IELTS LISTENING – HOST FAMILY APPLICATION S32T1

STUDENT: Yes …

ADVISER: Well please sit down and I’ll just take a few details.

STUDENT: Thank you.

ADVISER: Right now … what name is it?

STUDENT: Jenny Chan.

ADVISER: Can you spell that, please?

STUDENT: Yes … Example J-E-N-N-Y C-H-A-N.

ADVISER: Right … and what is your present address?

STUDENT: Sea View Guest House, Q₁ 14 Hill Road.

ADVISER: OK, and do you know the phone number there?

STUDENT: Yes … I have it here, Ummm … 2237676, but I’m only there after about 7 pm.

ADVISER: So when would be the best time to catch you?

STUDENT: I suppose Q₂ between 9 and, let me see, half past before I leave for the college.

ADVISER: Great … and can I ask you your age?

STUDENT: I’ve just had my nineteenth birthday.

ADVISER: And how long would you want to stay with the host family?

STUDENT: I’m planning on staying Q₃ a year but at the moment I’m definitely here for four months only. I have to get an extension to my permit.

ADVISER: You’re working on it? Fine … and what will be your occupation while you’re in the UK?

STUDENT: Studying English?

ADVISER: And what would you say your level of English is?

STUDENT: Umm. Good, I think I’d like to say ‘advanced’ but my written work is below the level of my spoken, so I suppose it’s Q₄ intermediate.

ADVISER: Certainly your spoken English is advanced. Anyway, which area do you think you would prefer?

STUDENT: Ummm, well I’m studying right in the centre but I’d really like to live in the Q₅ north-west.

ADVISER: That shouldn’t be a great problem … we usually have lots of families up there.

ADVISER: And do you have any particular requirements for diet?

STUDENT: Well, I’m nearly a Q₆ vegetarian … not quite.

ADVISER: Shall I say you are? It’s probably easier that way.

STUDENT: That would be best.

ADVISER: Anything about your actual room?

STUDENT: I would prefer my own facilities – ‘en suite’, is that right? And also if it’s possible a TV and I’d also like the house to have Q₇ a real garden rather than just a yard, somewhere I could sit and be peaceful.

ADVISER: Is that all?

STUDENT: Well … I’m really serious about improving my English so I’d prefer to be Q₈ the only guest if that’s possible?

ADVISER: No other guests … Yes, you get more practice that way. Anyway, obviously all this is partly dependent on how much you’re willing to pay. What did you have in mind?

STUDENT: I was thinking in terms of about £60-£80 a week, but I’d go up to Q₉ a hundred if it was something special.

ADVISER: Well I don’t think we’d have any problems finding something for you.

STUDENT: Oh, good.

ADVISER: And when would you want it for?

STUDENT: I’d like to move in approximately two weeks.

ADVISER: Let me see, it’s the 10th today … so if we go for the Q₁₀ Monday it’s the 23rd March…

STUDENT: Yes.

ADVISER: Right … good, and if I could ask one last question …

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