- First Floor, Terminal 81, Above SBI Bank, Near Bus Stand, Nakodar, Dist. Jalandhar, Punjab, India
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is an international standardised test of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers.
IELTS is accepted for study, work and migration in more countries than any other test. More than 9,000 universities, employers, professional registration bodies and governments around the world accept IELTS as evidence of English proficiency.
IELTS is recognised as a secure, valid and reliable indicator of true-to-life ability to communicate in English for education, immigration and professional accreditation, which assesses all of your English skills — reading, writing, listening and speaking, and is designed to reflect how you will use English at study, at work, and at play, in your new life abroad.
The Academic Version is intended for those who want to study or practice in an English-speaking country or want to enroll in universities and other institutions of higher education.
The General Training Version is intended for those planning to undertake non-academic training or to gain work experience, or for immigration purposes.
IELTS is a test of four language skills in Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. Candidates will take the Listening, Reading and Writing tests one after the other on the same day, with no breaks in between and Speaking test may be on the same day as the other three tests, or up to seven days before or after that.
The module is of 30 minutes and 10 minutes are given extra for transferring answers to the answer sheet. It comprises audio tracks which can be either a monologue or conversations by a range of native speakers. A variety of voices and native-speaker accents is used and you will hear each section only once.
In the academic module, there are three sections, with 3 texts normally followed by 13 or 14 questions for a total of 40 questions overall in which students are tested on reading passages with tasks, text from descriptive and factual to discursive and analytical, diagrams, graph, text from books , journals, and newspapers.
The General test also has 3 sections. However the texts are shorter, so there can be up to 5 texts to read in which three reading passages with tasks will be given.
In the Academic module, there are two tasks: in Task 1 candidates describe a diagram, graph, process or chart, and in Task 2 they have to write an essay which can be either descriptive or argumentative.
In the General Training module, there are also two tasks: in Task 1 candidates write a letter or explain a situation, and in Task 2 they write an essay.
The speaking test contains three sections. The first section takes the form of an interview during which candidates may be asked about their introduction, hobbies and interests. In the second section candidates are given a topic and then have one minute to prepare there after which they have to speak about the given topic. The third section involves a discussion between the examiner and the candidate, generally on questions relating to the theme which they have already spoken about in part 2.
Candidates are judged on a band scale of 1 to 9 in each part of the test. These bands clearly demarcates a candidate’s ability to use and understand English.
The bands are categorised as under:
Expert User
Very Good User
Good User
Competent User
Modest User
Limited User
Extremely Limited User
Intermittent User
No User
No Original English Used
First Floor, Terminal 81, Above SBI Bank, Near Bus Stand, Nakodar, dist. Jalandhar, Punjab, India
10:00 aM - 05:00 pM
(Monday - Saturday)
