subject: Know What Ielts Course Entails. [print this page] For those who want to find the job opportunities in the foreign countries, it is important for them to pass the IELTS examinations with good scoring. The more is the score, the better are the chances of his finding good employment opportunity in the English speaking countries. This is a test of English language which assesses the language proficiency of the candidates. The test assesses the different type English abilities of the students like the writing, speaking, listening and reading. IELTS band 7 score is considered to be good enough for the people top seek jobs abroad.
IELTS writing test is divided in the two tasks. In task one, you are required to write a minimum of 150 words in 20 minutes. You would be provided with some diagram, text, graph or table and would be required to describe the information provided in these sources in your own language. The second task is about writing an essay. In both these tasks, you can plan to give the exam by way of dividing the time limit in three phases of preparation, writing and editing.
IELTS speaking course is to assess the speaking qualities of the person. Before this test is conducted, you would be asked to undergo the security check fro identity. So, you might be asked to bring some of your personal identification, even for verifying your signatures. There are five distinct phases of this interview process. In the initial phase, the examiner might ask you to give a brief introduction about yourself.
The second phase is a more elaborate discussion round wherein you might be required to speak for a long period of time. This could be on some topic of your choice. The examiner would be judging your ability to express yourself clearly as well as your ability to describe the things correctly.
The third phase of this IELTS speaking exam is more trickier than the first two. In this phase, called elicitation, you would be to give a card on which a situation would be given and you and the role of the examiner and the examinee would be clearly mentioned. Ii this test, you are require to initiate the dialogue and control its progress so as to elicit some information from the other person.
The fourth phase is about knowing your attitude. The conversation or the interview goes to more depth and the interviewer may ask you to tell something more about yourself, or ask you to defend yourself on some point which you have already spoken.
Te last phase is of conclusion where the interviewer says good bay and wishes you good luck.
IELTS reading test judges you on your ability to read as well as comprehend the material which you are reading. You must keep a watch on the vocabulary which might be familiar or unfamiliar to you.
IETLS listening module is designed to check for your listening abilities. The record is played only once. You would be required to understand what is being said on the tape and, at the same time, answer the questions on the paper.
