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IELTS

About IELTS

World's most popular English language proficiency test used for higher education and global migration. IELTS has two modules  the Academic Module and General Module.

Official website:(https://www.ielts.org)

another important link where you can find  typical mistakes made by candidates in IELST exam ie (corpus).

https://www.ielts.org/for-test-takers/sample-test-questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Ay1ZTQ61E

IELTS ELIGIBILITY: 1.valid passport

Availability in a year: 48 fixed dates a year (4 times in a month)

IELTS band score: 9 band is highest.

Accent: British, Australian, New Zealand, American and Canadian.(AABCN)

Types of IELTS: Two types

1.IELTS Academic Test(used for higher education)

2.IELTS General Test(used for global migration)

Two section listening and speaking (are common)

Two section reading and writing (are different)

Purpose: work or study or immigration in abroad.

Validity: 2years

No. of attempts: unlimited

Registration process: online /offline mode

Duration of exam: 2hours 45 minutes

Exam format: 4 sections

 

IELTS managed by:  IELTS is jointly managed by the British Council, IDP,  IELTS Australia and Cambridge English Language Assessment

IDP: is organised offline mode process for IELTS

https://www.ieltsidpindia.com/

Test Format

1. Listening

2. Reading

3. Writing(Toughest)

4. Speaking(Easiest)

IELTS General Test Pattern

Sections with DurationIELTS General Test DescriptionTotal QuestionsMarkWeightageHow to improve
Listening (30 minutes plus an additional 10 minutes to transfer your answer)

four section recorded monologues and conversations of increasing difficultly.

  1. 1st recording: Telephonic conversation between two people(customer and agent) on everyday social context.
  2. 2nd recording: short lecture by one person only on everyday social context .
  3. 3rd recording: Direct conversation between two or more people up to (4 people) on academic context(educational or training )
  4. 4th recording: short lecture by one person only on academic context(educational or training )

Question Type:

  • MCQ
  • Matching
  • labelling(Plan, map, diagram)
  • Completion ((Form, Sentence, note, table, flow-chart, summary)
  • Short-answer questions

NB: recording will hear only once

40Each question is worth 1 markEvery section has equal weightage
  • Listen and Follow the instruction carefully.
  • Avoid grammatical mistakes.
  • focus on accuracy
  • you will hear the text only once
  • Utilize time to read question before listing start(you will be given 30-45 seconds to look at the question.)
  • Listen to accents from a variety of English speaking countries.
  • Vocabulary.
  • Grammar.
  • Check your spelling .wrong spelling answer will be mark wrong.
  • Hyphenated words count as single words
Reading (60 minutes)

you will be given a set questions and a given text.

 

Three section long reading passages with tasks Texts range from descriptive and factual to discursive, and analytical includes non-verbal material like diagrams, graphs, and illustrations texts are authentic (taken from books, journals, and newspapers)

  1. 1st section: No of question 14.
  2. 2nd section: No of question 13.
  3. 3rd section: No of question 13.

Question Type(12 Types):

  • MCQ
  • Matching(Name, Heading, Paragraph Information, Sentence Endings)
  • True/false/not given
  • Completion ((Form, Sentence, note, table, flow-chart, summary)
  • Short-answer questions
  • labelling(Plan, map, diagram)
40Each question is worth 1 markEvery section has equal weightage
  • Listen and Follow the instruction carefully.
  • Avoid grammatical mistakes.
  • Never read entire paragraph in one go.
  • Scan for specific information.
  • focus on accuracy
  • synonyms & paraphrasing
  • (Skimming(Quick reading) and Scanning)Skimming is quickly reading the text to get only its main idea. Scanning means searching for specific phrases in the text to answer some questions.
  • normal reading400word/minute and skimming 800words/minute
  • Comming soon................
Writing(60 minutes)

Two section awriting task where the candidate must summarise, describe or explain table, graph, chart, or diagram, and another short essay task.

  1. 1st writing task: Length 150 words, Recommended time:20 minutes.
  2. 2nd writing task: Length 250 words, Recommended time:40 minutes.

NB: 2nd writing task is worth twice as many marks as 1st writing task.

2Coming soon..............
  1. Section 1 33% Weightage of writing section
  2. Section 2 67% Weightage of writing section
  • Listen and Follow the instruction carefully.
  • Avoid grammatical mistakes.
  • focus on accuracy
  • During writing essay include 4 section(introduction, advantage, disadvantage, conclusion ).
  • Always write as per point below
  • (mark breakup if essay is Task achievement(25%)  
    Coherence And Cohesion(25%)  
    Vocabulary(25%)  
    Grammar(25%)
  • Comming soon..............
Speaking(11-14 minutes)

The face-to-face interview includes short questions, speaking at length about a familiar topic, and a structured discussion.

  1. 1st part(Personal Interview): Timing: 4-5 minutes.
  2. 2nd part(Cue Card): Timing: 3-4 minutes.
  3. 3rd part(Q/A): Timing: 4-5 minutes.
3Coming soon..............Every section has equal weightage
  • Listen and Follow the instruction carefully.
  • Avoid grammatical mistakes.
  • focus on accuracy
  • Coming soon................

 

 

Resource

Learn With Sam And Ash  
https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnWithSamAndAsh

IELTS LIZ

https://www.youtube.com/c/IELTSLiz789

SAHA IN CANDA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIj6dBB51sY

 

Asad Yaqub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acbSsYo2-Vc

 

https://ielts-up.com/reading/ielts-reading-practice.html

https://www.ieltsjacky.com/ielts-reading-name-matching.html

https://ieltsmaterial.com/ielts-reading-previous-year-actual-tests/

Reasons Why Indian Students Fail The IELTS Test

1.Pronunciation

2.Fear of the repetition

3.Use of high level English language

websites that offer IELTS mock tests

British Council IELTS-Exam.net IELTS Online Tests iPassIELTS IELTS buddy