Thank you for your continued interest in IELTS.

We wish to inform all candidates that some small changes will be introduced to the instructions and layout of the paper-based Listening test from 11 January, 2020’s IELTS session:

・We will be changing the word ‘Section’ to ‘Part’

・We will be removing the Part 1 example.

・We are also removing the page number references.

Other parts of the Listening test will remain unchanged.

Please visit the following website for further information regarding these changes.　　
　https://www.ielts.org/about-the-test/test-format