IELTS Preparation

I have applied for International English Language Testing System IELTS exam so can you tell me how to preparation of exam?

[shikha]

The International English Language Testing System IELTS, is designed to assess the language ability of candidates who need to study or work where English is the language of communication.

IELTS can take months of hard work and thousands of dollars in tuition and test fees, so there is a lot of pressure to get it right first time.

There are three main things you need to improve:

General level of English (Slow)
Test skills (Medium)
Knowing how the test is marked (Fast)

Simply studying IELTS skills and doing practice tests will not be enough if your level of English is not high enough.

The fastest and most effective way to improve your score is knowing exactly what the examiners want and giving it to them.

Test Format-

There are four sub-tests, or modules, to the IELTS test: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.

Students must sit all four sub-tests.

Total Time: 2 hours 45 minutes

The Speaking test may even take place a day or two later at some centres.

IELTS Listening test lasts for about 30 minutes. It consists of four sections, played on cassette tape, in order of increasing difficulty. Each section might be a dialogue or a monologue. The test is played once only, and the questions for each section must be answered while listening, although time is given for students to check their answers.

IELTS Reading test lasts for 60 minutes. Students are given an Academic Reading test, or a General Training Reading test. Both tests consist of three sections, and in both tests the sections are in order of increasing difficulty.

IELTS Writing test also lasts for 60 minutes. Again, students take either an Academic Module, or a General Training Module. Students must perform two writing tasks, which require different styles of writing. There is no choice of question topics.

IELTS Speaking test consists of a one-to-one interview with a specially trained examiner. The interview is recorded and has three separate parts:
An introduction and interview, an individual long turn where the candidate speaks for one or two minutes on a particular topic, and a two-way discussion thematically linked to the individual long turn. This interview will last for approximately 11-14 minutes.