Collins Get Ready for IELTS Listening - Pre-intermediate A2+ (Jane Short)

Unit Title Topic Exam focus Page

Introduction 4

1 Friends abroad Travel, countries and Form completion, note completion, 8 nationalities multiple-choice questions

2 Food and cooking Food, cooking, Completing notes, tables and flow 14 measures and weights charts, matching information

3 Presentations Academic subjects Completing sentences and tables, diagram 20 labelling, multiple-choice questions

Review 1 26

4 Work Types of work, Note completion, short-answer 28 workplaces questions, matching

5 On campus services University facilities Labelling maps and flow charts, short- 34 answer questions, sentence completion

6 Staying safe Crime, protection and Multiple-choice questions, short-answer 40 safety questions, table completion

Review 2 46

7 Studying, exams and Study habits Multiple-choice questions, completing 48 revision flow charts

8 Shopping and Spending habits, Completing notes, answering matching 54 spending products questions, short-answer questions

9 Hobbies, interests Interests and pastimes Completing forms and tables, multiple- 60 and sports choice questions

Review 3 66

10 Work-life balance Time management Completing notes and sentences, 68 labelling diagrams

11 Comparing cultures Food, dress, housing Matching sentences, short-answer 74 questions, multiple-choice questions

12 Exploring the oceans Natural resources, Diagram and flow chart completion, 80 ocean life note completion

Review 4 86

Practice test 88

Audio scripts 93

Answer key 118

Glossary 129

Get Ready for IELTS Listening has been written for learners with a band score of 3 or 4 who want to

achieve a higher score. Using this book will help you improve your pre-intermediate listening skills for

the IELTS Academic Listening test.

You can use Get Heady for IELTS Listening:

• as a self-study course. We recommend that you work systematically through the 12 units in order to benefit from its progressive structure. • as a supplementary listening skills course for IELTS preparation classes.The book provides enough material for approximately 50 hours of classroom activity.

Get Ready for IELTS Listening

• This comprises a book and tw o CDs.

• The book contains 12 units. Each unit focuses on a different topic and these topics are ones that often appear in the IELTS exam.

• After every three units, there is a Review unit which helps you to revise the language and skills covered in the previous units.

• At the end of the book the Practice test gives you the opportunity to take an lELTS-style test under test conditions.

• There is also a full answer key at the back of the book so you can check your answers. Here you will find suggested answers for more open-ended questions and model answers for the exam practice questions in Part 3 of the unit. • The glossary at the back of the book lists the useful words from each unit with their Cobuild dictionary definitions.

• Two audio CDs accompany the book. These contain the listening exercises. When you see this icon ^))) please play the CD. CD1 features language at a pre-intermediate level speed and CD2 features language that is a little faster. This is to help you prepare for the speed that features in the IELTS test.

Each unit starts with the Aims of the unit. They outline the key language and skills covered.

Part 1: Language development provides exercises on vocabulary related to the topic as well as key

grammar related to the IELTS Task covered in the unit. Clear structures are provided.

Part 2: Skills development provides step-by-step exercises and guidance on specific question

types that appear in the test. There are explanations and examples that show you how to approach

each question type. Useful tips are highlighted to help you develop successful test-taking

strategies.

Part 3: Exam practice provides one exam practice question for eitherTask 1 orTask 2 in a format that

follows the actual exam. You can use this to check whether or not you are ready for the test.

Finally, a …