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 Duration | IELTS General Test Description | Total Questions | Mark | Weightage | How to improve |
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Listening (30 minutes plus an additional 10 minutes to transfer your answer) | four section recorded monologues and conversations of increasing difficultly.
Question Type:
NB: recording will hear only once | 40 | Each question is worth 1 mark | Every section has equal weightage |
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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)
Question Type(12 Types):
| 40 | Each question is worth 1 mark | Every section has equal weightage |
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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.
NB: 2nd writing task is worth twice as many marks as 1st writing task. | 2 | Coming soon.............. |
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Speaking(11-14 minutes) | The face-to-face interview includes short questions, speaking at length about a familiar topic, and a structured discussion.
| 3 | Coming soon.............. | Every section has equal weightage |
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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