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The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) tests how good you are at the English language. People who take the test take the Academic Module or the General Training Module. The academic one is for people who want to go to university. It is designed to assess the language ability of candidates who want to study or work where English is the language of Communication. It measures your language skills on all fronts.

 
It has two modules:
Academic and General.

The academic one is for people who want to go to university.

The general one is for people who want to do other training or want to get work experience. People who want to immigrate to a country that uses English also take the general one.
IELTS is used by over 9,000 educational institutions worldwide. This section provides just a few examples of IELTS requirements in different countries. Full details about the organizations which accept IELTS and the scores they require can be found on the IELTS Global Recognition System

 
When to take IELTS?

Test takers can take IELTS in more than 140 countries and in over 1,000 locations.

There are up to 48 test dates available per year. Each test centre offers tests up to four times a month depending on local demand. The Academic version is available on all 48 dates per year and the General Training version is available on 24 dates.

There used to be a minimum time limit of 90 days before which a person was not allowed to retake the test. However this restriction has been withdrawn and currently there is no limit for applicants to retake the test.

 
Test Structure:
The IELTS test has four parts:

Listening: 30 minutes (plus 10 minutes’ transfer time)

Reading: 60 minutes

Writing: 60 minutes

Speaking: 11–14 minutes

 
The test total time is: 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Listening, Reading and Writing are completed in one sitting. The Speaking test may be taken on the same day or up to seven days before or after the other tests.

All test takers take the same Listening and speaking tests, while the Reading and Writing tests differ depending on whether the test taker is taking the Academic or General Training versions of the test.

 
The Test Format

 

There are four sub-tests, or modules, to the IELTS test: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. Students must sit all four sub-tests. While all students take the same Listening and Speaking tests, they sit different Reading and Writing tests, depending on whether they have selected the Academic Module or the General Training Module.

 
On the day of the test, the four subsections will be taken in the following order:

 

The Speaking test may even take place a day or two later at some centers

 

What are the components of the test?

The IELTS tests all of the fundamental skills that you can put language to

The following is the distribution of test components.

 

Listening

Timing: Approximately 30 minutes (plus 10 minutes’ transfer time)

 

Reading

Timing: 60 minutes (no extra transfer time)

Questions: There are 40 questions. A variety of question types is used, chosen from the following: multiple choice, identifying information (True/False/Not Given), identifying writer’s views/claims (Yes/No/Not Given), matching information, matching headings, matching features, matching sentence ending, sentence completion, summary completion, flow chart completion and short answer questions.

Test Parts: There are 3 sections. The total text length is 2,150-2,750 words