IELTS – Coaching Classes in Delhi, Gurgaon Overview
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is the world’s most accepted and well-liked English language test. More than two million IELTS tests are taken each year as per a recent survey conducted by British Council. It has a brilliant international reputation amongst profound universities, schools, employers and etc. This test has been developed by some of the learned and professionals who are experts of the English language. Taking IELTS opens the doors for you to get yourself placed in the nations where the fist language is English. It also assists you to live, study and work around the world. More than 9,000 organizations in 140 countries accept IELTS, including government, academic and employment institutions. IELTS is the only English language test accepted for immigration purposes by all countries that require one.
As a professional IELTS training centre, we utilize numerous productive strategies of IELTS coaching like Mock Tests, Efficient Time Management, Personalized Sessions, Problem Solving and Strategy Sessions to give our students the best training for great results.
The format of IELTS – The IELTS is conducted in two formats – Academic IELTS and General IELTS
IELTS Academic
IELTS Academic is for people planning to study in higher education or seeking professional registration. It assesses whether you are ready to begin studying or training in an environment where English is the first language used. IELTS Academic doesn’t presume that the test takers have already mastered the variety of skills that the respective university or a college would need. For this reason, while the test replicates some of the features of academic language, it does not aim to create academic study tasks in their entirety. This approach is widely sustained by the institutions that recognize IELTS all over the world.
IELTS General Training
IELTS General Training put some spotlight on the basic endurance skills and knowledge of a person who wants to settle in another country. This form of IELTS is to check and assess the basic understanding of English as a foreign language. It is characteristically for those who are going to English-speaking countries to do secondary education, work experience or training programs. People who are migrating to Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK must take the General Training test. It should be noted that professional organizations normally require an Academic test result for registration and migration purposes, but general IELTS is also important for people who wish to migrate to another country.
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The IELTS test evaluates your aptitude in all four skills – There are four parts – Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. The total test time is 2 hours and 45 minutes.
All test takers take the same Listening and Speaking tests but different Reading and Writing tests. The distinction between IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training lies in the subject matter of the Reading and Writing components.
Listening, Reading and Writing must be completed on the same day, with no breaks in between them. The order in which these tests are taken may vary often. It is not standard.
The Speaking test will either be after a break on the same day as the other three tests, or up to a week before or after the other tests. This will depend on your test centre.
Academic Writing
The Writing section of IELTS Academic includes two tasks for 1 hour. Topics are of general interest to suit the easiness for a candidate and are suitable for test takers to enter at an undergraduate and postgraduate studies or any professional registration.
Task 1
You will be given a pictorial diagram or a graph, table, chart or diagram, pie chart, life cycle and are asked to elaborate, summarize or explain the information in your own words. You may be asked to portray and clarify data, depict the stages of a process, how something works or describe an object or event.
Task 2
You will be asked to write an elaborated essay for 250 words no less than 250, in response to a point of view, argument or problem. Responses to both tasks must be in a formal style.
General Training Reading
The Reading component for general IELTS consists of 40 questions – with one mark each. A variety of question types are used to judge the skill set of a candidate for general IELTS. It is designed in order to test a wide range of reading English skills. Rest is all same as for Academic IELTS, the scanning, skimming, logical understanding, reading for detail, and etc. The General Training version of reading extracts are also taken from books, newspapers, magazines, notices, advertisements, company handbooks and guidelines. These are kind of materials you would likely to come across on a daily basis in an English-speaking environment.
Speaking
11–14 minutes
The Speaking module assesses your use of spoken and verbal English, and takes between 11 and 14 minutes to complete. Every speaking test is recorded. The Speaking section is presented in such a way that it does not permit people to practice set responses beforehand.
Part 1
The assessor will ask you some general questions about yourself and many other familiar topics about your family, qualification, such as home, family, work, studies and interests. This part lasts between 4 and 5 minutes.
Part 2
In this part you will be given a cue card which asks you to talk about a particular topic. You will have 1 minute to prepare before speaking for up to 2 minutes. The examiner will then ask one or two questions on the same topic to finish this part of the test.
Part 3
You will be asked further questions connected to the topic in Part 2. These questions will give you the opportunity to discuss more nonfigurative ideas and issues. This part of the test lasts between 4 and 5 minutes.
Academic Reading
The Reading section with IELTS consists of 40 questions. A variety of question format is used in order to test a wide range of reading skills for English. These consist of reading the gist, comprehending the main ideas, reading for detail, skimming and scanning the text, understanding logical argument to find out the probable answers and recognizing the writers’ opinions, attributes towards a topic, attitudes and rationale.
The Academic version includes three long passages that ranges from the evocative and factual to the discursive and logical form of English. The passages are authentic which are taken from journals, case studies, magazines, books and newspapers. Ideally these have been chosen for a non-specialist audience but are fitting for people opting for university courses or seeking professional registration.
Listening
You will listen to recorded texts which are divided into four sections, monologues and conversations by a range of native speakers, and then you have to write your answers to a series of questions. Total number of questions is 40 and they are of 1 mark each.
These include questions that test your skill to comprehend main ideas and detailed factual information, ability to recognize the opinions and attitudes of speakers, ability to understand the purpose of an expression and the aptitude to follow the development of ideas.
General Training Writing
60 minutes
The Writing component of IELTS General Training consists of two tasks – Task 1 and Task 2 which are based on topics of general interest.
Task 1
You will be given a general with a situation where in you will be asked to write a letter requesting information, or elaborating the situation. The letter may be personal, semi-formal or formal in style.
Task 2
Here you will be asked to write an essay of 250 words in response to a point of view, argument or problem. The essay can be somewhat personal, formal in style than the Academic Writing Task 2 essay.
At Omega Consultants our aim is to assist our students achieve success in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Keeping this in consideration, our expert trainers cater to the students’ needs by channelizing the curriculum and proper schedule in a way that fits the student’s individual requirements. The trainers first assess the students’ strengths and weaknesses, and then plan a personalized approach of study to take IELTS further.