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Comprehensive Guide to IELTS Test Modules: Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking

Learn about the four IELTS test modules: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking, their formats, and what candidates must do to succeed. The Listening module involves specific comprehension, inference, and salient information, while the Reading module tests detailed and general comprehension. In the Writing module, candidates showcase their English writing abilities in various contexts and tasks. The Speaking module assesses communication skills through speech on diverse topics. Understand the scoring bands from 1 to 9 and what they mean for your performance. Ace your IELTS exam with this comprehensive guide.

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Comprehensive Guide to IELTS Test Modules: Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking

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  1. What do IELTS candidates have to do? • Candidates must do all four test modules: • Listening • Reading • Writing • Speaking

  2. Listening 30 minutes, 4 sections, 40 items Academic Reading 60 minutes, 3 sections, 40 items General Training Reading 60 minutes, 3 sections, 40 items Academic Writing 60 minutes, 2 tasks General Training Writing 60 minutes, 2 tasks Speaking 11 - 14 minutes, 3 parts Test Format

  3. Listening Module • Tests: • specific and overall comprehension • inference • salient information • Same for Academic and General Training candidates • Variety of contexts (general and study) • Variety of formats (dialogues and mini-lectures) • Tape played only once

  4. Reading Module • Tests detailed and general comprehension • Academic and General Training Modules • Academic Module: academic texts • General Training module: general and study-related texts

  5. Writing Module • Academic and General Training Modules • Tests: • ability to write English appropriate to context and task • use of language in a variety of contexts and topics • skills at sentence, paragraph and whole text level • Candidates rated on: • task fulfilment • coherence and cohesion • communicative quality • vocabulary and sentence structure

  6. Speaking Module • Same for Academic and General Training candidates • Tests ability to communicate through speech in general English contexts • One-to-one interview • Range of topics and contexts • Range of skills and patterns of interaction • 3 parts: • question and answer on personal topics • unassisted short talk on a given topic • two-way discussion on more abstract issues

  7. What do the bands mean? • 9 band scale • 9 - expert user • 8 - very good user • 7 - good user • 6 - competent user • 5 - modest user • 4 - limited user • 3 - extremely limited user • 2 - intermittent user • 1 - non-user

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