Tips for IELTS success

Tips for IELTS success

IELTS success can be achieved by relentless practice in the supervision of a professional IELTS trainer at a premium IELTS training institute like Touchstone Educationals. However, there is no other IELTS training institute which can match the credentials of Touchstone Educationals. http://www.touchstoneedu.com/achievements/

Achieving IELTS success is a 6 step procedure:

To do well in IELTS you must be good in English and be able to use the special techniques required to take the IELTS exam successfully. IELTS has 4 modules namely reading, listening, writing and speaking. There are various techniques and procedures which must be used to answer each module.

There have been innumerable cases where a candidate who is otherwise good in English does not do well in IELTS. In the absence of tips and techniques required for the IELTS test even a native English speaker may not do well in the test. Before choosing an institute as your IELTS training partner it is important to confirm its credibility and reputation.

IELTS is accepted by over 3000 academic institutions across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain and United States of America. IELTS holds the distinction of being the only English Language test approved by the U.K. visa and immigration authority. Various professional organisations across the world also accept IELTS.
The academic and general versions of IELTS are identical in time allocation, length of written responses and reporting of scores. Writing task 1 of both the versions is different. In writing task 1 of the academic version candidates are required to describe a chart, table, graph or a diagram while task 1 of the general version is to write a letter in response to the given situation. There are minor differences in the type of topics for writing task 2 and subjects covered in comprehension passages for reading.

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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)