IELTS is offered up to four times a month in more than 140 countries.

IELTS is internationally focused in terms of its content.

IELTS has been developed by some of the world's leading experts in
language assessment and is supported by an extensive program of research, validation, and test development.

IELTS is designed to assess English language skills at all levels. There is no
pass or fail in IELTS. Results are reported as band scores on a scale from 1 (the lowest) to 9 (the highest).

You will receive a Test Report Form which reports a score for each of the four
skills (Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking), as well as an Overall Band Score. Results are issued 13 days after the test.

The validity of IELTS results is 2 years from the date of the test.

There are 3 Modules - Academic / General Training / UKVI

• The Academic Module is for candidates wishing to study at various levels and for those seeking professional registration.‍
• The General Training Module is for candidates wishing to migrate to an English-speaking country‍
• IELTS For UKVI is accepted by the UK Visas and Immigration Department as a measure of language proficiency for the people coming to work, live or study in the UK

Both modules cover four skills – Listening, Reading, Writing, and
Speaking.

‍Timing : 30 Minutes ( Plus 10 Minutes Transfer Time ).

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Questions : 40 Questions. A variety of question types is used, including multiple choice, matching, plan / map / diagram labeling, form completion, note completion, table completion, flow-chart completion, summary completion, sentence completion, and short-answer questions.

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Test Parts : 4 Parts ( Each Part Contains 10 Questions )

• Section 1 is a conversation between two people set in an everyday social context.
• Section 2 is a monologue set in an everyday social context.
• Section 3 is a conversation between up to four people set in an educational or training context.
• Section 4 is a monologue on an academic subject.

Each section is heard once only. A variety of voices and native-speaker accents are used.

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Skill Assessment : A wide range of listening skills is assessed, including understanding ideas and specific factual information, recognizing opinions and attitudes, and following the development of an argument.

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Marking : Each correct answer receives 1 mark. Scores out of 40 are converted to the IELTS 9-band scale. Scores are reported in whole and half bands.

Timing : 60 Minutes (no extra transfer time).

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Questions : 40 Questions. A variety of question types is used, including multiple-choice, identifying information (True/False/Not Given), identifying writer’s views/claims (Yes/No/Not Given), matching information, matching headings, matching features, matching sentence endings, sentence completion, summary completion, note completion, table completion, flow-chart completion, diagram label completion, and short-answer questions.

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Academic Reading :

Each section contains one long text. Texts are authentic and are taken from books, journals, magazines, and newspapers. They are written for a non-specialist audience and cover academic topics of general interest. Texts range from descriptive and factual to discursive and analytical. Texts may contain non-verbal materials such as diagrams, graphs, or illustrations. A simple glossary is provided for technical terms. It has minimum 2250 and maximum 2750 words in each passage.

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General Training Reading :

• ‍Section 1 contains two or three short factual texts, one of which may be composite. Topics are relevant to everyday life in an English-speaking country.‍
• Section 2 contains two short factual texts focusing on work-related issues.‍
• Section 3 contains one longer, more complex text on a topic of general interest.

Texts are authentic and are taken from notices, advertisements, company handbooks, official documents, books, magazines, and newspapers.

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Skill Assessment : A wide range of reading skills is assessed, including reading for gist, main ideas, detail, understanding inferences and implied meaning, recognizing a writer’s opinions, attitudes, and purpose, and following the development of an argument.

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Marking : Each correct answer receives 1 mark. Scores out of 40 are converted to the IELTS 9-band scale. Scores are reported in whole and half bands.

Timing : 60 Minutes.

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Tasks : 2 Tasks. Candidates are required to write at least 150 words for Task 1 and at least 250 words for Task 2.

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Task 2 contributes twice as much to the writing score when compared to Task 1. Responses to both Tasks should be written in a formal style.

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Total Time of 60 Minutes should be bifurcated as, 20 Minutes for Task 1 and 40 Minutes for Task 2.

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Academic Writing :

• Task 1 : Candidates are presented with a graph, table, chart, or diagram and are asked to describe, summarize, or explain the information in their own words.
• Task 2 : Candidates are asked to write an essay in response to a point of view, argument, or problem.

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General Training Writing :

• Task 1 : Candidates are presented with a situation and are asked to write a letter requesting, complaining or asking information or explaining the situation. The letter may be personal or semi-formal in style.
• Task 2 : Candidates are asked to write an essay in response to a point of view, argument, or problem.

Skill Assessment : In Both Tasks, candidates are assessed on their ability to write responses appropriate in terms of content, the organization of ideas, and the accuracy and range of vocabulary and grammar.

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Marking : Candidates are assessed on their performance on each task by certified IELTS examiners according to the four criteria of the IELTS Writing Test Band Descriptors (Task Achievement/Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range, and Accuracy). Task 2 contributes twice as much as Task 1 to the Writing score. Scores are reported in whole and half bands.

‍Timing : 11-14 Minutes.

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Test Parts : 3 Parts ( Face-to-Face Oral Interview with an Examiner ) The Speaking Test is recorded.

• Part 1 - Introduction and Interview (4-5 minutes) : The examiner introduces themselves and asks the candidate to introduce themselves and confirm their identity. The examiner asks general questions on familiar topics, such as home, family, work, studies, and interests. This Part contains weightage of 2 Bands (out of 9 Bands).
• Part 2 - Individual Long Turn (3-4 minutes) : The examiner gives the candidate a task card that asks them to talk about a particular topic, including points to cover in their talk. The candidate has 1 minute to prepare and can make notes. The candidate talks for 1-2 minutes, then the examiner asks one or two questions on the same topic. This Part contains weightage of 3 Bands (out of 9 Bands).
• Part 3 - Two-Way Discussion (4-5 minutes) : The examiner asks further questions related to the topic of Part 2. These questions give the candidate an opportunity to discuss more abstract issues and ideas. This Part contains weightage of 4 Bands (out of 9 Bands).

Skill Assessment : A wide range of speaking skills is assessed, including the ability to communicate opinions and information on everyday topics and common experiences, the ability to speak at length on a given topic using appropriate language and organizing ideas coherently, and the ability to express and justify opinions, analyze, discuss, and speculate about issues.

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Marking : Candidates are assessed throughout the test by certified IELTS examiners according to the four criteria of the IELTS Speaking Test Band Descriptors (Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, Pronunciation). Scores are reported in whole and half bands.