Practice Test 7 IELTS Listening

Practice Test 7

Question Paper

Questions 21-30

Choose the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

'Student Life' video project
	Cristina	Ibrahim
Enjoyed:	• using the camera • going to British (21) .................	contact with students doing other courses (has asked some to (22)................. with him)
Most useful language practice:	• listening to instructions • learning (23) ................. vocabulary	listening to British students' language because of - normal speed - large amount of (24) .................
General usefulness:	• operating video camera • working with other people: - learning about (25) ................. - compromising - (26) ................. people who have different views	the importance of (27) .................
Things to do differently in future:	• decide when to (28) ................. each stage at the beginning • make more effort to (29) ................. with the camera	don't make the film too (30).................

Transcript Solution

Tutor

First of ail I'd just like to say, Cristina and Ibrahim, that I really enjoyed watching your video about student life last week, and I could see that the rest of the group did too. You did really well, and I hope that you got a lot out of it. I'd like to use this tutorial as a feedback session, where you reflect on the experience of doing the project. So Cristina, I was wondering, what did you enjoy most about making the video?

Cristina

I liked using the camera.

Tutor

Is it the first time you've operated one like that?

Cristina

Yes, it is

Tutor

Well the results were very good! Anything else?

Cristina

I also enjoyed visiting one of the British studentsQ21 we filmed. I'd never been inside a British home before.

Tutor

OK Cristina, thanks. What about you, Ibrahim? What did you enjoy?

Ibrahim

Well for me it was a very good chance to get to know students who are on other courses, because everyone in our group is studying English, and we don't usually have much to do with the rest of the college.

Tutor

Yes, good. Do you think you'll maintain the contact now?

Ibrahim

I hope so. I've invited three of them to have dinnerQ22 with me next week.

Tutor

Great! If you haven't decided what to make yet I can tell you they'll love trying Arab dishes. And of course, it's good for your English too. Cristina, what did you find? What was the most useful aspect of the project from the point of view of the English practice?

Cristina

I think, when we were being shown how to edit the film, we had to follow the instructions. And that was very good practice for me. And I also learned some technicalQ23 words that I hadn't heard before.

Tutor

What about you Ibrahim? What was the most useful for your English?

Ibrahim

It was listening to the British students, because they don't speak as slowly as most of the tutors on our course. I think they speak at natural speed, so it forces me to get used to it. And they use a lot of slang.Q24

Tutor

So you learned some new words which will be useful?

Ibrahim

Yes.

Tutor

Good. I'm glad it helped. Well, we've talked a little bit about enjoyment, and about language practice. Were there any other benefits? What else did you feel you'd learnt from the project? Was it useful in other ways?

Cristina

Yes, well firstly, I learned how to use a video camera. And also, I think I really learned a lot about working together with other people. I've never done anything with a group before, and we had to find ways of cooperatingQ25, erm, and compromising, and sometimes persuadingQ26 people, when they don't agree with you.

Tutor

Yes, that is a very useful experience, I know.

Tutor

What about you, Ibrahim?

Ibrahim

Well, I think I learnt a lot about how important editingQ27 is. When you're filming you think that everything's going to be interesting, but in fact we cut around half of it in the end, and then it was much better.

Tutor

Good. Well, one last thing I'd like to ask. What mistakes do you think you, as a group that is, made? I mean, to put it another way, if you had to do it all over again, is there anything you'd do differently?

Cristina

We didn't plan very well. For example, we didn't decide on dates when we'd completeQ28 each separate step of the project, and we should have agreed about that in the beginning, because we were always late with everything!

Tutor

Right. Anything else?

Cristina

I think we should have tried to experimentQ29 more with the camera. I mean with angles, and the focus and that kind of thing.

Tutor

So you should have been more ambitious? Do you agree, Ibrahim?

Ibrahim

Not really. In fact, I think we were too ambitious. We were inexperienced, and we didn't have a lot of time, and we tried to do too much, to make a longQ30 film.
Next time I would make a shorter one and try to get quality better.

Tutor

Well, that's very interesting. Next semester we will anther video project - with a different content, of course - but you'll have an opportunity to put into practice what you've learnt this time. Do you have any ideas about...

Questions 21-30

Choose the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

'Student Life' video project
	Cristina	Ibrahim
Enjoyed:	• using the camera • going to British (21) ........student's home.........	contact with students doing other courses (has asked some to (22).........dinner........ with him)
Most useful language practice:	• listening to instructions • learning (23) ........techincal......... vocabulary	listening to British students' language because of - normal speed - large amount of (24) ........slang.........
General usefulness:	• operating video camera • working with other people: - learning about (25) .........cooperating........ - compromising - (26) ......persuading........... people who have different views	the importance of (27) ......editing...........
Things to do differently in future:	• decide when to (28) ........complete......... each stage at the beginning • make more effort to (29) .......experiment.......... with the camera	don't make the film too (30)...long...