The International English Language Testing System, also known as IELTS is designed to evaluate and estimate the language ability of people who want to pursue their education or career study where English is the language of communication. As per the records, it has been estimated that about 2 million test takers every year. IELTS is recognised and accepted by over 9,000 organisations including universities, employing companies, professional bodies, immigration authorities and other government agencies.

WHY IELTS:
IELTS is the most unbiased and reliable English proficiency test available for the purposes of study, work and immigration. Most academic institutions in English- speaking countries, like Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and an increasing number of educational institutions in the United States, accept IELTS for study. Also, IELTS is used for work purposes, many professional organisations recognise IELTS as the standard test. Even for migration, IELTS is required or accepted for permanent residency by the government of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

ABOUT IELTS:
There are two versions of IELTS

Academic Module: This module is for the students who are seeking admission in a university or institution for higher education which are degree and diploma courses.

General -Training Module: This module is for the students seeking entry to a secondary school or people giving the test for immigration purposes.

The test has four sections:
The total time for the test is 2 hours 45 minutes.
1. Listening- 4 sections, 40 questions, 30 minutes
2. Speaking- interview, 15 minutes
3. Reading- different for Academic and General Training – 3 sections, 40 questions, 60 minutes
4. Writing- different for Academic and General Training- 2 pieces of writing, 60 minutes.

IELTS test has four modules

• Reading : Students will be allowed 1 hour to complete all 3 sections of the Ielts Academic reading test. The Reading section consists of a paragraph and questions based on it. There are multiple choice questions, true, false and not given and sentence completion. Graph Solving is also the part of Reading Test.

•  Writing : Writing test includes 2 task of 60 mins. Task 1 for 20 mins and task 2 for 40 mins. In Academic you have to solve a graph in 20 mins and a paragraph writing in 40 mins. General IELTS test Task 1 is letter writing and task 2 is paragraph based on professional writing.

•  Listening : Listening test goes for 40 mins, in which you are required to answer 40 questions based on a Audio clip. In section 1 of Listening test 2 way conversation of native speakers. Section 2 includes Listening for specific details. You need to identify the speakers, matching items, identifying functions, completing notes and understanding categories. In Section 3 you need to recognize paraphrasing. In this unit you will practice identifying distractors, selecting from given list and sentence completion. In Section 4 discussion will be there regarding places and directions. In this unit you will practice understanding a description of a place, need to follow the directions and multiple-choice question and answers.

•  Speaking : Duration of speaking test is 11 to 15 mins. In first test you will have to use correct tenses while speaking. Grammatical range and accuracy. You need to talk about familiar topics which are related to your surroundings and current affairs.

In Part 2 of speaking you will be asked to talk about specific topic. There will be Cue card round also.

Part 3 consists of questions which are based on part 1 & 2.