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What is IELTS?

Co-owned and managed by the British Council, Cambridge English Language Assessment and IDP Education Australia, International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is for students who want to study abroad or work abroad or even if a student want to immigrate to countries like Australia, Canada, UK, USA, and Ireland. There are two types of IELTS test; IELTS academics is for students who are applying for higher education and General is for students who are applying for migration or PR. The test is recognized by more than 10,000 organizations in 140 countries around the world, IELTS is the world’s most coveted English language proficiency test for non-native speakers of English Language.

A student can choose to take IELTS test either computer based or paper based. A student can get results in 13 working days for paper based test and in 5-7 days for computer based test. The IELTS test scores are valid for two years from the day you receive your results.

The first three parts of the test are held on the same day, in the following order:

Listening
Reading
Writing

Speaking test will be held either on the same day or 7 days before or after the main test.

Using a band score of 9 to identify the level of English proficiency, IELTS is a test of four language skills: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking.

TEST FORMAT

Module	Duration	Brief Description
Listening	30 minutes (plus 10 minutes extra to transfer your answer to your answer sheet)	4 sections, 40 questions (10 questions in each section)
Reading	60 minutes	3 sections, 40 items (12-14 questions in each section)
Writing	60 minutes	2 tasks
Speaking	11-14 minutes	3 part one-on-one conversation

LISTENING (same for both Academics and General Training)

Section	Type of listening	Example
Section 1	A conversation between two people set in an everyday social context	Example: An inquiry.
Section 2	A monologue set in an everyday social context	Example: Instructional, follow a map or directions
Section 3	A conversation between up to four people set in an educational or training context	Example: University Students discussing study related topic
Section 4	A monologue on an academic subject	Example: A talk/speech on any study related topic.

READING

ACADEMICS

GENERAL TRAINING

The Academic version includes three long texts which range from the descriptive and factual to the discursive and analytical.

General Training version requires candidates to read extracts from books, magazines, newspapers, notices, advertisements, company handbooks and guidelines.

WRITING

ACADEMICS	GENERAL TRAINING
Task 1: Candidates will be presented with a graph, table, chart or diagram and are asked to describe, summarize or explain the information in their own words	Task 1: Candidates will be presented with a situation and asked to write a letter requesting information or explaining the situation. The letter may be personal, semi-formal or formal in style.
Task 2: Candidates will be asked to write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or problem. Responses to both tasks must be written in a formal style.	Task 2: Candidates will be asked to write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or problem. The essay can be slightly more personal in style than the Academic Writing Task 2 essay.

SPEAKING (same for both Academics and General Training)

Part 1	Students will be asked to answer general questions on a range of familiar topics such as home, family, work, studies and interests that last for 4 and 5 minutes
Part 2	Cue card round where a student will be given a minute to prepare their thoughts on an assigned topic and have to speak for two minutes
Part 3	Students will be asked questions related to the topic in Part 2 and lasts for 4 to 5 minutes

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