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IntroductiontoIELTS
IELTS,theInternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystemistheworld’sprovenEnglishtestwhichisdesignedtoassessthelanguageabilityofcandidatesattheageofover16.Sinceitestablishmentin1989,over1.4millioncandidatestakethetesteachyeartostarttheirjourneysintointernationaleducationandemploymentrecruitment.IELTSisrecognizedandacceptedasthestandardinternationaltest systemfor Englishlanguageproficiencybymorethan6000 institutions,professionalbodies,immigrationauthoritiesandothergovernmentagenciesinover 135countriesincludingAustralia,Canada,theUK,NewZealand,theUS,theNetherlands,France,Germany,Switzerland,Sweden,Singapore,HongKong,Malaysia,Japan,orSouthAfrica,etc.
TheStructureofIELTSTest
TheIELTStesthastwokinds:
theAcademictest(ormodule)andtheGeneralTrainingtest(ormodule).Themodulethatyoutakedependsonthereasonthatyouaretakingitfor.Generallyspeaking,theAcademicModuleisintendedforthosewhowanttoenrollinuniversitiesandotherinstitutionsofhighereducationandforprofessionalssuchasmedicaldoctorsandnurseswhowanttostudyorpracticeinanEnglish-speakingcountry.TheGeneralTrainingModuleisintendedforthosepeoplewhoplantoundertakenon-academictrainingortogainworkexperience,orforimmigrationpurposes.
Thewholetestappearslikethis:
ACADEMICMODULE
GENERALTRAININGMODULE
Listening
4sections;40questions.30minutes
4sections;40questions.30minutes
Reading
3sections;40questions
3longtexts1hour
3sections;40questions
3longtexts1hour
Writing
2tasks1hour
2tasks1hour
Speaking
3sections11-14minutes
3sections11-14minutes
TheCharacteristicsofIELTSTest
ThefollowingfeaturesareincorporatedintheIELTStest:
◆Avarietyofaccentsandwritingstylesarepresentedintextmaterialsinordertominimizelinguisticbias.
◆BothAcademicandGeneralTrainingmodulestryandreflectreallifesituationstotestwhetheracandidatewouldsurviveinEnglishspeakingsocialandacademicenvironments.
◆Itcoversthefourlanguagesskills:
listening,reading,writingandspeaking.ThelisteningandspeakingtestsareexactlythesamefortheAcademicandGeneralTrainingmodulesbutthereadingandwritingtestsaredifferent.
◆Thefirstthreemoduleslistening,reading,writingaregenerallytakeninonedaywhilethespeakingmodulemaybetakenattheperiodofsevendaysbeforeoraftertakingotherthreemodules.Thereisnobreakbetweenthemodules.Thetestaredesignedtocoverfullrangeofabilityfrombandscalescore(0to9)i.e.fromnonusertoexpertuser.
◆Thetestconsistsofacombinationofreal-lifesituationsinvolvingdailyEnglishaswellasacademicEnglish.EspeciallytheIELTSspeakingtestputsthecandidateandtheexaminerinareal-lifecommunicationsituationandsoprovidesanaccurateassessmentofthecandidate'sgenuineEnglishability.
◆Thespeakingmodule–akeypartofIELTSisconductedintheformofaone-to-oneinterviewwithanexaminer.Theexaminerassessesthecandidateintheprocessoftheircommunicating,butthespeakingsessionisalsorecordedformonitoringaswellasre-markingincaseofanappealagainstthebandinggiven.
◆AcomputerizedversionofIELTSListening,ReadingandWritingModules(CBIELTS)isavailableatselectedcentres,butallcentreswillcontinuetoofferpaper-basedIELTSandcandidateswillbegiventhechoiceofthemediuminwhichtheywishtotaketest.
◆.Bandscoresusedforeachlanguageskill(Listening,Reading,Writing,andSpeaking).TheBandScalerangesfrom0("Didnotattemptthetest")to9("ExpertUser").
◆Nominimumscoreisrequiredtopassthetest.AnIELTSresultorTestReportFormisissuedtoallcandidateswithascorefrom1(noknowledge)to9(expertuser)andeachinstitutionsetsadifferentthreshold.Institutionsareadvisednottoconsidervalidareportolderthantwoyears,unlesstheuserprovesthathehasworkedtomaintainhislevel.
TheformatofIELTSTest
IELTSTestFormat
TotalTestTime:
2hours45minutes.
TherearealtogetherfourModules-Listening,Reading,WritingandSpeakinginanIELTSTest.
AllcandidatestakethesameListeningandSpeakingModules.ThereisachoicebetweenAcademicandGeneralTrainingintheReadingandWritingModules.
Thefirstthreemodules-Listening,ReadingandWriting-mustbecompletedinoneday.TheSpeakingModulemaybetaken,atthediscretionofthetestcentre,intheperiodsevendaysbeforeoraftertheotherModules.
Listening
Time:
40minutes
TheIELTSListeningTestisthesamefortheACandGTmodules.CandidateswilllistentoatapewhichisplayedonlyONCEandansweraseriesofquestions.Thetestisinfoursectionswith10questionsineach(ie:
atotalof40questions)andwilllastforabout30minuteswithanextra10minutesattheendtotransferanswerstotheanswersheet.
