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We've helped thousands of students get a band 9 in the IELTS listening test.

So in this video, I'm going to show you a simple technique

that we've used to improve the listening scores of thousands of students to a band 9.

I'm also going to give you a free IELTS course at the end of the video

that has helped thousands of students get a band 7, 8, and 9 in their IELTS test.

So as you can see, the key to improving your listening score to a band 9 is in your answers.

the same.

Section 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Section 1 will normally be two people talking.

Section 2 will be one person talking.

Section 3, there could be multiple people talking at the same time.

And section 4 is normally one person giving a lecture in an academic style, for example.

And as you go through these sections, the listening test becomes more and more difficult.

So section 1 is much difficult part.

And they will also ask you a range of different questions.

So here we have note completion, multiple choice, label and match, matching information, and sentence completion.

And there are a range of other types of questions that you might get as well in the listening test.

You also need to make sure that you're using the real official practice tests from Cambridge English.

It's really important that you only use real tests from official sources such as Cambridge English

you use fake tests this technique this strategy will not work

so the first thing you need to do is you need to get one sample test, preferably from one of these books,

and you need to do that practice test under exam conditions.

That means that you've never seen that test before and you do it within the time limit.

So you're recreating what it will be like on test day.

It's also best that you do two or three of these practice tests for this strategy.

But for the purposes of this video, I'm going to show you what it would look like if we were working with a student that just did one.

So this is a perfect band nine.

Every single question here is 100 % correct.

40 out of 40, they would get a band nine.

The key to this strategy is to identify which questions you got wrong and understand why you got those wrong.

And there are generally six different types of students that we work with, and you probably are one of those six.

So I want you to imagine that you get this question wrong, this question wrong, this one wrong, this one wrong, this one wrong,

and this one wrong, and that one wrong.

All the others are correct.

So if I was working with that student, that would be a clear indication that they have no problem with listening skills.

They have no problem with the English language because they're getting all or most of these questions correct,

but they really struggle with labeling maps and multiple choice.

Now for you that might be a completely different type of question, but for or multiple choice question, they get most of them wrong.

So for this student, what they need to work on is simply multiple choice and labeling maps.

They've identified that their key weakness is that type of question.

They learn a strategy for improving that type of question.

They practice it and they turn that into a strength.

So next time they do the test, they get all the questions correct and they get a band 9.

Now let's look at a completely different student.

but they have spelt these answers incorrectly.

So Wednesday, is a weird spelling in English.

Students often get this wrong.

Let's say they spelled opportunity with just one P instead of two Ps.

Capitalism with a K instead of a C.

This student has no problem finding the correct answer.

Their only weakness is spelling.

So if we tried to help this student with labeling maps and multiple choice, it would be a complete waste of their time.

But if we just focus on helping them improve their spelling, then they are going to improve to a band nine.

a short period of time because this technique is not just about helping you get to about nine, it's about helping you get there as quickly as possible.

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What I've done is I have taken all of the strategies from our VIP course

that we teach for IELTS Listening for every question type.

These are step -by -step strategies

that all you have to do is just follow them and it will dramatically increase your scores.

We've put them into one PDF ebook for you today.

We will not release this for very long.

If you want it, all you have to do is go into the description, click on the link, and you can download this for free.

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Next, this student gets this one wrong, this one wrong, this one wrong, this one wrong, this one wrong, this one wrong and this one wrong.

Nearly all of their wrong answers are in section three.

So if we analyze section three, what is section three about?

Section three is about listening to multiple people talk at the same time.

Often students have been learning English by just listening to one person, and that person has been speaking very slowly and clearly,

as I am doing now.

That does not you're going to have multiple people talking over each other all at the same time.

So for this student, they're just not used to this type of listening.

So to improve their score, what we need to do is give them some podcasts or TV shows or radio shows, where there's multiple people talking at the same time,

get them used to listening to that style of English, and then they're going to dramatically improve their score.

Another student might get all of these correct, but they might get this one wrong, this one wrong, this one wrong, this one wrong and this one wrong.

Now section four is a monologue.

It is normally one person speaking normally like a lecture, a university lecture, something like that.

Now that's a quite a specific type of language that is being used.

It is often using more academic type words, more high -level vocabulary, more unusual vocabulary that you're not used to hearing.

So we might have someone who of the English that they've been listening to might have been in a relaxed social setting.

But once they are listening to this more academic type English, they really struggle.

For this person, they could listen to, you know, one of the millions of university lectures on YouTube or a TED talk or something like that,

just to get them used to that type of listening.

