IELTS Listening & Reading Learning
#IELTS 2024-01-28

Evaluation of Listening and Reading test.

Listening & Reading scoring criteria：

23 ~ 26: 6; 27 ~ 29: 6.5; 30 ~ 32: 7; 33 ~ 34: 7.5; 35 ~ 36: 8; 37 ~ 38: 8.5; 39 ~ 40: 9.

1.28

Listening(30/40) _7

part1(7/10)

  1. Nationality should be answered with a noun referring to the citizen from the country, e.g. Canadian.
  2. 250, which is the correct answer and mentioned at the beginning, = 300 - 50.
  3. "10th Sept." is seen as ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER

part2(8/10)

  1. Not mentioning "mistake" in the content and some words, such as "check the things which you not sure what to do" and "the supervisor", "explain", can be the clue to the correct answer. (Do not change the answer if you're not sure)
  2. Concentrate on the word "trainers" rather than the other clothing.

part3(9/10)

  1. Focus on the exact measure should be done, which is proposed by Rob, instead of the current measure seen as a disturbing option.

part4(6/10)

Reading(29/40) _7

1.30

Listening(27/40) _6.5

part1

  1. "2194429785", be highly sensitive to the number and write it down quickly, while I was unable to keep the pace of
  2. "October 10", While the woman said "October tenth". And had better use the identical format with the original words(My wrong answer is "10th Oct." )
  3. "knee", a part of the human body, while I wrote "nie" instead, representing a non-sense word.
  4. "tennis", which appeared before the keyword "club", gives a lesson that next time should be highly aware of all the sports words that appeared in the listening part.
  5. "vitamins", which I wrong spelled to "witements", had a clue from "medication".

part2

  1. Highly sensitive to the main subject and the events.
    1. speak to experts on the history of the castle. ❎ In the material, it is "booklets" instead of "experts".
    2. interact with actors dressed as famous characters. ❎ Focus on whether there is interaction or just seeing some models.
    3. see models of historical figures moving and talking. ✅ Identical to the material.
  2. Be aware of the clue words "Starting point" and the location such as "near", "main entrance", "walk straight" "until you get to the Southgate" and "just there".

part3

  1. The girl firstly gave 2 pieces of advice and then the boy gave one, however, at the end of the boy's words, he said that chose the girl's last advice, which was simply ignored.
  2. At first, the boy mentioned "visual", which became the clue to the wrong answer, however, the girl then denied the former opinion and said that "they need to write down all the ideas" referring to the "make detailed notes" option.

part4

  1. "comets", corresponding to the astronomy field, was wrongly spelt as "commits"
  2. "thermometer", which is an unfamiliar word, was wrongly spelt as "belometer"
  3. "storms", which was used in plural format, was wrongly used in singular one.
  4. "telegraph", which is also an unfamiliar word, is ignored without awareness.

Reading(21/40) _5.5

2.22

Listening(26/40)_6

part1

Methods: be highly conscious when the preceding content in the question comes out.
  1. "stage", closely following the preceding one, was omitted rapidly.

part2

Methods: based on the options guess the most probable content of the listening part.
  1. "all downhill" is suggested at the beginning of this part through "all of you and bikes are taken to the top of Mountain XXX". However, I chose the wrong option "only in good weather" as I heard that "if it is a clear day, you'll have a good sight", which is only advice rather than a limitation.
  2. "suitable for beginners", suggested by "even if you've never been on a horse before". I chose "swimming possible" because of the word "beach" I heard.
  3. "Visitors can dance after the meal", which is suggested by "you can watch the dance in the ballroom, and join in as well if you want". While I based "horses" and "competition" to choose the wrong answer "horse races" which was not mentioned.

part3

Reasons: little understanding of the question and listening part.
Methods: read the question's options one by one.
  1. "the author may not realize what values they're teaching", which is suggested by "What's fascinating is the writer ...". However, I chose the wrong answer which is merely a description of the question.
  2. "decide to write a story", which can be suggested by "inspire", "have a go at it", and "compete with ...". However, I merely didn't get the question clear, contributing to selecting an answer which I could hardly recall.
  3. "she intends to become an illustrator", which can be known through "I've always enjoyed drawing, so that is the field I want to go into when I finish the course". However, because of unclearness and rapidness of pronunciation, I hardly get it clear.
  4. "hard to read", which can be suggested by "struggle with" and "give up", is tough to choose.
  5. "unlikely topic", which means it does not fit its topic, can be suggested by "Hardly what you expected for a children's story".

part4

Reasons: mainly due to unclear location and tough understanding.
Methods: have a better understanding of the question and be conscious of the stressed words.
  1. "tools", whose "u:" is prolonged, was wrongly identified as "wolves".
  2. "marble", the answer to "elements made of XXX", is mentioned as "XXX elements".
  3. "cameras" is the answer to "better XXX" in the content of the question, which is mentioned through "superior XXX" in listening.
  4. "medical" is the answer to "XXX supplies", which is mentioned as "XXX goods" in the content of the listening part.
  5. "eyes" is stressed in the listening. However, this part is a bit hard to understand, involving long sentences and uncommon words.