Resources

1) Use the time before the recording starts to read the questions and underline key information. Try to imagine who the speaker is going to be and what they will be speaking about.

2) Look at the words on either side of the gap and predict what information you might hear.

3) Right down the actual words you hear, don't waste time trying to rephrase things. Some things will be said differently in the recording, and it's the candidate's responsibility to derive meaning.

4) Most questions will focus on concrete pieces ofinformation (e.g. nouns, proper names, etc.) and will generallybe single words or very short noun groups (e.g. adjective plusnoun), and that usually no more than three words are required.

5) Don't write extra information. You will only need one, two, or three words at most.

6) Don't panic if you miss a word, skip over it and immediately prepare yourself to hear the next answer.

7) If you didn't hear something on the first listening, try again in the second listening. If all else fails, make an educated guess.