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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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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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their full transformation.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “The ONLY IELTS Listening Strategy You Need”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: listening, student, section, test, type. Deze video bevat 147 zinnen en 2139 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 12:38. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 169 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 91% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
weakness zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈwik.nɪs/	zwakte
vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord	/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/	woordenschat, vocabulaire
spelling zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/	spelling
lecture zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/	lezing, college
incorrect bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/	incorrect
monologue zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈmɑnəˌlɔɡ/	monoloog, alleenspraak
overload werkwoord	/ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/	overladen
summarize werkwoord	/ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/	samenvatten, opsommen
recreate werkwoord	/ˈɹɛk.ɹi.eɪt/	recreëren
preferably bijwoord	/ˈpɹɛf.ɹəˌbli/	bij voorkeur
viewer zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈvju.ɚ/	kijker, toeschouwer
analyze werkwoord	/ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/	analyseren
capitalism zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/	kapitalisme
indication zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/	speciaal teken
beneficial bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/	gunstig

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
end up werkwoord	belanden, terechtkomen

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is	have been learning · they've been listening · have been asking
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	We've helped · has helped · you've never seen
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding	someone who of · students who were

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 38 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, I'm, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: indication /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/, progressively /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvli/, incorrectly /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/, capitalism /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/, monologue /ˈmɑnəˌlɔɡ/, overload /ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/, personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/, summarize /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, magically /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kli/, analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/, capitalism /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: monologue /ˈmɑnəˌlɔɡ/, progressively /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvli/

Zo oefen je met deze video

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Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als weakness, vocabulary, spelling.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Grammatica in deze video

Uitspraak om op te letten

Zo oefen je met deze video

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?