IELTS Crash Preparation Program

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2009/08/29 by ESC Team in English Test Prep, Private Teaching

ESC provides any individual planning to take IELTS test with IELTS Crash Preparation Program. In only 30 hours/15 sessions, we help you get well-prepared for the test. We teach you the tricks and strategies to do the test effectively.

IELTS (the International English Language Testing System) tests the capacity to read, listen, write, and speak in English in a professional setting where English is required. The test is divided into 4 sections:
- Listening
- Reading
- Writing
- Speaking

There are two formats of IELTS:

1. Academic

2. General Training

Format of IELTS Test

Section

Academic

General Training

Listening
  • Includes Four Sections
  • Sections 1 and 2: texts are concerned with social needs
  • Sections 3 and 4: texts are concerned with educational or training issues
  • Recordings include monologues and dialogues (between two or three people)
  • Recordings are played once only
  • 40 questions – 40 marks
  • Variety of question types: multiple choice, short-answer questions, summary notes, flow chart completion, sentence completion, labeling a diagram and matching
  • Test time: Approx. 30 minutes

Reading
  • 40 questions – 40 marks
  • Variety of question types: multiple choice, sentence completion, summary notes, identifying data for short-answer questions, matching, identifying writers’ views and attitudes (True, False, Not Given) and classification.
  • Test time: 1 hour
  • Test consists of three texts
  • Texts deal with issues of general interest, appropriate for candidates applying for postgraduate or undergraduate courses.
  • Test consists of one or more texts
  • Texts consist of social and training contexts and general interest topics.
  • Texts are taken from adverts, booklets, newspapers, timetables, books and magazines.

Writing
  • Two sections in total
  • Test time: 1 hour
Task 1 (20 minutes)

  • Requires at least 150 words
  • Candidates review a graph, diagram, table or data to present information in their own words
  • Candidates write a short essay or report on the data

Task 2 (40 minutes)

  • Requires at least 250 words
  • Candidates are presented with a point of view, argument or problem
  • Candidates are asked to provide general factual information, outline and/or present a solution, justify an opinion and evaluate ideas and evidence

Task 1 (20 minutes)

  • Requires at least 150 words
  • Candidates write a response to a given problem in letter format (personal, semi-formal or formal correspondence)

Task 2 (40 minutes)          

  • Requires at least 250 words
  • Candidates are asked to write an essay on a general topic

Speaking

Part 1 (4 to 5 minutes): Candidates answer general questions about

  • themselves,
  • their homes/families/living area,
  • their jobs/studies/career plans,
  • their interests/hobbies,
  • and a range of similar and familiar topic areas.
  • Part 2 (4 to 5 minutes): Candidate are
  • given a prompt on a card and is asked to talk about the particular topic.
  • given one minute to prepare before speaking about the topic (for 1 to 2 minutes)
  • asked one to two follow-up questions.

Part 3 (4 to 5 minutes): Candidates

  • engage in a discussion with the examiner on more abstract issues and concepts which are thematically linked to the topic prompt in Part 2.

IELTS Bands/Scores

IELTS is scored on proficiency levels (called “bands”) from 1 to 9.

Bandscore

Skill level

Description

Band 9

 Expert user You have a full operational command of the language. Your use of English is appropriate, accurate and fluent, and you show complete understanding.

Band 8

 Very good user You have a fully operational command of the language with only occasional unsystematic inaccuracies and inappropriate usage. You may misunderstand some things in unfamiliar situations. You handle complex detailed argumentation well.

Band 7

 Good user You have an operational command of the language, though with occasional inaccuracies, inappropriate usage and misunderstandings in some situations. Generally you handle complex language well and understand detailed reasoning.

Band 6

 Competent user Generally you have an effective command of the language despite some inaccuracies, inappropriate usage and misunderstandings. You can use and understand fairly complex language, particularly in familiar situations.

Band 5

 Modest user You have a partial command of the language, and cope with overall meaning in most situations, although you are likely to make many mistakes. You should be able to handle basic communication in your own field.

Band 4

 Limited user Your basic competence is limited to familiar situations. You frequently show problems in understanding and expression. You are not able to use complex language.

Band 3

 Extremely limited user

You convey and understand only general meaning in very familiar situations. There are frequent breakdowns in communication.

Band 2

 Intermittent user You have great difficulty understanding spoken and written English.

Band 1

 Non-user You have no ability to use the language except a few isolated words.

Band 0

 Did not attempt the test You did not answer the questions.

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