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Academic listening skills

Learn how to listen effectively before full timed IELTS or TOEFL listening tests — with guided audio, questions, and transcript review.

Each lesson targets one listening skill: prepare with vocabulary, listen for gist, listen again for detail, then review the transcript and check your answers.

Lessons

Module 01 · B1–B2

Listening for Main Ideas

Identify the central message of a short talk and separate main ideas from supporting details.

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Module 02 · B1–B2

Listening for Specific Information

Identify names, dates, times, places, and key facts in short recordings.

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Module 03 · B1–B2

Recognising Paraphrases and Synonyms

Match question wording to different words in the recording.

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