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The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is conducted jointly by the British Council, the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (known popularly as the Cambridge ESOL) and IELTS Australia, which is the sub-division of IDP, the leading educational organization of the country of Australia.
IELTS measures Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking skills of the candidates in English. About 5,000 government agencies, educational institutions and professional organisations around the world accept IELTS scores as proof of English proficiency of the candidates.
Over 9,38,000 people take this test across 120 countries. IELTS scores range from Band 1 to 9, with Band 1 score indicating the non-user and Band 9 indicating the expert user who has full command of the English language
IELTS Test Format
All candidates need to complete four modules of Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing to obtain an IELTS Test Report. Listening and Speaking modules are same for all candidates but students may choose to one of the following two versions of Reading and Writing Modules:
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Academic Training Modules - It assesses whether the candidate can study undergraduate or postgraduate courses in English medium. The admission to academic programs of overseas institutions is based on the results of these modules. |
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General Training Modules - Though, this test does not test full range of formal language skills needed in academic environments, it emphasizes on survival skills of a candidate in broader areas of social and educational scenarios. These scores are meant for students who want to immigrate to Australia, Canada or New Zealand, complete their secondary education or undertake non-degree training programmes in English-speaking countries.
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General Training modules may not be available at all the test centres. |
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Students have to specify their choice of test version at the centre and centres are not responsible for giving them this information.
In some of the selected test centres, candidates can opt to take computer-based IELTS test for Academic Training modules at the same cost as the paper-based test. The result of Computer Based IELTS can be expected in 13 calendar days from the day the candidate takes the test |
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| Skill Tested |
No. of Sections/Tasks |
No. of Items/Words |
Alloted Time |
| Listening |
4 Sections |
40 |
30 minutes |
| Reading |
3 Sections |
40 |
60 minutes |
| Writing |
2 Sections |
1st for 150 words and 2nd for 250 words |
60 minutes |
| Speaking |
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11 to 14 minutes |
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Total Test Time |
2 hours 45 minutes |
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Listening, Reading and Writing Modules have to be attempted in one day but the Speaking Module can be taken seven days before or after the other Modules, at the discretion of the test centre |
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| IELTS registration |
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You must apply to a test centre to take an IELTS test prior to the test date |
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Submit the IELTS application form in the test centre with the test fee, two passport sized photographs and a photocopy of your passport |
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The test centre will confirm the date and time when you want to take your IELTS test.You will need to take the passport or other identification number, you have mentioned in the admission form, while taking the test |
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| Tips and Strategies |
| Like all exams, it is best to prepare for IELTS exam even if you are a master in the use of English language. The fees for the test is high and a person who achieves a low band score in IELTS will have to wait for at least three months, before he or she can appear for the test again. Thus, even if you have good level of English, it is best to spend at least two weeks for IELTS preparation. |
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| Coaching by Pearl |
IELTS training is carried out on a comprehensive scale and is in-depth. Batches are formed on roll-on basis. To introduce to the candidates the pattern of the IELTS exam, they are put through an orientation, which explains the details of the IELTS exam, before they join the rest of the class either on weekends or on weekdays. It also gives detailed information about length of passages, content of dialogues, accents heard, kinds of questions, marks allotted, time available, band score, etc. Samples of the answer scripts for Listening, Reading and Writing are also provided. The students are also given ‘take-home’ material to build up their lexical resource as required for the Writing and speaking modules.
The candidates are trained in all the four modules on a daily basis in both the weekday and the weekend batches. During the training period, the class listens to the recordings and reads the reading passages together in the stipulated time. The faculty explains the answers at the end of the session and helps sort out individual problems. Reading, and listening sections are done as daily tests. Writing and speaking sections of the test are done under personalized supervision of the faculty in charge. Each student is given performance feedback at the end of each section. The candidates are also given feedback on their writing Task I and II as well in the form of remarks on Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. They are also provided with sample answers for writing which helps them improve. The Speaking section is dealt with during training, with the Cue Card section alone being different for each candidate, on a daily basis.
We also conduct 5 mock tests for IELTS .We provide the students with headsets to simulate the experience of the actual test. The tests are evaluated in the same way as in the actual IELTS exam.
We provide FREE IELTS coaching if the Student enrolls with us for overseas studies, and after getting the visa we refund the fees of IELTS of respective Student |
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