IELTS Listening and Speaking Sections Skills Mastery

UC Irvine brings listening and speaking into one preparation course. The modules introduce each section and then develop strategies and tips around their tasks. This is a useful pairing when you want practice with spoken English in both directions: understanding recorded information and giving an organized spoken response.

What you will learn

• Identify information needed to answer a listening task.
• Organize a spoken response around the question asked.
• Review recurring listening and speaking difficulties.

Who this suits

No previous IELTS experience is required. The course is beginner-level exam preparation, while working English listening and speaking ability remains important.

Before you enroll

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Put it into practice

Record a timed speaking response and annotate one listening exercise. Compare mistakes in comprehension, vocabulary and response organization, then choose a specific focus for the next practice session.

Source and review

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