The International English Language Testing System

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Introduction to the IELTS test
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is a test of English language proficiency, developed by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. Today IELTS is accepted as evidence of a prospective student’s level of English by most universities in English speaking countries.
There are two different IELTS tests that you can […]

The IELTS Test and IELTS Preparation

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

The Test
The IELTS test is in four sections; listening, reading, writing and speaking, and lasts for approximately 3 hours. Candidates receive their scores within two weeks, giving them a band score of between 1 (no language ability) to 9 (native-speaker level language ability). Generally speaking, most universities require a score of 6 or 7 […]