Research Proposal: A Primary-School Reading Scheme
IELTS Listening PracticePart 3medium
Recording
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Questions
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
What was the main flaw in the students' original design?
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Why do the students want to test the children before the scheme starts?
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Which TWO concerns does the tutor raise about the proposal?
Who will prepare each part of the proposal?
Choose your answer from the list of people A–C and select the correct letter for each part.
- A. Grace
- B. Omar
- C. Dr Naylor
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
About this Listening test
“Research Proposal: A Primary-School Reading Scheme” is an original IELTS Listening practice test in the style of Part 3 with 9 questions (Multiple Choice, Multiple Choice — Multiple Answers, Matching Features and Sentence Completion). Play the recording, answer as you listen, then submit to have every answer marked instantly and read the transcript.
Part 3 is a conversation between two to four people in an academic setting — typically students discussing an assignment with each other or a tutor. You answer 10 questions, usually multiple choice and matching, by tracking who says what, who agrees, and what they decide.
How to approach it
- Before the audio, read the questions and note whose view each one asks about — "What does Marta think…" is answered by Marta’s words, not her tutor’s.
- Learn the voices in the first few seconds: names are always exchanged early, and attaching name to voice immediately pays off for the whole part.
- Common trap: Attributing one speaker’s opinion to another, especially when a speaker summarises someone else’s view before disagreeing with it.
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