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LISTENING 4 sections, 40 items, 30 minutes. ACADEMIC READING 3 sections, 40 items, 60 minutes. GENERAL TRAINING READING 3 sections, 40 items, 60 minutes. ACADEMIC WRITING 2 tasks (150 & 250 words), 60 minutes. GENERAL TRAINING WRITING 2 tasks (150 & 250 words), 60 minutes.

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  1. LISTENING4 sections, 40 items,30 minutes ACADEMIC READING3 sections, 40 items,60 minutes GENERAL TRAINING READING3 sections, 40 items,60 minutes ACADEMIC WRITING2 tasks (150 & 250 words),60 minutes GENERAL TRAINING WRITING2 tasks (150 & 250 words),60 minutes SPEAKING11-14 minutes Test format Total test time: 2 hours 44 minutes(+ 10 minutes transfer time)

  2. Candidate performance Candidates must do all four parts of the test • IELTS provides: - A score for each of the four language areas, and - An overall Band score • IELTS tests the full range of proficiency levels, from non-user to expert user, on a 9 band scale

  3. How are IELTS results presented? 9 Band Scale 9 expert user 8 very good user 7 good user 6 competent user 5 modest user 4 limited user 3 extremely limited user 2 intermittent user 1 non-user

  4. How are Listening and Reading rated? • Objectively marked • Listening and Reading papers contain 40 items • Each item is worth one mark • Each candidate’s Listening or Reading paper is marked and awarded a score out of 40 • Each paper has a band score conversion table which converts the raw score to a band score

  5. Speaking Test is with a real person

  6. How are Writing and Speaking rated? • As these are productive skills, they are marked by language Examiners • Four equally weighted criteria, each one marked according to the nine band scale

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