IELTS

•INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM

•THIS EVALUATES YOUR ENGLISH BASE ON RECEPTIVE SKILLS AND
PRODUCTIVE SKILLS
•TWO CATEGORIES ARE ACADEMIC AND GENERAL
RECEPTIVE SKILLS PRODUCTIVE SKILLS

•LISTENING AND READING •WRITING AND SPEAKING

GENERAL TEST CATEGORY
•MOVE TO ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PERMANENT RESIDENCY (PR) OR JOBS

ACADEMIC TEST CATEGORY

•MOVE TO ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
HIGHER STUDIES OR ANY OTHER COURSE
DURATION
•LISTENING (40 MINUTES)
•READING (60 MINUTES)
•WRITING (60 MINUTES)
•SPEAKING (11-14 MINUTES)
DAY OF EXAM

•LISTENING, READING, AND WRITING ( 1 DAY ONLY), NO

BREAK
•SPEAKING (DEPENDS ON THE SCHEDULE)
LISTENING
• 40 MINUTES (GENERAL AND ACADEMIC ARE THE SAME)
• FIRST TEST
• COMPOSED OF 4 SECTIONS (EASY TO DIFFICULT)
• 40 QUESTIONS
• WRITE YOUR ANSWER ON THE QUESTION BOOKLET FIRST
• AFTER THE TEST, YOU WILL BE GIVEN 10 MINUTES TO TRANSFER YOUR
ANSWER FROM THE BOOKLET TO AN ANSWER SHEET
READING
• 60 MINUTES
• GENERAL TEST IS DIFFERENT FROM ACADEMIC TEST
• BOTH GENERAL AND ACADEMIC HAVE THREE (3) SECTIONS (IN ORDER OF
DIFFICULTY)
• IN GENERAL, 1-2 TEXT PER SECTION WITH 40 QUESTIONS IN TOTAL
• IN ACADEMIC, 1 LONG PASSAGE PER SECTION WITH 40 QUESTIONS IN TOTAL.
• ANSWERS MUST BE WRITTEN DIRECTLY TO THE ANSWER SHEET. NO TIME WILL
BE PROVIDED TO TRANSFER YOUR ANSWER TO THE ANSWER SHEET
WRITING
• 60 MINUTES
• GENERAL AND ACADEMIC IS DIFFERENT
• TWO TASKS
• GENERAL (LETTER AND ESSAY), LETTER COULD BE FORMAL, SEMI FORMAL, INFORMAL
• ACADEMIC (SUMMARIZE A TEXT AND ESSAY), SUMMARY IS BASED ON IMAGE,
DIAGRAMS, GRAPHS ETC.
• 20 MINS FOR TASK1, 40 MINS FOR TASK2
• TASK 1 (150 WORDS), TASK 2 (250 WORDS)
 SPEAKING
• 11-14 MINS
• 1-1 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXAMINER AND THE CANDIDATE. RECORDED
• 3 SECTIONS
• SECTION 1 (BRIEF INTRODUCTION FOLLOWED BY Q&A)
• SECTION 2, INDIVIDUAL SPEAKING. EXAMINER WILL GIVE A TOPIC ON WHICH YOU
NEED TO SPEAK FOR 1-2 MINS, 1 MIN TO PREPARE. NO Q&A
• SECTION 3, DISCUSSION. EXAMINER WILL ASK YOU 5-6 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
TOPIC YOU WERE GIVEN ON SECTION 2.
IELTS SCORING SYSTEM

•BAND SCORE IS OUT OF 9.0

SCHEDULE
• MODULAR IN NATURE ( TWO (2) WEEKS PER MODULE)
• LISTENING (NOV. 16 – NOV. 27)
• READING (NOV. 30 – DEC. 11)
• WRITING (DEC. 14 – DEC. 25)
• SPEAKING (DEC. 28 – JAN. 8)
• SUBJECT TO CHANGE
SCHEDULE
•TUESDAY 6-8PM (7-9PM)
•WEDNESDAY 6-8PM (7-9)
•FRIDAY 6-8PM (7-9)
•SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 QUESTION?

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