And then you might also get a student that is getting mostly questions towards the end wrong.

So it's quite a common scenario where they get all of section one and all of section two correct, most of section three correct, and most of section four wrong.

So as they go through the test, as it is getting more difficult, they're getting more incorrect.

And this is totally normal and very, very common.

This student really needs to work on their vocabulary and their listening skills.

They just need to improve their listening a little bit more, and then they will eventually get the score that they need.

Now focusing on specific types of question or spelling is not really going to be beneficial to this student.

They could completely master all of the different types of question here

and still get a lower score than they're hoping for because strategy is not really the issue for them.

What is the issue is their listening skills and their vocabulary so they need to work on that.

Then finally you might get a student that is just getting lots of questions

But when you speak to them and ask them, "Why did you get these questions wrong?" They normally say something like, "I don't know," or, "I just lost focus." Now,

if it's the focus one, you need to work on the amount of listening practice that you're doing.

It's kind of like a muscle, you know.

If you go to the gym for the first time and you've not used that muscle, it's going to be very difficult for you.

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But if you progressively overload your muscles and you go, you know, two or three times a week for a couple of months, then it becomes much, much easier.

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A huge number of students quite rarely listen to English and then go into the listening test and like, why can't I improve my listening score?

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Then if there's just, you know,

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a lot of incorrect mentioning a lot of new words,

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unusual words that you do not understand, then you need to work on your vocabulary.

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But you won't know any of this unless you actually do this

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thing use this technique use this strategy and improve your score

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so to summarize it is very rare for a student to

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be bad at listening we work with thousands of students

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and none of the students that got a band nine came in

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and we were like you're just bad at listening you need

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to do a whole big listening course it's normally just one

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or two key areas key weaknesses that they need to work on

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and it's all just about identifying your weaknesses and then turning those weaknesses into So again,

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get real practice tests, do two or three of them.

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At the back of the book, you'll find the correct answers.

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And then you will also find the audio scripts so you can identify, you know, why did I get this question wrong?

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Why did I get this question wrong?

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And then do an analysis and think about what are your key weaknesses and attack those key weaknesses.

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So now you know exactly how to identify your listening weaknesses, whether it's specific question types like maps and multiple choice or spelling mistakes,

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section three problems or section four academic vocabulary, or just listening skills you need to work on.

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But here's the thing.

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Here's the problem.

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Knowing your weaknesses doesn't actually automatically fix them.

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Just being aware of them won't magically improve your score.

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you struggle with multiple choice questions or section four academic listening, what's the actual strategy to turn your weakness into a strength?

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I'm gonna show you two real students who were stuck at a low score,

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and I'll walk you through the exact techniques they used to fix their specific weaknesses.

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Both of them ended up getting a band nine in IELTS listening.

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You'll see the actual strategies in action and the advice that I give them on how to actually improve.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “The ONLY IELTS Listening Strategy You Need”. Las palabras que más se repiten: listening, student, section, test, type. Este vídeo tiene 147 frases y 2139 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 12:38. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 169 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 91 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
weakness sustantivo	/ˈwik.nɪs/	debilidad, flaqueza
vocabulary sustantivo	/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/	vocabulario
spelling sustantivo	/ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/	deletreo, espeleo
lecture sustantivo	/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/	aleccionamiento, lectivo
incorrect adjetivo	/ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/	incorrecto
dramatically adverbio		dramáticamente
magically adverbio	/ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kli/	mágicamente
monologue sustantivo	/ˈmɑnəˌlɔɡ/	monólogo
overload verbo	/ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/	sobrecargar
personalize verbo	/ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/	personalizar
progressively adverbio	/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvli/	progresivamente
summarize verbo	/ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/	resumir
recreate verbo	/ˈɹɛk.ɹi.eɪt/	recrearse
incorrectly adverbio	/ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/	incorrectamente
preferably adverbio	/ˈpɹɛf.ɹəˌbli/	preferiblemente

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
go through verbo	atravesar
end up verbo	terminar, ir a parar

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

Estructura	En el vídeo
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa	have been learning · they've been listening · have been asking
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	We've helped · has helped · you've never seen
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa	someone who of · students who were

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 38 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, I'm, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: indication /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/, progressively /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvli/, incorrectly /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/, capitalism /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, overload /ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/, progressively /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvli/, viewer /ˈvju.ɚ/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/, summarize /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/, analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/, capitalism /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como weakness, vocabulary, spelling.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Gramática en este vídeo

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?