IELTS 6.0 Feels Close. It Still Blocks the Next Step.
The 6.0 plateau often reflects an ear that is still undertrained for the way IELTS listening actually sounds under pressure.
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The 6.0 plateau often reflects an ear that is still undertrained for the way IELTS listening actually sounds under pressure.
Written technical English can be strong while live team calls still outrun the ear.
Subtitle-heavy viewing can create strong familiarity while leaving the ear much less trained than the learner believes.
Admission-level English does not automatically prepare the ear for dense, sustained university lectures.
Section 4 often exposes the listening bottleneck most clearly because it removes many of the supports earlier sections still provide.