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International English Language Test System

Section 2 Listening Lesson 5 Strategies for listening ③

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About this lesson

01
Strategies ③
02
Guided Practice
03
After-class Reading

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 PART ONE
Strategies ③
Class time: ≤ 15 minutes

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Strategies ③
3 minutes

Strategy 1: Paraphrasing

Now you have practised predicting and concentrating in the Listening component. There's
another important strategy you need to master—Paraphrasing.

First of all, finish an exercise before moving on to the next page. Teacher should read the
transcript to the student, and student should fill up the gaps.

Transcript:
Well, let me give you some of the basic
information first. In regard to opening hours,
we're open every day of the week from 9:00
am to 8:00 pm except on Mondays when we
close at 1:30 pm. And, in fact the only day in
the year when we're closed is on the 25th of
December. You can book a guided tour for
your school group any time that we're open.

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Strategies ③
2 minutes

Answer keys:
11. 1:30 12. 25 December/December 25th/Christmas Day

In the original text, it is read that "the only day in the year when we're closed is on the 25th
of December". The answer to Question 12 can be either 25 December, December 25th, or
Christmas Day. "Christmas Day" is another way to express "the 25th of December". Such is
"paraphrasing".

Paraphrasing is especially useful when you are required to write "no more than N words"
for the answers of form or sentence completion.

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Strategies ③
5 minutes

Strategy 1: Paraphrasing

Paraphrase: to express what is said or written using different words, especially in order to make it
easier to understand.

 Always look out for synonyms.

 Understanding paraphrasing and different synonyms is about building your vocabulary.

 Remember that you cannot and do not have to know everything. However, you do need to
know enough to be able to work out the meanings of words and phrases.

 The more you are comfortable with the words that you know, the more it will be easier to
understand and analyse new words. So even repeating listening what you have heard before
will help to build up your vocabulary range.

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Strategies ③
5 minutes

Strategy 1: Paraphrasing

 Speaking and reading will also help build your vocabulary range.

 It is easy to become obsessed with learning individual words and to forget about their
meaning.

 When possible, limit yourself to learning about five to ten words a day. You will then probably
pick up a lot more!

 When working out words and phrases you don't know, use the information in the question and
the recording to predict meaning and any answer.

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 PART TWO
Guided Practice
Class time: ≤ 10 minutes

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Vocabulary
3 minutes

These are the words you need in the practice.

introductory *ˌɪntrəˈdʌktəri] adj. 介绍的

relationship [rɪˈleʃənˌʃɪp] n. 关系
branch [bræntʃ] n. 分支
planet *ˈplænɪt] n. 行星
natural *ˈnætʃrəl] adj. 自然的
interact *ˌɪntɚˈækt] v. 相互作用；互动
location [loʊˈkeɪʃn] n. 位置

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Guided practice
Now listen to the recording and complete the answers. 4 minutes
SECTION 4 Questions 31–40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Geography
Studying geography helps us to understand:

 the effects of different processes on the 31__________ of the Earth

 the dynamic between 32__________ and population

Now listen to the recording and apply the Two main branches of study:
strategies as stated above. The answers
are on the next page.  physical features

http://www.acadsoc.com.cn/IES/Aplayer.aspx
 human lifestyles and their 33__________
?code=42568E8D0E91A747 (3’13”)
Specific study areas: biophysical, topographic, political, social, economic,
historical and 34__________ geography, and also cartography

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Guided practice
3 minutes

Answer keys:
31 surface
32 environment
33 impact(s)/effect(s)
34 urban

The transcript is in the after-class reading part.

Check-up
How well have you done this section? In a real IELTS test,
don't forget to transfer your answers to the answer sheet!

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 PART THREE
After-class Reading

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Transcript

So, welcome to your introductory geography lecture. We’ll begin with some basics. Firstly what do we learn by studying
geography?

Well, we learn a great deal about all the processes that have affected and that continue to affect the earth's (31) surface. But
we learn far more than that, because studying geography also informs us about the different kinds of relationships that
develop between a particular (32) environment and the people that live there.

Okay. We like to think of geography as having two main branches. There's the study of the nature of our planet - its physical
features, what it actually looks like - and then there's the study of the ways in which we choose to live and of the (33) impact of
those on our planet. Our current use of carbon fuels is a good example of that.

But there are more specific study areas to consider too, and we’ll be looking at each of these in turn throughout this semester.
These include bio-physical geography, by which I mean the study of the natural environment and all its living things. Then
there's topography - that looks at the shapes of the land and oceans. There's the study of political geography and social
geography too, of course, which is the study of communities of people. We have economic geography - in which we examine all
kinds of resources and their use - agriculture, for example. Next comes historical geography - the understanding of how people
and their environments and the ways they interact have changed over a period of time - and (34) urban geography, an aspect
I'm particularly interested in, which takes as its focus the location of cities, the services that those cities provide, and migration
of people to and from such cities. And lastly, we have cartography. That's the art and science of map-making. You'll be doing a
lot of that!

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After-class Reading
No class time allocated for this part unless upon special request.

Summary:
Till now, you have mastered these strategies for IELTS Listening:
• Skimming and scanning
• Marking and taking Notes
• Staying organized
• Predicting and checking
• Concentrating
• Paraphrasing

In the coming lessons, you are going to learn:

• Question Patterns for IELTS listening
• Techniques to tackle each question pattern

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Self-analysis checklist

 I can apply listening strategy 1 -

Paraphrasing.

 I can remember the words we

learnt in Guided Practice.
You're going to learn about question patterns & techniques in
IELTS Listening in the next lesson.

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