12 things you should know about IELTS

12 things you should know about IELTS:

Students from India will need to sit for IELTS if they want to study in countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom among others. 

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Let us look at a few facts about IELTS:

#1 IELTS stands for International English Language Testing System

#2 IELTS is the world’s proven test and its score is accepted by more than 8,000 organizations in over 135 countries. 

#3 The exam is co-managed by The University of Cambridge, The British Council, and IDP Education Australia.

#4 This test has four sections: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking.

#5 There are two types of IELTS: The General IELTS and the Academic IELTS .

#6 The General IELTS is for the students who wish to migrate to an English speaking country for work or training reasons.

#7 The Academic IELTS is for students, who wish to study in an English speaking country,

# 8 The Listening and Speaking sections are the same in both exams, but the Writing and Reading sections differ.

#9 The duration of IELTS is of 2 hours and 44 minutes. This includes: 

- 30 minutes for the Listening section 

- 60 minutes that last the Reading section 

- 60 minutes to write the texts of the Writing section and 

- Between 11-14 minutes to answer the three parts of the Speaking section

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#10 The speaking module is a key component of IELTS. It is conducted in the form of a one-to-one interview with an examiner. 

The examiner assesses the candidate as he or she is speaking, but the speaking session is also recorded for monitoring.

#11 Test takers are graded and placed on a scale from 1 (Non User) to 9 (Expert User) — most university requirements fall between 5.5 and 7.0 of the academic strand.

#12 The test is taken every year in 500 locations across 121 countries, and is one of the fastest growing English language tests in the world.

Source: Indian-colleges