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ABOUT TOUCHSTONE

We are a team of self-motivated, highly dedicated professionals with an unwavering commitment to and a single-minded focus on empowering our students with English communication skills that enable them to achieve their goals.

IDP has enthusiastically rated us as India’s number 1 IELTS institute in the country for 9 consecutive years. We have a holistic, individual-centric approach that has enabled us to consistently deliver excellent results. We are proud of our long and clean track record of offering English language programs and study abroad support to students and thus fulfilling their aspirations.
Our trainers have a thorough understanding of the IELTS exam that stems from their extensive experience, robust language skills and focus on continuous upskilling.

As a leading study abroad consultant, we are the one-stop solution provider for all students and professionals who desire to pursue their higher studies and enhance their career abroad. With our assistance, our clients/students are bound to achieve great heights and succeed in fulfilling their dreams.

At Touchstone, customer service is a passion and is an essential part of our identity. We are constantly deliberating ways in which to enhance the overall client/ student experience. We treat the goals and aspirations of our students as our goals. We strongly believe that our success lies in the success of our students.

Quality Policy

  • To consistently provide customer value and satisfaction by delivering world-class English programmes to our students
  • To pursue global standards of excellence in all our endeavours, namely, IELTS, IELTS Life Skills, PTE and TOEFL preparation, Spoken English, Business English, General English, Student Visa Counselling, Interview Preparation and Personality Development.
  • To remain accountable in our core and support functions, through processes of self-evaluation and continuous improvement.

Philosophy & Mission

Our Mission is to foster the success of our students by building international standard capabilities of English communication, resulting in self-fulfillment and competitiveness in an increasingly global society. We ensure that our decisions and training methodologies are data-informed and grounded in the best interests of our students.

What we strive for

At Touchstone we equip students with exceptional English communication skills that help them to achieve their respective goals:
  • Score the required Bands in IELTS and PTE
  • Attain the required TOEFL score
  • Improve Spoken English
Our passion for student success and delivering exceptional service is backed by our vast training and student visa counselling expertise, a proven track record and rich international exposure. We take pride in our commitment to quality, result orientation and customer satisfaction.

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Listening

The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
to follow the development of ideas.

No. of questions: 40 Marks:

each question is worth one (1) mark

Total time: 30 minutes (+ 2 minutes review time )

Speaking

The IELTS Speaking test assesses your pronunciation, grammar, accuracy, fluency and lexical resources while speaking English. There are three (3) parts to this test, with each part fulfilling a specific function in terms of task input, interaction pattern and the test taker’s output.

Part 1: Introduction & Interview This part includes general questions about the test taker like residence, work,family, interests, etc.

Part 2: Long Run Cue cards are shared on a particular topic and one (1) minute will be given to prepare to speak for upto two (2) minutes on the topic.

Part 3: Discussion This part gives you the opportunity to discuss the topic from the cue card in further detail, in a more general and abstract way

Total time: 11-14 minutes

Reading

The IELTS Reading test is designed to test a wide range of reading skills including reading for skimming, details, gist, understanding arguments and writer’s opinions,attitude and purpose

IELTS Academic Reading – It includes three (3) reading passages (with a variety of questions) ranging from descriptive and factual to discursive and analytical. These passages are of general interest dealing with interesting and recognizably appropriate issues, with at least one passage containing a detailed logical argument

Note: The reading texts may contain non-verbal materials as well like graphs, diagrams or illustrations.

IELTS General Reading – It includes three (3) daily passages (with 2-3 short texts in the first passage, 2 texts in the second passage and 1 long text in the third passage), based on an English-speaking environment, from notices, newspapers, magazines or advertisements.

Reading passage 1: texts based on social survival, like advertisements, notices and timetables

Reading passage 2: texts based on workplace survival, like contracts, job descriptions, staff development & training material

Reading passage 3: texts based on general reading, involving more extended prose and a complex structure.

No. of questions: 40

Marks: each question is worth one (1) mark

Total time: 60 minutes (no additional transfer time)

Note: Please note that the question types in the Listening & Reading sections can include multiple choice answers, true or false answers, matching information/headings or sentence, table & flow-chart completion.

Listening

The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
to follow the development of ideas.

No. of questions: 40 Marks:

each question is worth one (1) mark

Total time: 30 minutes (+10 minutes transfer time)