How studying abroad helps you professionally?

Studying abroad is very common these days. A constant increase can be seen every year in the number of students who choose to study abroad. There are many benefits of studying abroad. Despite experiencing life at an all new level and meeting new people from different cultures, you get a chance to have a bright future.
Following are some benefits of studying in a foreign country.

It provides you actual foreign language experience.

While studying abroad, you will learn new ways of communication on a daily basis. Depending on the language of your host country, you will resort to another form of English language. In fact, you will develop cross-cultural communication skills which will be a great help in your career.

It exposes you to juggle multiple responsibilities.

While studying abroad, you will be forced to come out of your comfort zone and handle your academics, work and personal life accordingly. You will get to learn the process of planning, organising and managing your life. Irrespective of the type of profession, this experience will enable you to handle high intensity, demanding job roles.

You will refine your decision making skills

Studying abroad and living alone will make you independent and you will be able to refine your decision making skills at the same time. It will help you to evaluate the situation and you will also act wisely in the financial aspect. Eventually, you will end up making wise decisions that help you minimize the risk and maximize the profits. You will be able to learn how to respond rather than reacting to a typical situation.

Your value in the corporate world

When you choose to get a degree from any recognized university in abroad, you actually decide to open a world of bright career opportunities. With proficiency in English and better management skills, you increase the chances of securing a suitable job.

Touchstone can help you fulfill your dream of studying abroad. We offer an integrated preparation course for preparation of IELTS, TOEFL, and PTE. So, if you are seeking to study abroad join Touchstone and prepare for the appropriate test in the most effective ways.

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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)