What kind of voices is used in the IELTS Listening skill test? #AMA

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Hello Sneha, as IELTS is either conducted by British council or IDP the accent which will be used is mostly the British and the Australian. In either cases the major challenge for the candidate is to understand the names of the persons, places, etc and identifying the numbers and opinions mentioned in...
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Hello Sneha, as IELTS is either conducted by British council or IDP the accent which will be used is mostly the British and the Australian. In either cases the major challenge for the candidate is to understand the names of the persons, places, etc and identifying the numbers and opinions mentioned in the recording. read less
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In IELTS exam you will be listening to US, British, Mexican and Canadian accent. If you focus on British and American accent you will very well handle it as the other accents are derived from these two primarily.
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A variety of voices is used in the IELTS Listening test, so you might hear Australian, British, New Zealand or North American accents. You will be listening to a pre-recorded CD-ROM, and the passages that you hear will increase in difficulty as you go through the test. The first one being a basic conversation...
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A variety of voices is used in the IELTS Listening test, so you might hear Australian, British, New Zealand or North American accents. You will be listening to a pre-recorded CD-ROM, and the passages that you hear will increase in difficulty as you go through the test. The first one being a basic conversation between two people of social context , the second one will be a lecture or a monologue . The third one shall be of academic background pertaining to a conversation between 3-4 individuals and the last would be a lecture again of academic interest. read less
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Hi Sneha, All listening skill tests will be same as how you get in the exam. It will be of UK accent and few tests will be of US accent too.
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Hi, There are different types of accents used in the IELTS listening audios as there are four sections and some might have students from different regions speaking in the audio. You will be able to clear them with constant practice.
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Australian, British, New Zealand or North American
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