IELTS Listening: are you 'putting in the hours'?

If you want to get a better score in IELTS listening, the most important thing is to do lots of listening practice. You need to put in the hours!

To "put in the hours" means "to do the necessary amount of hard work". But let's use this phrase more literally by considering how many practice hours you are actually doing every day or every week. Do you know how many hours you spent listening to English yesterday, or last week?

Maybe you could keep a record of the time you spend listening to English this week, and maybe you can try to increase this listening time next week. A person who listens to 10 hours of English per week is probably going to improve much faster than a person who only manages 30 minutes.

Comments

[Pachu]

OK sir. I will keep how many hours I listen everyday and eventually per week .Then I increase the listening hour next week.Thank you sir for good idea and guidance.Awesome.

[Astronomer]

Hi Simon,

I listen to podcasts, mainly BBC News, on Spotify. Additionally, I practice IELTS listening from Cambridge's Books.

Some weeks ago I got 6.5 from this section. However, I get 7-7.5 in mock tests that I do at home.

I hope that I will have the score what I desire.

[Ali Hakami]

Hi Simon

I listen to Cambridge books' audio but I feel that my brain does not the capacity to listen to English well enough!!! I find it difficult to listen to English, for example, 3 hours per day. I hope i can do it.