Listening exams can be quite scary. Will you understand what you have to do? Will you understand what the speakers say? Will you have time to write down your answers? This section will help you to prepare for all sorts of listening exams.
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This section offers you lots of advice for listening exams and tests. Listening exams can be stressful and you might feel that you can’t do very much in order to prepare for them. Read the advice here and you will find lots of ideas on how you can get better marks in listening exams. Good luck!
Use the 'Book navigation' box on the right-hand side of the page to work through this section.
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not very much
hello
My ''favorite'' exam is the listening one (lol). In the beginning I hated listening exams because I could not understand. But now it is better. I have (practically) no problems to understand the CD. :)
Hi Lunashunshine,
That's great to hear that your listening skills have improved a lot. :) How did you get better at listening? Have you got any advice to share with our users?
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Hi Jo Budden ,
I just wanted to ask you since I'm new here , where can I try the exams on British Council website , i wanted to try the exams on line .
Hi Rawrz-B,
We don't have exams for you to try on this website but we do have lots of things you can do to practise your English so that when you do an exam, you'll be able to do it well.
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Hi
I get to listen a part of a story on my last exam and to put the correct words on their place,but it was so difficult..
Firstly,because the person who was speaking was not too clear
secondly,the audio was not good... And I got 0 points in tha exercise...
What can I do in these situations??
Hi ilda,
Although your writing skill is fair enough but in aforesaid situation you might need to practice some concentration exercises. Listen to good English as much as possible. The more you listen, the more you get. Watching English movies and dramas etc. with subtitles develops listening, speaking and vocabulary skills.
That's a good tip, hashi. It's important to concentrate. It's extra important in listening exams where you can only listen once. (Was you exam like that, Ilda?)
Here's another tip. You can do this before the audio starts. Look at the gap, look at the words before and after the gap, and try to guess what the word could be. Then when you listen, you may already have an idea.
And if you don't know, you can always have a guess! That's better than leaving an answer blank.
Does anyone have any other listening tips?
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Hi hashi, i'm lost in this page. Do yo know were the exercices are?
Hi Luciana. There are no exercises in this page. If you look to the right of this page you will see the 'book navigation'. Click on Exam Listening and then choose either before you listen, while you listen or after you listen. There are many exercises in these pages. I hope that helps you!
Simon (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
i have some problems with listening skills .....bec people speak so fast ...and english is not my motherlanguage
Hey Jessi, you're right people do speak so fast but remember you don't have to hear or understand every word. The important thing is to try and understand the 'key' words and guess the meaning from these. We usually say the 'key' words a little bit louder than other words. Try listening to the 'key' words next time you watch TV or in our Video zone and Video UK section. Good luck!
Simon (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
hey when i click on listening exam opition the error occours"page Not found" what is this please help me i lwant to improve my listening skills!
Hi Ashfaq Munir, Welcome! We can help your listening skills in this section. Sorry you had an error message. Everything is working now. Can you tell us exactly what you clicked before the error message appeared. Just ask if you have any questions about listening.
Thanks
Simon (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Now that is fine SIMON WILLIAMS thanks heaps....Any advice for me to improve my listening skill day by day?,...best wishes.
Hi Ashfaq. To improve your listening it is important to listen to short recordings every day. Try to imagine the situation before you listen and try to guess what type of words or information you are going to hear. For example if you are listening to a weather report you will hear 'cities', 'weather words' and 'numbers' to describe the temperature.
Remember you don't have to hear or understand every word, if you can hear and understand the key words you will be able to understand the meaning. Key words are generally spoken a bit louder than non-important words.
Good luck. Start by watching the news for 5 minutes tonight! Or listen to the videos in Video UK and Video zone.
Simon (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Hi.Firstly i'd like to say thank you and you're doing great job as well.i wish you're my teacher!and that u suggested me above i'm trying on daily bases i hope it i'll better for me and one thing more i'm also weak in writting what will you suggest me about writting skills.....best wishes
Hi Ashfaq, We're pleased that you are trying our suggestions. To improve your writing why don't you find a short article (100-150 words) in your coursebook, newspaper or on your favourite website. Read it a few times. Then re-write it in your notebook (but don't look at the original article). When you have finished writing compare your writing with the original article. This is something you can do at home and and you can check it without a teacher!
We are going to have a new section called 'improve your writing' on this website soon. So keep your eyes open!!!
Simon (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Thank you again simon.How great tips you have.i'll try to improve and read article everyday.
well writting section wiil help us please start this section very soon...BEST WISHES
I have improved a lot my listening skills by watching american movies for teens....
Another good way is to listen english song and to learn their lyricks... It'll help you, I'm sure...
Just give it a try...
Best wishes ILDA
i have problem i dont have more words so when i listen and not be understood some words i cant under stand all Conversation
Hello osama_rock. You're right, without knowing the words it is very difficult to understand another language. Have you tried the vocabulary section on this site. lots of new words to learn and games to play there!
Simon (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
You are very helpful
thank you
Hi I'm new here and I want to improve my english knowledge i wish that it is a good place to reach my goal.
Welcome, Qadir! You'll find a lot of things to do here which will help you practise and improve your English. Have a look around! If there's something in particular you would like to see on here, post a comment and let us know.
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Can i download o save the videos inmy ipod? how?
Hi maggi,
Sorry, but you can't download our videos. You can watch them online whenever you want though.
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
New to this it looks good
hi my friends
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