Basic standards of IELTS listening score

Basic standards of IELTS listening score

IELTS is divided into two categories: academic and training, which are aimed at students who apply for studying abroad and those who plan to work or immigrate in English-speaking countries. The following are the basic standards of IELTS listening scores that I have compiled. I hope you can read it carefully!

1. Each question in the listening module is worth one point.

Detailed explanation: IELTS listening is divided into four parts, and the content of each part is different. The first two groups of questions involve social topics, while the last two groups involve education or training topics.

From the content alone, the latter two parts are slightly more difficult than before. Even so, our grading standard is that the scores of each question are completely equal, and there is no unequal distribution of the scores.

But in many cases, the difficulty of IELTS listening depends not only on the content, but also on the distribution of questions. It is particularly worth mentioning that this year's most frequent matching questions, including map matching, are so fast that many students can't stand it.

Therefore, according to this reality and scoring rules, we suggest that students make a reasonable and targeted review plan based on questions and scenarios according to their current real listening level and the gap with the target score.

2. Questions that require alphanumeric answers

If the answer is English letters or numbers, you can only fill in the required number of letters or numbers. For example, an answer is to fill in English letters or numbers, only one can be filled in; If you provided more than one letter or number, the answer is wrong.

This is mainly reflected in the choice of collocation questions. For example, its title is 23-25, and three of the seven questions are selected. Are all three answers written on the blank lines of questions 23-25, such as 23 ABC, 24 ABC and 25 ABC?

This answer is also negative!

Because no matter what order you fill in the answers, whether in the order you hear the options or in the alphabetical order of A-Z, there is no problem, but only one letter must be written in each blank line!

Regarding this article, the author suggests that candidates carefully check the question numbers on the test paper and answer sheet to avoid cross-questions!

The answer can be written in uppercase or lowercase.

Detailed explanation: This point has been verified by the statement given by BC examiner (that is, British Council in China), and case will not be deducted from IELTS listening test.

It is worth mentioning that even if the blank answer is "Tokyo", if our candidates write "Tokyo" in a combination of uppercase and lowercase, there is no penalty. Of course, the author still believes that as China students who have the strength and enough time to check, we still suggest that candidates should carry forward the spirit of taking case problems seriously in English learning from an early age and at least have a correct understanding. For example, proper nouns, names, place names and a series of rules about capitalization that we have mastered, summarized and summarized on the road of learning English, because there are still some requirements in our IELTS writing test!

The words in brackets are optional-they are correct, but they are not necessary.

Detailed explanation: about pronouns (it); A series of words, such as time symbol (am, pm), definite article (the), preposition (in) and their conjunctions, are often bracketed words in the answers at the end of the book. The examiner's statement is correct but not necessary.

According to our interpretation, you can write appropriately if you meet the word limit.

Generally speaking, since it is unnecessary, the author suggests not to write it. Because if you misspell or write the words in brackets, it may have the opposite effect of gilding the lily.

5. Alternative answers are separated by slashes (/)

Detailed explanation: Alternative answers can be separated by slashes (/), but we advise candidates not to make such an attempt.

Because the alternative answer is to let the examiner choose the right word, but the scoring standard of each examiner may be different. So try to show the only answer!

And according to the official BC statement, the main score is absolutely what you heard, that is, try to fill in the original words as much as possible.

If you are asked to write an answer with a certain number of words and or numbers, if you exceed this number, you will be deducted.

Detailed explanation: If the answer stipulates that several words and/or one (or more) numbers must be used, points will be deducted for using more than the specified number of words. For example, the question stipulates that your answer cannot exceed three words. The correct answer is "black leather". If your answer is "black leather", you are wrong.

This article is mainly reflected in the fill-in-the-blank questions, and there will be a word limit for general questions. For example, the answer is a word and/or a number. Can the answer to the question space be written in a two-week format? The answer is: of course not!

How should I write the answer? You should change it to 2 weeks! Therefore, it is suggested that anyone who can write Arabic numerals should not write words.

7. In the questions that ask you to fill in the blanks, you should only write the necessary missing words on the answer sheet.

Detailed explanation: If it is a filling question, just write the correct answer on the answer sheet. For example, if you want to fill in "in _ _ _ _", the correct answer should be "in the morning". If you write "in the morning", you will get the wrong answer.

The examiner has given such a definite information, and you must never repeat the question. For example, the topic is the number of years, the number of words is one word at a time, and the final answer is 2 years. Is it okay? Of course this is wrong! You should also only write a number 2, which is a sign of not repeating dry words.

8. All answers must be spelled correctly (including the words in brackets).

Detailed explanation: All answers must be spelled correctly (including the words in brackets), which all candidates must pay attention to, especially in the process of preparing for the exam, you must fully grasp the correct spelling of words, even if it is single or plural, and carefully grasp whether you have heard it.

Usually, you should do proper spelling exercises, otherwise it is not worth losing a lot of points. This point, in IELTS writing, is also particularly important, sometimes spelling mistakes will make expression meaningless.

9. American and British spellings are acceptable

Detailed explanation: American or British spelling can be used.

In many modern English tests, examiners accept students from various countries and their products from different English teaching backgrounds, so any format is acceptable for spelling. Moreover, in the IELTS listening test, it is acceptable to mix British and American spellings.

But we still suggest that students use the same spelling method-that is, whether English is English or not-and try not to cross, and our students can pay more attention to the differences between the two spelling methods in their usual practice! Because this is more important in IELTS writing.

10. All standard substitutes for numbers, dates and currencies are acceptable.

Detailed explanation: all standard alternative symbols for numbers, dates, currencies, etc. Is acceptable. For example, ten is written as 10, ￡ = pound and so on.

Candidates are advised to simplify the writing format of answers as much as possible, because spelling mistakes will be deducted, and it is easier to use Roman numerals directly instead of struggling with how to spell numbers.

1 1. All standard abbreviations are acceptable.

Detailed explanation: what is said here is standard abbreviation, and nonstandard abbreviation is wrong. For example, the abbreviation of September, if written as Sep, has no score. Because its correct abbreviation is separate.

Therefore, we encourage everyone to try not to abbreviate when there is no difficulty in spelling words.

Only when you are not particularly sure how to spell a word can you master it clearly by using this article, such as using standard abbreviations for twelve months.

12. You can find additional notes about each answer in the answer.

Detailed explanation: The Cambridge series of books gives some explanations for the answers to some questions, and encourages students to read all the suggestive contents in the Cambridge series of books carefully, so as to better understand the thinking of IELTS examiners and review the exam preparation more pertinently!

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