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都2023年了,雅思听力考试中出现的新变化有哪些?Itisnowtheyear2023andtheIELTSlisteningexamhasundergonesomechangesinrecentyears.Inthisarticlewewillexplorewhatthesechangesareandhowtheymayaffecttest-takers.FirstlyoneofthemostprominentchangesintheIELTSlisteningexamistheincreaseduseoftechnology.Test-takersarenowrequiredtouseheadphonesinordertocompletethelisteningportionoftheexam.AdditionallytheaudiofilesarenowplayedthroughadigitalplatformratherthanonaCDortapeaswaspreviouslydone.Thischangeallowsforgreaterflexibilityintheadministrationoftheexamandensuresthatalltest-takersarelisteningtothesameaudiofile.Inadditiontotheseaudio-relatedchangesthetypesofquestionsaskedontheIELTSlisteningexamhavealsoevolved.Whilemultiple-choicequestionsstillformthebulkoftheexamtest-takerscannowexpecttoseemoregap-fillexercisesandshortanswerquestions.Thesenewquestiontypesrequiretest-takerstoactivelylistenandrecallinformationasopposedtosimplyselectingacorrectanswerfromalist.AnotherchangeintheIELTSlisteningexamisitsfocusonregionalaccents.InpreviousyearstheaudiofileswereexclusivelyrecordedusingBritishorAmericanEnglish.Howeverinrecentyearsaudiorecordingsfeaturingarangeofregionalaccentshavebeenintroduced.ThischangereflectstherealityofEnglish-languageuseintoday鈥檚globalizedworldwherepeoplefromallovertheworlduseEnglishasameansofcommunication.FinallyoneofthemostsignificantchangestotheIELTSlisteningexamistheintroductionofacomputer-basedversion.WhilethisoptionhasbeenavailablefortheothercomponentsoftheIELTSexamthelisteningportionhasonlyrecentlybeenmadeavailableinthisformat.Thisoptionallowstest-takerstocompletethelisteningexamonacomputerratherthanonpaper.Thecomputer-basedversionfeaturesthesametypesofquestionsasthepaper-basedversionbutallowstest-takerstoreplaytheaudiofilesandtotypetheiranswersdirectlyintoadigitalresponsesheet.InconclusiontheIELTSlisteningexamhasundergoneseveralchangesinrecentyearsincludingtheincreaseduseoftechnologyagreatervarietyofquestiontypesafocusonregionalaccentsandtheintroductionofacomputer-basedversion.ThesechangesreflecttheevolvingnatureofEnglish-languageuseandaimtoprovidetest-takerswithamoreaccurateandrelevantlanguageassessment.第PAGE页共NUMPAGES页。