Labelling a Map or Plan IELTS listening🫥

This question type can appear in any section of the IELTS Listening test, but it most often appears in Section 2. In this section, you usually hear one speaker talking about a non-academic topic, such as giving a tour of a building, university, hotel, or event venue.

What to expect🩶
You need to identify different places or features on a map or plan by listening to descriptions or directions. The answers may be chosen from a list or written directly from the recording. It is important to understand language used for directions, and the answers are usually given in the same order as they appear in the recording.

🥀Common problems
🔴Not knowing enough vocabulary for locations and directions.
🔴Having too much information to process at once.
🔴Making spelling mistakes.
🔴Struggling to visualise the place being described.

USEFUL LANGUAGE 🖍️
• at the top / at the bottom
• on the left / on the right
• North / South / East / West
• to the north / to the west
• slightly west of
• in the southwest / in the northeast
• in the middle of / in the centre of
• above / below
• inside / outside
• opposite / in front of
• left-hand side / right-hand side
• clockwise / anticlockwise
• a little beyond
• just past
• before you get to
• adjoining
• enter via
• runs alongside

Strategy for labelling a map or plan🍒
1. Read the question carefully and understand the map or plan.
2. Analyse the spatial relationships.
3. Identify the starting point.
4. Study the major landmarks.
5. Predict the answer types.
6. Listen to the introduction.
7. Visualise the space.
8. Listen for signposts.
9. Take notes.

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