Scribd
Upload
870 views

Handout - Listening - Note Completion

This document provides information and guidance on completing note-taking tasks in the IELTS Listening exam, specifically note completion questions. It outlines an action plan for these types of questions, including reading instructions carefully, mapping main ideas, underlining keywords, predicting required information types, listening for keywords to fill in gaps, and staying calm if missing information. Sample note completion questions and activities are included to demonstrate the format and process.

Uploaded by

Sang Nguyen
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
870 views

Handout - Listening - Note Completion

This document provides information and guidance on completing note-taking tasks in the IELTS Listening exam, specifically note completion questions. It outlines an action plan for these types of questions, including reading instructions carefully, mapping main ideas, underlining keywords, predicting required information types, listening for keywords to fill in gaps, and staying calm if missing information. Sample note completion questions and activities are included to demonstrate the format and process.

Uploaded by

Sang Nguyen
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

LISTENING

NOTE COMPLETION
OBJECTIVES

By the end of this lesson, you will learn how to deal with

• Note Completion questions in IELTS Listening

A. THEORY: NOTE COMPLETION

ACTION PLAN
 Read the instructions carefully and check the word limit.

 Look at the layout of the task and use the headings/bullets to map the main ideas/sections in
your mind.

 Underline the keywords.


 Look at the gaps and predict what type of information is needed (Number? Noun? Adjective?
Time?).

 Listen for keywords/ paraphrased words and fill in the gaps.

 If you miss the flow, stay calm, move on to the next point, and wait for the speaker.

B. IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES

B.1| GUIDED PRACTICE


You are going to hear a student asking questions about the students’ union services.
Before listening

a. Read the notes and notice the word limit and the main parts of the conversation
b. Underline the key words and guess what type of words should be written in the blanks

During listening

c. Fill in the blanks. Make sure NOT to exceed the word limit

168
Listen and complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.

Students’ Union services


3 main areas:

• Give advice and information

• Organize 1 events
• Campaign for students’ rights
6 advisors: specialists in 2 and travel

Location of 24-hour helpline number: 3

B. 2| MAIN PRACTICE
Listen and complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.

Lightning Safety: Presentation Plan


Part 1: Planning for lightning

• Important to be prepared

• Go inside before it 1

Part 2: If inside

• Stay away from water, doors, windows, and telephones

• Turn off 2

Part 3: If outside

• Avoid water, trees, open spaces, and metal objects

• If the lightning comes near you, crouch down and cover your 3

Part 4: If someone gets hit

• Get help from a first aider

• Call an 4

• Don’t worry: 5 of lightning victims survive!

169
C. HOMEWORK
C. 1| GAP-FILLING

QUESTIONS 1 – 3
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND OR/ A NUMBER for each answer.

Project suggestions: pros and cons


Localised weather conditions

Problem: Not enough time for 1

Seasons

Problem: Too 2

Extreme weather conditions

Problem: Easier to 3 into different sections; more interesting.

QUESTIONS 4-7

Who will cover the following weather conditions?


Write the correct letter, A, B, C or D next to questions 4-7.

A Alex 4 blizzards
B Emma 5 floods

C Tom 6 drought
D None of them 7 cyclones

170

You might also like