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An overview of the IELTS Listening Test; with discussion

An overview of the IELTS Listening test

The IELTS listening test is a 40-minute test and the band score for this test is 9. It is divided into two segments.

Types of recordings:

All the recordings are either a monologue (one speaker), dialogue (2 speakers), or conversation/ discussion (3 or more speakers).

Recordings in Part 1 and Part 2 are based on themes of social/ general needs or interests. It means that you should expect recordings of people talking about opening an account, admission, hiring a thing or a person, booking something, guided tours, and so on.

Part 1 is a dialogue whereas Part 2 is a monologue.

Recordings in Part 3 and Part 4 focus on education or training matters. It means that you should expect recordings of discussions between students and teachers, about an invention, theory, discovery, survey, and other related topics.

Part 3 is generally a conversation concerning 2 or 3 main speakers while Part 4 is again a monologue on an educational issue.

Types of questions:

In the IELTS Listening test, a set of questions is selected from the following types.

Key features of the Listening Test:

How the test is marked:

It is a test designed by Cambridge University, and conducted by The British Council, and IDP Australia. So, it’s a guarantee that the Listening test is marked by registered markers, who are repeatedly supervised to make sure their consistency. When they finish marking, all the answer sheets are additionally examined by Cambridge Assessment English. This is the reason why IELTS is so popular around the world. We can depend on it.

How the band score is converted:

Candidates of the IELTS Listening Test get a score on a band score ranging from 0-9. The 40 questions carry one mark each. There are whole bands and half bands according to the score of 40 marks.

The following table of scoring can be helpful for a better understanding of the scoring.

Listening band score

out of 9

Listening exam marks

out of 40

9

39-40

8.5

37-38

8

35-36

7.5

32-34

7

30-31

6.5

26-29

6

23-25

5.5

18-22

5

16-17

4.5

13-15

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