IELTS Listening Part 4: Stop Losing Easy Marks and Increase Your Score — Transcript

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1. 0:00Welcome to the finale of our four-part
2. 0:02IELTS Listening Complete Guide. In part
3. 0:04one, we did a listening overview, a deep
4. 0:07dive into section one, which is a
5. 0:09discussion between two people, and we
6. 0:12looked at question type one, form
7. 0:14completion,
8. 0:15and question type two, multiple choice.
9. 0:18In part two, we covered section two, a
10. 0:20monologue by a single speaker, and
11. 0:23looked at the short answer question
12. 0:24type. In part three, we went over
13. 0:27section three, which is a conversation
14. 0:29between two to three people in an
15. 0:31educational context, and looked at the
16. 0:33matching and sentence completion
17. 0:35question types. If you missed parts one,
18. 0:38two, or three, click the link in the
19. 0:40description to watch them first. Today,
20. 0:43we're going over section four, which is
21. 0:45one person speaking about an academic
22. 0:47topic. This could be a lecture on
23. 0:50architecture or biology, or a few other
24. 0:52things. We're also going to look at our
25. 0:54final question type, plan, map, and
26. 0:58diagram labeling. If you haven't
27. 1:00already, be sure to download the free
28. 1:02answer booklet from the description so
29. 1:04you can work along with the video. While
30. 1:06you wait for it to download, like and
31. 1:08subscribe so you don't miss our future
32. 1:10videos. In question type six, plan, map,
33. 1:14and diagram labeling, you'll listen to a
34. 1:16description while looking at a visual.
35. 1:19The numbers usually follow a sequence,
36. 1:21like moving left to right. You'll listen
37. 1:24for spatial relationships, like above or
38. 1:27next to. Remember, as the test
39. 1:29progresses, the vocabulary becomes more
40. 1:32academic. So, this section will have the
41. 1:35most difficult language.
42. 1:37Let's look at how to approach this
43. 1:38question type. The spatial distractor
44. 1:41maps and diagrams test your ability to
45. 1:44follow directions and identify relative
46. 1:47positions. In this question type, the
47. 1:50speaker will guide you past several
48. 1:52landmarks before reaching the target.
49. 1:55Don't get lost because you didn't
50. 1:56identify the starting point. It's
51. 1:59usually marked with an X or you are
52. 2:01here. The solution here is to use your
53. 2:04pencil to trace the path on the paper as
54. 2:07the speaker talks. Watch out for
55. 2:10instructions like turn back or actually
56. 2:13go back towards the gate instead of past
57. 2:15the library. Let's look at a quick
58. 2:17example.
59. 2:19Go past the trees, but don't go as far
60. 2:22as the river. The bench is just opposite
61. 2:25the cafe. There, trees and river are
62. 2:29both distractors. Let's look at a few
63. 2:31more examples. So, you might see a plan
64. 2:34that looks like this.
65. 2:36This one is from the computer-delivered
66. 2:38test. So, in this case, you would write
67. 2:41directly into the gaps on the screen.
68. 2:43Or, you might see a map that looks like
69. 2:45this.
70. 2:46They look pretty similar on the
71. 2:48paper-based test as well. But, we're
72. 2:50going to do a diagram that looks like
73. 2:52this.
74. 2:53You're going to listen to a description
75. 2:55using a visual representation.
76. 2:58Notice how the diagram is numbered left
77. 3:00to right, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30.
78. 3:07The description will follow this
79. 3:08sequence, so you'll be moving from left
80. 3:11to right.
81. 3:12Make sure you always pay attention to
82. 3:15the order of the numbers. Remember,
83. 3:17you'll be listening for spatial
84. 3:19relationships like above or next, or
85. 3:23directions like straight or turn left.
86. 3:26Usually, you'll select the answers from
87. 3:29a list, A, B, C, D, E. Sometimes, you
88. 3:33need to listen and write a word or words
89. 3:36and/or a number directly into the gap.
90. 3:39And that's what we're going to do in
91. 3:40this one. Of course, you need to read
92. 3:43the instructions before you begin.
93. 3:45In this one, we're going to write no
94. 3:47more than two words for each answer.
95. 3:51Practice really is helpful for this part
96. 3:53of the test. Okay, it's time for the
97. 3:56labeling questions. If you haven't
98. 3:58already downloaded the answer booklet, I
99. 4:00recommend you do that now. The link is
100. 4:02in the description. You have 10 seconds
101. 4:05to analyze this diagram before the audio
102. 4:08begins. We'll put the timer on now.
103. 4:22The ocean is never still. Whether we
104. 4:24observe it from the shore or a boat, we
105. 4:27expect to see waves all the way to the
106. 4:30horizon.
107. 4:31Today, I'm going to talk to you about
108. 4:34the characteristics of waves.
109. 4:37Waves that you see on the ocean surface
110. 4:39are not actually formed by local winds,
111. 4:42but instead are formed by winds from
112. 4:45distant storms.
113. 4:47These waves that arrive from distant
114. 4:49sources are known as swell.
115. 4:52Far out at sea, long before the swell
116. 4:55reaches the shore, there is an upper
117. 4:57layer of air that sinks downwards that
118. 5:00actually pushes the water upwards.
