IELTS

                                              

The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examination can be taken over 100 different countries in the world. The exam takes 2 hour 45 minutes to complete, and consists of four Sub-Tests in the skills of listening, reading, writing and speaking.There are two IELTS test modules available-the Academic Module and The General Training Module.

  The Listening Sub-Test

• It takes 30 minutes: approximately 20 minutes to listen to the tape and answer the questions and 10 minutes to transfer your answers to an Answer Sheet provided with the test booklet
• The test consists of 4 sections, and you will hear the tape only once. There are 40 questions in total.
• The Listening passages become more difficult as you progress through the test
• Section 1 is based on social or life situations: for example travel arrangements, visiting a new city, or making arrangements to go out.This is usually a conversation between at least two speakers.
• Section 2 is also based on social or life situations: for example a news broadcast, or a description of college facilities.
• Section 3 is based on education and training situations: for example a group of students planning a project, or a tutor and a student discussing career options. This is often a conversation with up to 4 speakers.

• Section 4 is also based on education and training situations: for example a lecture or a talk of a general academic interest 

   The Reading Sub-Test

• The Reading Sub-Test is takes 60 min and is in 3 sections. There are 3 passages combined length with 1500-2000 words and a total of 40 questions.
• The Reading passages become more difficult as you progress through the test
• The passages are taken from journals, magazines, books and newspapers. All the topics are of general interest and are not specialised texts
• The Reading passage may contain diagram, charts, or graph, and at least one passage include an argument.

  The Writing Sub-Test

•  The Writing Sub-Test takes 60 min
•  There are 2 writing tasks
• The first task will take approximately 20 min and you are required to write minimum of 150 words. The second task will take approximately 40 min with minimum of 250 words.
• For task 1 you describe information that is presented to you in a graph, table, chart, diagram or short piece of text. The description is usually given in the form of the report
• For task 2 you are asked to write a formal essay or a report in which you might have to offer a solution of particular problem, present and justify an opinion, compare information given in the question task or evaluate and challenge a given argument.

   The Speaking Sub-Test

• The Speaking Sub-Test takes between 11 and 14 minutes
• The Speaking Sub-Test consists of an interview with a trained examiner, and is recorded on tape recorder. However, this recording is made to assess the examiner and not to candidate
• There are 3 parts of the speaking sub-test  

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