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IELTS Listening 4 - Section 3
x1~5th May~x2~16th July / Friday 16th July~x3~clear / was clear~x4~(an/the)
outline / (a/the) course outline~x5~(the) 2nd half~x6~(standard of) teaching
/ (standard of) teachers~x7~discussion / group discussion~x8~handouts~x9~written
work~x10~student support / support of students
ANNIE: Oh Ben - I just remembered I never filled in that form
for Nick - did you do it? BEN: The course feedback form? ANNIE: Yes. If you want, we can do it together, I've got
mine here. BEN: Is that OK? ANNIE: Yeah. BEN: OK, let's have a look then.
What do we have to do? ANNIE: Let's fill in the top first, let's see, Course,
Course code ... BEN: Er, it's Communication in Business. ANNIE: OK, Communication ... in ... Business, I do know that,
but what's the code? BEN: CB16 something, CB162, isn't
it? ANNIE: Mmm, that's it, OK and dates, when did we start?
I remember, my birthday's on May 4th and it was the day after, it must have
been May 5th. BEN: Gosh, doesn't seem that long
ago, does it? ANNIE: No, and we finish at the end of this week, on Friday,
so that's July 15th? BEN: Er
16th, Monday was the 12th.
Right, that was the easy bit, now let's have a look - "Please give
your comments on the following aspects of the course", OK, what's the
first one? Oh, course organisation. What do you think? ANNIE: Er, clear? It was, wasn't it? BEN: Yes, I think the organisation
was clear. OK, anything else
for course organisation? ANNIE: It was a good thing he gave us
the course outline at the beginning,
in the first session, that was useful, so I'll put that down, shall I? Now,
going on to suggestions for improvement, one thing that wasn't so good,
I think we could have done a bit more work at the beginning, I mean at the beginning
it seemed dead easy. BEN: Yeah. ANNIE: I thought it was going to be really easy and then all
of a sudden in the second half
of the course we got a whole load of work, reading to do and essays and things. BEN: Yes, it'd be better if it was
more even. OK, now course delivery, does that mean teaching? ANNIE: Yeah, I suppose so. Well, what I thought was really
good on this course was the standard
of teaching. Actually - I mean some of the teachers were better than
others - but the standard generally was fine. Much better than other courses
I've been on. BEN: Yeah, I agree. Let's put that
then. What about suggestions for improvement? ANNIE: I ... I didn't think it was all that wonderful when
we had great long group discussion sessions that went on for hours and hours.
I don't mean we shouldn't have group
discussions, just that they
shouldn't go on too long.
ANNIE: Now, on to materials and equipment. BEN: Oh, now what was good about some
sessions was the handouts. ANNIE: Yes, I thought all the handouts were good actually,
and some were great, with website addresses and everything. BEN: One problem though with materials
was the key texts. ANNIE: Yes! There just weren't enough copies on reserve
in the library. And if you can't get the key texts before the session, how
are you supposed to do the reading?
And not enough computers. You have to wait ages to get one. BEN: OK, testing and evaluation - well,
I don't know, it's hard to say until we've got our written assignments
back. ANNIE: Don't talk about it, I only. got mine in yesterday,
it was a real struggle. I hate to think what mark I'll get. BEN: Yes, but at least we've done
the oral presentation - I thought that was good, the way I got my feedback really
quickly. ANNIE: Yes, it was. And I liked the way we knew what we'd
be evaluated on, we knew the criteria, so we knew we had to think about clarity,
organisation, and so on. BEN: Yeah, but I'm not so sure about
the written work. One thing
I think is that there's just too much, it's really stressful. ANNIE: Yes, I'd agree and I don't see why they can't
let us know the criteria they use for marking. BEN: The written assignments? But he
told us. ANNIE: No, for the final exams. What are they looking for -
what are the criteria? What makes a pass or a fail? BEN: Yeah, I never thought of that.
It'd be really useful. ANNIE: OK, any other comments? BEN: I thought
student support, was excellent. ANNIE: Yeah, me too. OK, excellent. Other comments? BEN: No, I can't think of anything
else. ANNIE: Nor me. OK, so that's done. Thanks, Ben. BEN: No, thank you.
IELTS Tip
In the IELTS Listening exam, your answer will need to be
grammatically correct. It is important to read the questions carefully
and decide what kind of words is missing. For example, some words must be
followed by specific prepositions, and knowing which these are will help
you write a grammatically correct answer. When you learn new verbs, make
sure you know if they have a dependent preposition. A good dictionary will
usually tell you this.
Questions 21-30
Choose the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Section 3:
You will hear two friends discussing a course they have just done.
First you have some time to look at Questions 21-30.
Now Listen carefully and answer Questions 21 to 30:
Feedback Form
Course:
Communication in Business
Course code:
CB162
Dates:
From(21).................to(22).................
Please give your
comments on the following aspects of the course:
Good Points
Suggestions for Improvement
Course organisation
(23).................
useful to have (24).................
at beginning of course
too much work in (25).................
of the course - could be more evenly balanced
Course delivery
good (26).................
some (27).................
sessions went on too long
Materials and equipment
good (28).................
not enough copies of key texts available
need more computers
Testing and evaluatio
quick feedback from oral presentations
marking criteria for oral presentations known in advance