119. 5:03Inside the swell, there is a movement of
120. 5:05energy. A circular orbit begins to form
121. 5:09within the wave, moving energy around
122. 5:11and around as it travels towards the
123. 5:13shore.
124. 5:14On top of this movement of energy is
125. 5:17what's called the swell crest.
126. 5:20It's the highest point of the swell out
127. 5:22at sea.
128. 5:23And in between two of these is the
129. 5:25lowest point, which is called a trough.
130. 5:28If you're on a boat at sea, the boat
131. 5:30will rise and fall with the movement of
132. 5:33the swell.
133. 5:34Now,
134. 5:35as the swell nears the shore, it begins
135. 5:37to form a wave.
136. 5:39Here, it actually begins to make contact
137. 5:42with the seafloor, and the energy that I
138. 5:44mentioned before begins to change its
139. 5:47shape. It is no longer circular, but
140. 5:50elliptical. And this is the result of
141. 5:53friction as the wave drags along the
142. 5:55sandy bottom. As it hits the bank of
143. 5:58sand near the seashore, the wave gains
144. 6:01in height and breaks.
145. 6:03That's why the crescendo of a wave is
146. 6:05often called a breaker. The wave
147. 6:08collapsing on the shore is called a
148. 6:10swash, and the return of the water back
149. 6:13into the ocean as a result of the slope
150. 6:15of the beach is called backwash.
151. 6:18Not to be confused with a rip, as we
152. 6:21will discuss in our next lecture.
153. 6:24So, this is the process of swell turning
154. 6:27into waves.
155. 6:34How's that? The vocabulary is getting
156. 6:36pretty technical now, so if you
157. 6:38struggled, keep practicing. Let's take a
158. 6:41look at the answers. Number 26 says,
159. 6:44"Inside the swell, there is a movement
160. 6:47of energy." But, we can only write two
161. 6:50words, so it can't be that phrase. The
162. 6:53next sentence says, "A circular orbit
163. 6:56begins to form."
164. 6:58The answer is circular orbit. Number 27
165. 7:01is swell blank.
166. 7:03It feels like it could be swell energy,
167. 7:06swell crest, swell highest, or swell
168. 7:09point. But, the answer is swell crest.
169. 7:13Number 28, is it swell point? No,
170. 7:17because it says the lowest swell point
171. 7:19is called a swell trough.
172. 7:22This spelling is really tough. Trough, t
173. 7:26r o u g h. That's definitely a hard word
174. 7:30to spell, but remember, spelling counts.
175. 7:34Number 29 says, "Waves becomes
176. 7:36elliptical due to what?"
177. 7:40It can't be seafloor. The energy doesn't
178. 7:43quite sound right, either.
179. 7:45Is it shape? No.
180. 7:48Circular doesn't work grammatically.
181. 7:50Friction is a nice word. It says, "But
182. 7:54elliptical, and this is the result of
183. 7:57friction." Notice how due to and the
184. 8:00result of are synonymous phrases. So,
185. 8:04there's the answer. Friction.
186. 8:07Drags and sandy bottom are also
187. 8:10incorrect. Okay, number 30. Don't miss
188. 8:14little questions like this just because
189. 8:16they're a bit more hidden.
190. 8:17Swash. Is it slope? No.
191. 8:22It's not a rip, that's a distractor.
192. 8:24It's backwash. It says, "As a result of
193. 8:28the slope of the beach, it's called
194. 8:31backwash."
195. 8:32If you wrote one word or two words,
196. 8:35backwash or back wash, it would still be
197. 8:38considered correct.
198. 8:41So, how did you do?
199. 8:43At the end of the paper-based exam, you
200. 8:45would then have 10 minutes to transfer
201. 8:48your answers to the answer sheet.
202. 8:51Let's check our answers, bearing in mind
203. 8:53that we only did 30 questions, not 40,
204. 8:56like in the actual exam. This is what
205. 8:58your answer sheet should look like. You
206. 9:00can pause the video here and compare
207. 9:02your answers if you need to.
208. 9:04Also note that, for example, number
209. 9:07seven, I've listed several different
210. 9:09answers that would all be considered
211. 9:11correct. You just need one of them.
212. 9:14So, how did you do?
213. 9:16Please let me know your score in the
214. 9:17comments below. I'd love to know what
215. 9:19you got, and while you're there, click
216. 9:22the subscribe button. At the very
217. 9:24beginning of this video series, I said
218. 9:26I'd tell you whether or not you can use
219. 9:27capital letters on the answer sheet. And
220. 9:30the answer to that question is yes, you
221. 9:33can.
222. 9:34You may have even noticed on my answer
223. 9:36sheet, it's all written in capital
224. 9:38letters. I actually recommend that you
225. 9:41do. It's just easier, clearer, and you
226. 9:45won't be penalized if you accidentally
227. 9:47forget to capitalize names or proper
228. 9:49nouns. It's a bit of a cheat if you
229. 9:51struggle with that. You now have the
230. 9:53full strategy for 2026 success.
231. 9:57Don't forget to download the answer
232. 9:58booklet in the description to check your
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234. 10:03free for additional practice.
235. 10:06I'm Bailey and I'll see you in the next
236. 10:07video.