A Conversation among Martin and Amanda with their Tutor IELTS Listening Answers
A Conversation among Martin and Amanda with their Tutor IELTS Listening Answers is a conversation between Martin and Amanda with their tutor about nutrition especially about their dissertation. The candidate needs to answer the following question types: Fill in the blank. Candidates need to listen to the audio carefully and answer the questions in no more than three words or a number.
The IELTS Listening section tests a candidate’s listening ability. The candidates are required to listen to an audio and then answer the given IELTS listening questions.
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Audio Transcript:
You will hear a conversation. First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 30.
Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 30.
Tutor: Welcome back to the new term, Martin and Amanda. I hope you've had a good break and that you're looking forward to writing your dissertations. In this tutorial, I'd like to give you the opportunity to ask questions on writing the dissertation, such as requirements, dates and who to see when you need help. I know that it's all available on the department website, but sometimes students just like to check or confirm information or, sometimes they need a little more detail. So, is there anything you'd like to ask?
Martin: Is there a fixed hand in date, yet? On the website, It said that one hadn't been decided on yet.
Tutor: I'm glad you asked that question. I just heard this morning that the deadline has been decided and it is the 28th of May. That's a week later than we had originally planned.
Amanda: What about the word limit? The website gave a very broad range. What was it Martin? 10,000 to 20,000 words?
Martin: I believe so, Amanda.
Tutor: Well, I believe that was a typing error. It should be ten to twelve thousand words, but feel free to write a little more if you need to. However, make sure that your dissertation is at least 10,000 words long, not including the contents, references and bibliography.
Amanda: Right, thank you, and we can choose any topics, we like. Can't we?
Tutor: Any from year 3 and do remember to get your topic approved by your personal tutor. Oh, that's me, isn't it? Before you start writing. I'd hate to have to tell you, your topic was unacceptable after you've spent a lot of time on it.
Amanda: What would you like us to show you initially, apart from the title?
Tutor: Well, I'd like to see a basic bibliography first, along with an outline of your dissertation. You should get that done by the end of January, this month in other words.
Martin: According to the website the research should take eight to ten weeks. So that takes us from well, until mid-April, basically.
Tutor: Yes. You should have the research pretty much done by the time you return from the Easter break.
Martin: It seems like a reasonable amount of time but I bet it disappears fast.
Tutor: It certainly does you'll probably find that you need to do some extra research during the second half of April. Ideally you'd be writing then. But very few students get all the information they need and the personal tutors almost always need to make some further suggestions. That's why it's really important to get the bulk of your research done by mid-April.
Martin: I see. If we get into trouble or can see that we're going to get into trouble with our research, we should obviously contact you ASAP.
Tutor: Absolutely.
Amanda: Do you think that we should look at what other students have done in the past, in order to get a better idea of what to do and what to write?
Tutor: It can be helpful. But what often happens is that students rely too much on what they read. So I would only use other students' previous students' work as a reference.
Amanda: Got it.
Martin: I know that we have the research guide to help us but are there any other books or sources that you would recommend. I mean to help us with planning a dissertation and the organization and so on.
Amanda: Yes, I wanted to ask you that too.
Tutor: There are several available from the library. I wouldn't bother buying any. My personal favorite is “Dissertations and you” by Roger Cline. Another good one is “Mastering your dissertation” by Helen Blondell. There's a book about research techniques, what's it called is something simple like “Research techniques for dissertations”. The author is Helen Trail Force. Oh, I know it's called “Dissertation research techniques”. Very good book. There's more than one copy of each of those in the library. One is for reference only and you know about the recall system, if a book is being borrowed by someone else and you want it, don't you?
Martin: Yes
Amanda: Yes.
Tutor: Good. Very good. Anything else?
Amanda: Well now that you've mentioned research techniques. I've got a question, questionnaires, a good idea, Professor?
Tutor: The general consensus is that they're not very helpful, though some prominent researchers beg to differ. Clear them with me first, if you decide to go ahead and use them. You see you need to be very careful about the questions that you ask and order of the questions. Questionnaires as very often lead people towards giving certain answers rather than getting at their true feelings and opinions.
Amanda: Martin anything else?
Martin: No. I'm happy. Thank you, Professor.
Amanda: Yes. Thank you so much.
Tutor: My pleasure.
Section 3
Questions (21-30)
Questions 21-25:
Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each answer.
- When is the deadline for handing in dissertations?____________
Answer: 28th May
Explanation: The deadline had been decided to be on 28th May, a week later than the previously planned deadline.
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- What should the word count exclude? ____________
Answer: contents, references, bibliography
Explanation: The word count of the project should exclude the contents, references, and bibliography.
- Who must approve the dissertation topic? ____________
Answer: (your) personal tutor
Explanation: The personal tutor must approve the student’s dissertation topic.
- How long should the research take? ________________
Answer: 8-10 weeks
Explanation: The research was going to take around 8 to 10 weeks to be completed.
- What will the students probably spend the second half of April doing? ____________
Answer: (extra) research
Explanation: The students are supposed to be done with the research by the time they return from their Easter break.
Questions 26-30:
Complete the following statements using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
- The professor recommends referring to ____________ dissertations.
Answer: other/previous students
Explanation: The professor recommends the students refer to the previous student’s dissertations.
- The students already have a printed ____________ to help them with their dissertations.
Answer: research guide
Explanation: The students already have with them a printed research guide to guide them with their dissertations.
- Helen Trailforth’s book is named ____________
Answer: Dissertation Research Techniques
Explanation: Among the several good books available in the library, one of them is, ‘Dissertation Research Techniques’ by Helen Blondell.
- The library has a ____________ for getting books back from other students if you need them.
Answer: recall system
Explanation: The library has one copy of each of the books. The recall system enables the student who will be requiring some book that is already borrowed to take from the other student.
- The professor says that questionnaires may not get interviewees real ____________
Answer: feelings and opinions
Explanation: According to the professor, the interviewees may not get real feelings and opinions from questionnaires.
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