recording for this is on Cassette 1 Side ASTART YOUR TAPE NOWListen to the instructions that appear on the front of the Listening tttbookletWhen you hear the words now turn to Section one on page two of your ques-tion bookletSTOP YOUR TAPEDO NOT REWIND YOUR TAPEAbout The Listening TestAll candidates talcing the IELTS Test do the same type of Listening test, butthe version differs according to the test date.The Listening test takes about 30 minutes, with 10 minutes allocated foryou to transfer your answers from the question booklet to the answer sheet.The test is in four sections. Each section is more difficult than the onebefore. Sections one and twosocial situationsare about everyday events,such as conversations about accommodation or shopping, or short talks givingpractical information for daily living. Sections three and four-course-relatedsituationsare about the typical situations students face in their courses ofstudy, such as discussions with tutors or administrators and short, introductorycourse lectures.The Day of the TestOn the day of the test you will do the Listening section first. The examiner will: give you an answer sheet for the Listening and the Reading tests (seeexample on page 97) read you the general instructions for the whole test give you your IELTS Listening test booklet.The Test Format The test is recorded on a cassette tape. You hear the tape once only. First, the voice on the cassette tape reads the instructions on the front of the question booklet.