IELTS Online Training: Five Common Listening Mistakes to Avoid



Although objective in nature, IELTS Listening could get as burdensome as IELTS Reading and Writing. Our trainers are often quizzed during IELTS online training about the Dos and Don’ts of IELTS Listening. Here are five of the key mistakes in IELTS Listening that our trainers usually discuss in their IELTS online training sessions.

Skipping instructions: Our interactions with students at Hurray have brought this light to fact: Students mostly avoid reading the finer details of instructions in IELTS Listening. For instance, one student actually interpreted this instruction: “Do Not Write More Than Three Words” as “Write at least three words”—which led him to missing a huge part of the answer!

Hence, as is evident, reading instructions is central to scoring well in the IELTS Listening Test.

Spending more time on one question: IELTS has no negative marking; you would not have to have a perfect answer to a question you do not know the answer of. Spending too long on one question could kill a large part of your test time and take away your focus. Result? You would have to regret not being able to attempt all the questions!

Ignoring spelling and grammatical errors: IELTS accounts for spellings and grammar. One wrong spelling and you will be marked wrong. Any word spelled incorrectly will be marked wrong. So is it with grammatical errors. We, at Hurray, ensure that students are given the effective strategies in sharpening their grammar and spelling skills in our online IELTS training. 

Solely concentrating on relevant keywords: Synonyms play an important role in arriving at the right answers in IELTS Listening Test. Hence, merely focusing on relevant keywords to search for answers would only prove to be a waste of time. For example: The passage may have the word selfless service, while the question statement could have its synonymous expression: altruistic. 

Lack of daily practice: Inasmuch as it involves concentration, IELTS Listening needs a lot of practice (we, at Hurray, offer a good number of practice tests as part of our online IELTS training regime.) Ensure that you have a daily schedule to see the proof of what works and what don’t, as far as your online IELTS practice goes. 

Wish to know more about preparation tips for IELTS Listening? Come, enroll with Hurray’s online IELTS training course. Alternatively, you could register for a demo class, if you wish to be a part of Hurray online training institute and access IELTS anytime, anywhere. 

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