‫So far in this course, we have covered Eilts writing and speaking, that's half of the full Eilts test,
‫but now it's time for us to jump straight into Section five.
‫Please do keep up your hard work in this course.
‫And now we're going to be understanding exactly what the adults are listening test is.
‫So will understand the key information of what makes up the listening test.
‫We're going to learn about the four sections of the Eilts listening test.
‫So much like ILT speaking where there's three parts in Eilts listening.
‫We have four parts or four sections and we'll be talking about that in this letter.
‫So before we get into the finer details of the Eilts listening test, here is a quick description that
‫Eilts listening test assesses your listening skills in understanding topics and factual information
‫that you hear in the conversations from the test, as well as testing you on recognizing opinions or
‫attitudes of the people speaking.
‫In short, the ALT'S listening test is used to test your everyday listening skills, as well as your
‫academic listening skills, as the language used in everyday English is different to the language used
‫in universities and other academic institutes.
‫Now, there is a reason that the Eilts listening test will be testing your everyday English and your
‫academic English.
‫And that's because Alt's wants to test that.
‫You will be okay in your day to day life as well as in university, or if you go to any sort of academic
‫institute.
‫So there is a quick description for you.
‫Now let's take a look at the finer details of what makes up this section of the test.
‫Firstly, the test will last 30 minutes, that's how long you will be listening to the audio and writing
‫down your answers for after that, you have 10 minutes to transfer your answers into the answer sheet.
‫As I previously said, there are four sections to the test.
‫In total, there are 40 questions.
‫So that means there are 10 questions in each section.
‫There is one mark for each correct answer.
‫So as I'm sure you can work out in the aisles listening tests, there are 40 marks total.
‫You will only hear the audio once for each section.
‫That means that there will be no repeats at any point in the alts listening test.
‫Now, I'm sure that information may worry a few of you, but there's no need to worry.
‫As you can mark your answers down whilst you are listening and you need to believe in yourself and have
‫some confidence.
‫So that is the key information for the listening test in total, 40 minutes, 40 questions and 40 marks.
‫Now, let's move on to a quick description of what each section in the Eilts listening test is.
‫So in Section one, you will have a conversation between two people, and this is more like a social
‫conversation that you may hear, for example, in the street where you live.
‫The language will be more relaxed and chatty, and it could be on a range of topics from organising
‫a night out to meeting with friends.
‫In Section two of the listening test, you will hear a monologue, a monologue is only one person speaking.
‫This could be on a variety of topics, such as a speech given or a talk at a local town hall in Section
‫three.
‫There will be between two to four people discussing university or other academic topics.
‫It may be that they're arranging to practice and study something together or something along the lines
‫of studying.
‫In the final section, you will hear another monologue, which, as I'm sure you'll remember, is one
‫person speaking.
‫This will usually be around something to do with a university or academic lecturer.
‫As I was saying previously in this lesson, that listening test aims to assess your social and academic
‫listening skills.
‫And you can clearly see Section one and two are social topics, whereas Section three and four are more
‫academic.
‫Now let's look at some other overview points for the listening sections.
‫So you will listen to the audio and then be asked 10 questions for each section.
‫But you will be able to see these questions whilst listening that adults listening test does get progressively
‫more difficult from the first to the last question.
‫It's probably important that you're aware of this so that you don't lose confidence if you can't quite
‫get the answers later in the listening test, although I'm sure with practice you can do this.
‫So quite simply, there we have it.
‫You'll be listening to four different pieces of audio.
‫You'll be asked 40 questions and you have 40 minutes to fill out and complete your answers.
‫In some respects, the listening test is a little bit less complicated than the other sections.
‫All you really need to do in preparation is to practice as many listening tests as you can, because
‫in my opinion, learning the exam and the test style will help you massively for the listening section.
‫So there you have your overview of the ALT'S listening test.
‫If you have any questions, don't forget to message me.
‫Next up will be learning how you are scored.
‫I'll see you in the next lesson.