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In this topic, I will attempt to tell you about IELTS. Let's begin, shall we?

IELTS - International English Language Testing System.

The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is designed to help you work, study or migrate to a country where English is the native language. This includes countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA.

Your ability to listen, read, write and speak in English will be assessed during the test. IELTS is graded on a scale of 1-9. 

IELTS is jointly owned by the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia, and Cambridge Assessment English.

IELTS scoring

All 4 sections of the test have equal weightage. IELTS uses a 9-band scale to show the score. Each individual question is checked for accuracy and the raw score from each section is then converted to an individual component band score which is rounded off to the nearest half band (0.5) or full band (.0). These component band scores are then added and divided by 4 to get an average which is the overall band score. The final band score is also rounded off to the nearest half or full band.

IELTS score scale listening

IELTS score scale listening

IELTS score scale listening

Task Achievement (Task 1) / Task Response (Task 2) - 25%

Coherence and Cohesion - 25%

Lexical Resource - 25%

Grammatical Range and Accuracy - 25%

IELTS score scale listening speaking

Fluency and Coherence

Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Pronunciation

IELTS score has no validity period. 

It is at the discretion of each organization to set their own validity period but IELTS recommends a validity period of 2 years.

On average, most test-takers score better in Listening and worst in writing.

55% of the test takers score more than 6.0 (academic test taken for higher education courses with a duration of more than 3 months).

There are no restrictions on re-taking IELTS. If you don't get the result you wanted, you can register for another test as soon as you feel you are ready to do so.

In my next post, we will consider listening, reading,speaking,and writing. I'll divide it all up into four parts, so it's going to be easy for you to understand. Between them, I'll post some help tips for it.