The document provides information about the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam. IELTS is administered by the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia, and Cambridge Assessment English to assess English language proficiency for immigration, higher education, or professional accreditation. There are two main test types: General Training, focused on everyday English for immigration purposes, and Academic, focused on academic English for higher education. Each test consists of four sections assessing listening, reading, writing, and speaking abilities over a total test time of around 2 hours and 45 minutes. Scores are reported on a 9-band scale.

1. IELTS
International English
Language Testing
System

2. WHYWHY IELTSIELTS??
 HIGHER STUDIES
 NATURALISATION & IMMIGRATION
 PROFESSIONAL JOBS
WHO CAN TAKE IELTS?
 ONE WITH AGE 16 YEARS OR ABOVE.
 ONE WITH A VALID PASSPORT

3. WHO ADMINISTERSWHO ADMINISTERS IELTSIELTS??
IELTS
University of Cambridge
Local Examination Syndicate
BRITISH COUNCIL - UK IDP - Australia

4. TEST TYPESTEST TYPES
GENERAL TRAINING
FOR IMMIGRATION
ACADEMIC
FOR HIGHER STUDIES
FOR PROFESSIONAL WORK VISAS

5. IELTS
LISTENING
COMPREHENSION
READING
COMPREHENSION
WRITING
SECTION
SPEAKING
SECTION
TEST STRUCTURE

6. LISTENINGLISTENING
TIME ALLOWED 30 MIN. + 10 MIN.
PROCEDURE  FIRST MODULE OF THE TEST
 CASSETTE IS PLAYED
 INDIVIDUAL HEAD PHONES ARE PROVIDED
 ATTEMPTING QUESTIONS FROM THE BOOKLET
 TRANSFERING ANSWERS (USING PENCIL ONLY)
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 40 QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTED OVER 4 SECTIONS
STRUCTURE SECTION 1 – Conversation on a social/ semi-official
topic
SECTION 2 – A monologue about a social topic
SECTION 3 – Conversation on between 2-4 speakers
about an academic topic
SECTION 4 – A university-style presentation of an
academic topic by one speaker

7. READINGREADING
TIME ALLOWED 60 MIN.
PROCEDURE  SECOND MODULE OF THE TEST
 ATTEMPTING QUESTIONS FROM THE
BOOKLET AFTER READING THE UNSEEN
PASSAGES
 TRANSFERING ANSWERS (No extra time
provided)
 ONLY PENCIL IS ALLOWED
NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS
40 QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTED OVER 3 SECTIONS
QUESTION TYPES T/F/NG, HEADINGS, MCQs, SENTENCE
COMPLETION, MATCHING etc.

8. ACADEMIC READINGACADEMIC READING
VSVS
GENERALTRAINING READINGGENERALTRAINING READING
ACADEMIC GENERAL
TRAINING
READING
PASSAGES
 THREE PASSAGES FORM
MAGAZINES, JOURNALS OR
NEWSPAPERS
 PASSAGES FOCUSED ON ACADEMIC
ISSUES
 THREE PASSAGES FROM
NOTICES, ADS, MAGAZINES
& BOOKS
 PASSAGES FOCUSED ON
SOCIAL ISSUES
DIFFICULTY
LEVEL
COMPARATIVELY DIFFICULT EASIER
TIME ALLOWED 60 MIN. 60 MIN.
NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS
40 40

9. WRITINGWRITING
TIME ALLOWED 60 MIN.
PROCEDURE  THIRD MODULE OF THE TEST
 TWO WRITING TASKS OF SPECIFIED
WORD LIMITS TO BE COMPLETED
 OPTION OF USING A PEN OR A PENCIL

10. ACADEMIC WRITINGACADEMIC WRITING
VSVS
GENERALTRAINING WRITINGGENERALTRAINING WRITING
ACADEMIC GENERAL TRAINING
FORMAT OF
QUESTIONS
 INTERPRETING AND
DESCRIBING A GRAPH/CHART
 GIVING AN OPINION OR
SUGGESTING A SOLUTION TO A
PROBLEM
 WRITING A LETTER
 GIVING AN OPINION OR
SUGGESTING A SOLUTION TO A
PROBLEM
DIFFICULTY
LEVEL
MORE DIFFICULT EASIER
TIME ALLOWED 60 MIN. 60 MIN.
WORD LIMIT 150 WORDS FOR GRAPH/CHART
250 WORDS FOR ESSAY
150 WORDS FOR GRAPH/CHART
250 WORDS FOR ESSAY

11. SPEAKINGSPEAKING
TIME ALLOWED 10 TO 15 MIN.
PROCEDURE  ONE TO ONE INTERVIEW
 ENTIRE CONVERSATION IS RECORDED
STRUCTURE  INTRODUCTION AND INTERVIEW
 TOPIC CARD
 EXTENDED QUESTIONS ON TOPIC CARD /
DISCUSSION
WHAT IS
ASSESSED
 GRAMMAR
 FLUENCY
 PRONUNCIATION
 VOCABULARY
 BODY LANGUAGE