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Old Roast Duck IELTS 3000 Q&A Series: Do you want to practice Australian accent in IELTS listening? The full name of IELTS is International English [...]

Old Roast Duck IELTS 3000 Q&A Series: Do you want to practice Australian accent in IELTS listening?

The full name of IELTS is the International English Language Testing System. In order to flaunt its internationality, in addition to English and American sounds, there are often strange accents in IELTS listening. The most common one is the Australian accent. So do we need to practice our Australian accent when we prepare for the exam（ An Analysis of Listening Accents in IELTS: Features of Australian Accents and American Accents ）？

Answer: No need. The main reasons are as follows: First, the proportion of Australian accent in IELTS listening test is very low. According to the official statement, about 70% of the IELTS listening recordings are English, about 20% are American, and the accents in Australia and other places together account for about 10%. If you spend your precious time preparing for the exam on getting familiar with your accent while ignoring other more important aspects, you will lose more than you gain.

Secondly, the accent in the IELTS listening test is not as exaggerated as you can see in some videos. At best, normal English has some Australian flavor. Even if you haven't touched it before, it is easy to recognize it according to the context, and it doesn't need special practice.

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