IELTS Examination is very famous throughout the world. Its abbreviation
is "International English Language Testing System". This exam is
started by Cambridge University and conducted by British Council and Australian
Education Office to analyse your command on English language. It is necessary
to take IELTS examination whether you want
to study abroad or trying to get permanent resident visa. IELTS is
accepted by almost every country. IELTS examination consist of four Parts which
are Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. In IELTS examination marks will
be in the form of bands vary from 1 to 9.
1 is the lowest band while 9 is the highest.
TYPES of IELTS EXAMS
There are two types of IELTS exam.
1) Academic
2) General Training
Academic IELTS are for study purpose while General Training
IELTS required for Immigration purpose. There are many differences between
Academics and General Training Examination.
Structure of IELTS Academics Examination
LISTENING
Total Time: 40 minutes
Instructor will provide you a booklet in which you have four
sections and range of questions vary from 38-40 but in most of the cases there
are 40 questions. An audio tape will be play you have to carefully listen the
tape and answer those questions.
30 minutes for writing
answers on rough sheet and 10 minutes
to transfer your answer from rough booklet to fair and final sheet. You can do
mistakes on rough sheet but be careful while transferring your answers on fair
sheet.
READING
Total Time: 1 Hour
Number of Passages: 3
Allocation of Time: 20 minutes to each passage
This is the most difficult part among all four. There are three
passages which you have to attempt without any choice. Read passages and answer
the question. In reading test you will not be provided any extra time so do not
do any mistake while writing answers of questions.
WRITING
Total Time: 1 Hours
Essay and Graph
In this exam you have to write one essay and explain one
graph, map or process. Essay will carry 5.5 bands and graph explanation will
carry 3.5 bands. In this component spend 40 minutes on essay writing and 20
minutes on graph explanation. So you will be able to attempt your desired bands.
SPEAKING
Speaking will be conducted after or before exam but not on
the same date. In this component there
are three parts. An examiner will ask you question and you have to give her
descriptive answer . In part one examiner will ask you general questions
related to your work and family After that examiner will give you a card on
which you have some questions for which you have to make notes in one minutes then you have to answer
those questions. In third and last part examiner will ask you follow-up
questions.
IELTS Preparation
For IELTS preparation you require about minimum 2 to 3
months if you understand English to some extent. There many institutes for
preparation select one of them and start your preparation but do not be a
victim of scam. Do not linger on your preparation it could be harmful you
because you will lose the momentum. For
preparation Cambridge IELTS books are very useful there are many other material
but Cambridge IELTS books are authentic one which will help you more than any
other material. I am sharing here many books including Cambridge IELTS books So
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IELTS Cambridge Books
1) Cambridge IELTS Course
2) Cambridge IELTS Book 1
3) Cambridge IELTS Book 2
4) Cambridge IELTS Book 3
5) Cambridge IELTS Book 4
6) Cambridge IELTS Book 5
7) Cambridge IELTS Book 6
8) Cambridge IELTS Book 7
IELTS Cambridge Books
1) Cambridge IELTS Course
2) Cambridge IELTS Book 1
3) Cambridge IELTS Book 2
4) Cambridge IELTS Book 3
5) Cambridge IELTS Book 4
6) Cambridge IELTS Book 5
7) Cambridge IELTS Book 6
8) Cambridge IELTS Book 7
Thank You for visiting our blog and Best of Luck to all those people who are
taking IELTS.
For those who are going to take General Training IELTS these
material are also helpful.
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