Thispartconsistsofanumberofrecordedtexts,thedifficultyofwhichincreasesasthetestprogresses.
ThetextsincludeamixtureofmonologuesandconversationsandfeatureavarietyofEnglishaccentsanddialects.
Avarietyofquestiontypesisusedasfollows:
◆multiplechoice
◆shortanswer
◆sentencecompletion
◆notes/diagram/flowchartcompletion
Reading
Time:
60minutes
IELTSAcademicReadingTesthas3sectionswith40questionsbasedon1ormorereadingtextspersection.ThelengthoftheAcademicreadingtestwillbebetween2000and2750words.Candidatesaregivenaquestionpaperandananswerpaper.Theymaywriteonthequestionpaperbuttheymaynotremoveitfromthetestroomafterthetest.Allanswersmustbeputontothereadinganswersheetbeforetheendofthehour-thereisnoextratimeforthecandidatestotransfertheiranswerstotheanswerpaper.
Avarietyofquestiontypesareusedasfollows:
◆multiplechoice
◆shortanswer
◆sentencecompletion
◆notes/summary/diagram/flowchartcompletion
◆choosingfromaheadingbanktoidentifyparagraphsorpartsofthetext
◆identificationofwritersopinions/ideas-yes/no/notgiven
◆identificationofinformationinthetext-yes/no/notgivenORtrue/false/notgiven
◆classification
◆matchinglistsorphrases
Textsaretakenfrommagazines,books,journalsandnewspapers.Allreadingpassagetopicswillbeofgeneralacademicinterestwithnospecialistknowledge.Atleastonetextwillcontainalogicalargument.Onetextmayincludeadiagram,graphorillustration.Ifthereareanywordsortermsofaspecialisttechnicalnature,whichcandidateswouldnotbeexpectedtoknow,thenashortglossarywillbeprovided.
Writing
AcademicWriting
Time:
60minutes
Therearetwotasks.Forthefirsttask,candidatesarerequiredtowriteareportofatleast150wordsbasedonthematerialfoundinatable,alinegraph,abarchart,adiagramorapictureoracombinationoftheseinputforms,demonstratingtheirabilitytodescribeandexplaindata.
Forthesecondtask,candidatesarerequiredtowriteashortessayofatleast250wordsinresponsetoanopinionoraproblem,demonstratingtheirabilitytodiscussissues,constructanargumentandusetheappropriatetone.
Speaking
Time:
11-14minutes
TheIELTSSpeakingTestisthesamefortheACandGTmodules.Thetestisaface-to-faceinterviewbetweenoneexaminerandonecandidatetoassessthecandidate’sabilitytorespondtoquestionstospeakatlengthonafamiliartopicandtheabilitytointeractwiththeexaminer.
TheSpeakingtestisrecorded.Itconsists3parts:
Part1Thispartbeginswithsomegeneralintroductoryquestions.Thenitisfollowedbysomequestionsonpersonalinformationsimilartothetypeofquestionsonewouldaskwhenmeetingsomeoneforthefirsttime.Finallytheexaminerasksaseriesofquestionsof2topicsofgeneralinterest.(4-5minutes)
Part2Thispartisamonologue(1personspeaking)bythecandidate.Theexaminerwillgivethecandidateacardwithasubjectandafewguidingquestionsonit.Thecandidatetmusttalkfor1to2minutesonthissubject.Theexaminerdecidesontheexactlength.Thecandidatehasoneminutetoprepareforhistalkandisprovidedwithsomepaperandapencilinordertomakesomebriefnotes.Afterthecandidate'stalk,theexaminerwillaskoneortwobriefquestionsfinishoffthesection.(3-4minutes)
Part3Inthispart,theexaminerwillasksomemorequestionsgenerallyrelatedtothesubjectspokenaboutinpart2.Thesequestionswillbemoredemandingandrequiresomecriticalanalysisonthepartofthecandidate.(4-5minutes)
TheResultofIELTSTest
MarkingofIELTStestiscarriedoutatthetestcentrebytrainedexaminerswhoseworkiscloselymonitored.ThisensuresthatIELTStestresultsareavailablewithoutanyadministrativedelay.
ResultsareavailablewithintwoweeksofthetestandTestReportFormsaresentbythetestcenterstothecandidatesandtothesponsor(s)/receivinginstitution(s).Testcentersarenotpermittedtogiveresultsoutoverthephone,norbyfaxore-mail.
IELTSTestScores
IELTSprovidesaprofileofacandidate’sabilitytouseEnglish.CandidatesreceivescoresonaBandScalefrom1to9.Ascoreisreportedforeachmoduleofthetest.TheindividualmodulescoresarethenaveragedandroundedtoproduceanOverallBandScore.OverallBandScoresandListeningandReadingscoresarereportedinwholeandhalfBands;WritingandSpeakingBandScoresarereportedinwholeBandsonly.
IELTSresultwillconsistofascoreineachofthefourskills(listening,reading,writing,speaking)whichisthenaveragedtogivetheOverallBandScoreorfina
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