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What is IELTS?
25.0%
General
Academic
75.0%
“Top 10” Countries—Global Candidates 2008
• China
• India
• Australia
• UK
• Pakistan
• Hong Kong
• Philippines
• UAE
• Korea
• Bangladesh
IELTS is not a new test
Listening
4 sections, 40 items (30 minutes)
Speaking
1:1 oral interview (11-14 minutes)
Listening
30 minutes, 40 questions
4 sections
• short-answer questions
• sentence completion
• notes, summary, diagram, flow chart, table completion
• classification
• matching
• multiple choice
• identification of writers’ views, attitudes, claims
Academic Writing
60 minutes, 2 mandatory writing tasks
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
0 Did Not Attempt the Test
Secure Score Reporting
• Listening
• Reading
• Writing
• Speaking
“IELTS Scores Explained” DVD
Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking
• On site testing
ielts@ieltsintl.org
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Daiva Berzinskas
IELTS Administrator
ELS Language Centers
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
nsh@els.edu