What do IELTS bands show?

What do IELTS Bands show?

IELTS results are reported on an overall 9 band scale as well as individually for listening, reading, writing, and speaking. IELTS bands are interpreted as follows:

9 Bands:

If a person scores 9 bands in IELTS, it implies that he/she is an expert user and has fully operational command of English.

8 Bands:

An individual who scores eight bands in IELTS is considered to be a very good user of English, with a fully operational command of English with negligible inaccuracies.

7 Bands:

A seven band scorer in IELTS is considered to be a good user of English with an operational command of English, with some inaccuracies and misunderstandings.

6 Bands:

A person who scores six bands in IELTS is considered to be a competent user of English with an effective command of the language, but there are inaccuracies, misunderstandings, and inappropriacies in the way he/she uses English.

5 Bands:

If an individual scores five bands in IELTS it means that he/she is a modest user of English with partial command of the language and he/she is likely to make many mistakes.

4 Bands:

A four band scorer is considered a limited user of English and there are frequent breakdowns in his/her English communication.

3 Bands:

A person who scores three bands in IELTS is considered to be an extremely limited user of English and his/her English communication is limited to basic situations only.

2 Bands:

A two band scorer is an intermittent user of English and has a lot of difficulty in understanding, writing, and speaking English

1 Band:

This person has no ability to use English.

0 Band:

did not appear for the test.

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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)