IELTS LISTENING - POPULATION STUDIES S25T3

IELTS listening POPULATION STUDIES listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Leisure & Entertainment subject.

MELANIE: Excuse me, Dr. Johnson. May I speak to you for a minute?

DR. JOHNSON: Sure. Come in.

MELANIE: I’m Melanie Griffin. I’m taking your course in Population Studies.

DR. JOHNSON: Right. Well, Melanie, how can I help you?

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MELANIE: I’m … having a bit of trouble with the second assignment, and it’s due in twelve days.

DR. JOHNSON: What sort of trouble are you having? Is the assignment question a problem?

MELANIE: Well, that’s part of the problem. I’m also having – been having – trouble getting hold of the books. I’ve been to the library several times, and all the books are out.

DR. JOHNSON: Sounds like you should have started borrowing books a bit earlier.

MELANIE: Well, I had Q₂₁ a really big assignment due in for another course, and I’ve been spending all my time on that, and I thought …

DR. JOHNSON: … you might get an extension of time to finish your assignment for me?

MELANIE: If that’s possible, but I don’t know …

DR. JOHNSON: Well, yes, it is possible, but extensions are normally given only for Q₂₂ medical or compassionate reasons, otherwise it’s really a question of organising your study, and we don’t like giving extensions to students who simply didn’t plan their work properly. What did you get for your first assignment?

MELANIE: I got eighty-seven percent.

DR. JOHNSON: Mmm, yes, you did very well indeed, so obviously you can produce good work.

MELANIE: I don’t think I’ll need too much extra time, as long as I can get hold of some of the important references.

DR. JOHNSON: Well, since you did so well in your first assignment, I’m prepared to give you an extra two weeks for this one, so that’ll mean you’ll need to submit it about a month from now.

MELANIE: Thank you.

DR. JOHNSON: Now, what about the reading materials? Have you checked out the journal articles in the list?

MELANIE: Umm, no, not yet, there were about twenty of them, and I wasn’t sure which ones would be most useful or important.

DR. JOHNSON: Well, they’re all useful, but I don’t expect anyone to read them all, because a number of them deal with the same issues. Let me give you some suggestions. The article by Anderson and Hawker is really worth reading.

MELANIE: Right, I’ll read that one.

DR. JOHNSON: You should also read the article by Jackson, but just look at the part on the Q₂₃ research methodology – how they did it.

MELANIE: OK … Jackson, got that …

DR. JOHNSON: And if you have time, the one by Roberts says very relevant things, although. it’s not essential

MELANIE: So, OK, if it’s Q₂₄ useful, I’ll try and read that one …

DR. JOHNSON: Now, the one by Morris. Q₂₅ I wouldn’t bother with that at this stage if I were you.

MELANIE: OK, I won’t bother with Morris. Oh, now, someone told me the article by Cooper is important.

DR. JOHNSON: Well, yes, in a way, but just look at Q₂₆ the last part, where he discusses the research results. And lastly, there’s Forster – I can’t think why I included that one. It’s not bad and Q₂₇ could be of some help, but not that much.

DR. JOHNSON: Now, let’s deal with the assignment question. What’s the problem there?

MELANIE: It’s the graph on page two.

DR. JOHNSON: What seems to be the problem? It’s just the bar graph showing reasons why people change where they live.

MELANIE: Well, I’ve got a photocopy but the reasons at the bottom are missing.

DR. JOHNSON: OK. Look at the first bar on the graph – now that indicates the number of people who move because they want more space.

MELANIE: Oh I see … bar one. OK … Now what about the next bar?

DR. JOHNSON: Bar two is to do with Q₂₈ the people living nearby disturbing them, so they chose to move away to somewhere quieter. Now let’s look at bar number three … another reason people change their place of living is because they want to be closer to the city.

MELANIE: OK. Proximity to the city is an issue …

DR. JOHNSON: Now … bar number four refers to problems when the owner of the property won’t help fix things that go wrong. In other words, the Q₂₉ owner is not helpful and so the tenants move out.

MELANIE: OK … now what about bar five?

DR. JOHNSON: Bar five is about those people who move because they need a bus or train to get them into the city or to go to work.

MELANIE: OK … and bar six?

DR. JOHNSON: Bar number six is Interesting. That reason was given quite a lot – people moving because they wanted to be in Q₃₀ a more attractive neighbourhood.

MELANIE: Oh, yes, thank you very much.