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Whatever course you choose, you'll learn by watching videos, listening to audio, reading articles and taking quizzes, and then sharing your opinions, thoughts and ideas with other participants from around the world. Our team of educators will guide you through the course and answer your questions.

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Prepare for success in your IELTS Listening test

The British Council’s four Understanding IELTS courses will give you a complete guide to everything you need to know as you prepare for the IELTS test.

This course focuses on the Listening test. You’ll explore the format of the test and develop learning strategies to help you tackle the different types of tasks you’ll meet.

You’ll also look at general English listening strategies that will help you cope with the kind of complex texts on unfamiliar topics that you’ll meet in your IELTS studies.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...Explore the IELTS Listening test and learn how to improve your test performanceDevelop learning strategies to help you tackle the different types of tasks you’ll meetApply general English listening strategies that will help you deal with the kind of complex texts on unfamiliar topics that you’ll meet in your IELTS studiesDevelop confidence and feel fully prepared on the day of the test

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for anyone preparing for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test. IELTS teachers will also find it useful.

This course is part of the program Understanding IELTS, you can sign up here

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