IELTS – International English language Testing System

In this era, everyone is going to have a thought to set off for broad, in this way, British council cooperates a lot. Here is an admission test that is much used and given by many people so that they could show their proficiency in the international language “English”. In this age, people study and move to abroad so that their abilities can be renewed.

Now what it is what are the functions associated with it. We’ll be knowing t further. The test will help all the students in maintaining their knowledge regarding English language and its usage. Let’s know the functions.

A glimpse to this testing system! IELTS stands for international English language testing system. It is an international standardized test for English language proficiency basically it tests your fluency and knowledge regarding the English language. It is jointly managed by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, the British Council and IDP Education Pty Ltd, and was established in 1989. This university is responsible for generating IELTS for the students all over the world. But in Pakistan, the capital Islamabad is now having IELTS in Nikon.

Scoring criteria- Fear of every student: In short, as far as the score for the test is concerned, no minimum score is required to pass the test. But a criteria is to be followed by all the students. There is a notion of the score form in which the related knowledge to the English language. There is a test form attached with it in which the criteria and the score is mentioned. An IELTS result or Test Report Form is issued to all candidates with a score from 1 (no knowledge) to 9 (expert user) and each institution sets a different threshold. Institutions are advised not to consider valid a report older than two years, unless the user proves that he has worked to maintain his level.

What kind of test I will go through?:  This is an important question which beats the mind of every student. Here is the list of those questions which the test will be containing.

• Multiple choice questions
• Short answer questions
• Completing notes questions in which an incomplete part will be in front of your and you are supposed to complete it.
• There is a question of summary completion
• Flow chart completion
• Completing a table
• Completion of a diagram may be consisting of vowels, vocabulary eats.
• Matching a blank on the text
• True false questions
• Classification questions
• Completion of a summary with no word bank and sometimes word bank

These question are more related to the reading language skill. Don’t waste time in reading too much but skimming and scanning technique will help you alot.

How do I prepare?: It’s important to note that there are several kinds of test which you will supposed to prepare for. There are 4 language skills which is reading, writing, listening and speaking. The test will be based on these test, here is a small guide tutorial which will help you in the preparation. Here is the list of the questions which you will be having in the test.

At the start of the test, you should have you ID with you. Without it you cannot sit in the hall.

• Listening test:

There will be 3 sections which will be consisting on this time limit:

• Section 1 (4 to 5 minutes)
• Section 2 (3-4 minutes)
• Section 3 (4-5 minutes)

There will be a closed question which is to be answered by a single word or a couple of words. So, you will not get a question like:

Do you like living in your town?: A student could just answer yes. Any answers like this will just be followed by the question why? So you have to extend your answer (what you should have done after the “yes” anyway). Anyway, the question is more possible to be:

Why do you like living in your town?: Here, in this case, the applicant has to give an explanation and therefore the inspector hears plenty of English which will help him or her evaluate you.

• Reading test: As mentioned earlier, there will be a paragraph, which you would have to read so that the reading material stays in the mind. With that reading material there will be so many questions which are highly mentioned above in question types.

• Speaking test: How can you best give the speaking test? Speaking matters when you talk to someone. In this section you will be having questions may be situation on which you will be ponder about: For example here you need to describe one thing. Describe a favorite holiday destination that you like.

You should say:

• When you first went there?
• How you go that place?
• What you do when you’re there?
• And explain why this place is so special for you?
• What were the experiences you had?
• And you can also share the beautiful moments.

Writing Test:

In this section, you will be having a topic on which you will supposed to write about. For example:

• Your first day at college
• Your ambition or nay other regarding you can easily write about.

IELTS has forty eight fixed test year to ensure the high quality grades and security.  There are 500 centers in over 120 countries. I the above mentioned places tests can be conducted. You need to download the form from the site in case of admission.

This short tutorial will help you in attaining good score. Do follow the instructions mentioned above. For more details visit the site: https://www.ielts.org/