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overhaul of its English language exam. Between 2001 and 2005, IELTS conducted the
“IELTS Writing Project” (Taylor & Weir, 2012, p. 3).
I concur with Liz (IELTS Liz, 2015a) that IELTS’s official listening exam practice
resources test candidates via ten formats. These are:
“multiple choice
map completion
diagram labelling
form completion
note completion
flow chart completion
sentence completion
summary completion
short answer questions
table completion” (IELTS Liz, 2017).
IELTS’s listening exam tests examinees’ ability to comprehend, navigate and respond to
ten alternative forms of data display. Furthermore, they must do so under strict exam
conditions such as the time limit imposed. As stated by Liz (2015a), IELTS’s listening
test also tests your ability to “multitask”.