A Conversation between two Students discussing a Business Studies Project they have to Do- IETS Listening Sample Answer

IELTS Listening section consists of four parts comprising different audios. Candidates need to listen to the IELTS listening audio, understand, and answer different questions. The total duration of IELTS listening is 30 minutes. This topic - A Conversation between two Students discussing a Business Studies project they have to Do is IELTS listening part 3. It contains a conversation between two students. The following question types can be found in this section:

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Topic: A Conversation between two Students discussing a Business Studies project they have to Do
Audio Transcript
Section 3

You will hear two students Jenna and Marco discussing a business studies project, they have to do.

You now have 15 seconds to read questions 21 to 24.

Jenna: Come on, Marco. We've got to get on and sort out this project for Professor Berkeley.

Marco: Hang on. I want to make sure we've got all the information. Now, where are we?

Jenna: Well, today we need to sort out exactly what we're going to do and how we're going to divide the work up.

Marco: Okay, how long have we got by the way?

Jenna: The end of term is April 6 and he said to hand it in on week 8. So, that's March 25th at the latest because the beginning of that week is the 21st. So not long.

Marco: Right. Have you got the notes there?

Jenna: Yes, he wants us to do a fairly small scale study like the last one on whether or not businesses were offering more benefits to staff. And we've now got to look at the rise in all the workers. It should be fairly straightforward.

Marco: Yeah, as long as we keep it small. Who's marking it?

Jenna: I don't know. Sometimes he gets the PhD students to mark it for him.

Marco: Actually. It just says here a senior lecturer. I suppose it's too much for Professor Berkeley to do them all.

Jenna: Yeah. Anyway, how’re we going to go about this?

Marco: Well, we have to decide how big we wanted to be?

Jenna: And I think, we have to sort out the timetable for this project otherwise nothing will get done.

Marco: Okay. Do you want to do that?

Jenna: All right. I'll do it as soon as we finish here.

You now have 15 seconds to read questions 25 to 27.

Jenna: Okay. What do we have to do now for the project? What's the best way to go about it?

Marco: Well. Professor Carter suggested we set up a focus group to get some in-depth interviews, but I think that will take a lot of time.

Jenna: Yeah, I agree. If we did a focus group we'd have to spend time deciding who to include in it and it's not necessary to do one anyway.

Marco: Oh! fine.

Jenna: And if you agree, I think we should get in touch with the businesses on the list, Professor Carter gave us and ask them if they're prepared to participate.

Marco: It sounds good. Then we can go there, give them questionnaires and collect them later.

Jenna: Exactly.

Marco: Okay, then do we need to book one of those study rooms in the library, so we can work together to improve the data? Perhaps not. As I guess just one of us could just sort it out actually.

Jenna: Yes, that would be easier. A lot of what we're doing is qualitative. So it'll be writing up rather than statistics. No software for that. I'm afraid.

Marco: And I think it would look better if we had actual shots of some of the staff because we're citing appearance as a factor in employability, aren't we?

Jenna: Yeah. Okay. I'll factor that all in when I sort everything out tonight.

You now have 30 seconds to read questions 28 to 30.

Marco: I'm glad we decided to work together. I think it's going to work out well.

Jenna: Yes. Well. Given that we had to work in pairs on this project. I think we were right to choose each other.

Marco: Hmmmm….

Jenna: We complement each other academically as we are each good at what the other isn't. In fact we should have tried working together before.

Marco: Yes. Now, how shall we split the work? I'll do the analysis, shall I?

Jenna: Oh, okay.

Marco: It's just that it might be faster because I'm used to doing it. Although your English is better than mine. I need more practice at reading, really.

Jenna: Okay, I'll do the presentation then. If that's okay with you.

Marco: Yeah sure. I don't mind speaking in public but I hate preparing all the notes for them.

Jenna: The thing is the tutor said one person should do the whole presentation and he said he expects me to do it because I haven't done one yet.

Marco: No, that's fine. Now………....

Questions 21-30
Questions 21-24
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.

21. Jenna and Marco must complete their project by _____________________
22. The project will be a study of the increase in ________________________
23. The project will be assessed by_____________________
24. Jenna and Marco agree they need _______________________ a for the project.

Answer: 21 March 25th

Explanation: Jenna said that by the end of term is April 6 and he said to hand it in on week 8. So, that's March 25th at the latest because the beginning of that week is the 21st.

Also, Check:

Answer: 22 older workers

Explanation: Jenna wants everyone to do a fairly small scale study like the last one on whether or not businesses were offering more benefits to staff. And now they have got to look at the rise in all the workers.

Answer: 23 (a) senior lecturer

Explanation: Marco said that it just here a senior lecturer. He suppose it's too much for Professor Berkeley to do them all.

Answer: 24 timetable

Explanation: Jenna thinks, they have to sort out the timetable for this project otherwise nothing will get done.

Questions 25-27
Choose THREE letters, A-G. Write answers next to 25-27 on your answer sheet.
What THREE things do Marco and Jenna have to do now for the project?

1. interview some people
2. hand out questionnaires
3. choose their subjects
4. take photographs
5. use statistical software
6. do some work in the library
7. contact some local companies

Answer 25: B

Explanation: Marco and Jenna have to do now for the project and have to hand out the questionnaires for that.

Answer 26: D

Explanation: Marco and Jenna have to do now for the project and take photographs for it.

Answer 27: G

Explanation: Marco and Jenna have to do now for the project and get some local companies work on it.

Questions 28-30

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. Write answers next to 28-30 on your answer sheet.

28. Why did Jenna and Marco agree to work together?

1. because they both wanted to work with someone else
2. because they each have different skills
3. because they have worked together before

Answer: 28B

Explanation: Marco said that it might be faster because he used to do it. Although his English is better than him. He need more practice at reading, really.

29. Why does Marco suggest that he writes the analysis?

1. He needs more practice with his kind of writing
2. He is better at English than Jenna
3. He has more experience of this than Jenna

Answer: 29C

Explanation: Jenna said that they had to work in pairs on this project.

30. Why does Jenna offer to do the presentation?

1. Her tutor wants her to do the presentation
2. Marco is very nervous about giving the presentation
3. She wants to divide the work on the project fairly

Answer: 30A

Explanation: Jenna offer to do the presentation as her tutor wants her to do the presentation. Jenna says the tutor said one person should do the whole presentation and he said he expects me to do it because I haven't done one yet.