IELTS, the International English Language Testing System, is designed to assess the language ability of candidates who need to study or work where English is used as the language of communication . It covers the four language skills listening , reading , writing & speaking. It is jointly managed by the university of Cambridge Esol examination, the British council & IDP education Australia.

For more information on IELTS, visit
http://www.britishcouncil.org	http://IELTSidpNepal.com

There are two modules of IELTS exam:

• Academic Module Training (AT)
• General Module Training (GT)

Since 1989, IELTS has been proven & trusted world wide to provide secure, global, authentic & customers focused test which measure true to life, ability to communicate in English. Over 3800 educational institutes, government agencies & professional organization s across 120 countries a round the world recognize IELTS scores as a trusted & valid indicator of an ability to communicate in English.

Skills	Academic module	General training module	Score
Listening	4 sections, 40 questions 30 minutes + 10 minutes transfer time	4 sections, 40 questions 30 minutes + 10 minutes transfer time	9
Reading	Academic reading: 3 section, 40 questions 60 minutes	General training reading: 3 section, 40 questions 60 minutes	9
Writing	Academic writing 2 tasks 60 minutes	General training writing: 2 tasks 60 minutes	9
Speaking	11 to 14 minutes	11 to 14 minutes	9
Band Score			9

Total Testing Time: 2 hours and 54 minutes