All children in the school study foreign languages, knowledge is given there in the volume of the school curriculum. When entering higher education institutions you need to have good knowledge. IELTS is an international English language exam standard. Here, knowledge is evaluated on a ten-point scale. IELTS is a certificate that evaluates and confirms your knowledge of English. There are two types of international exams in the English language - this is academic and general. The most difficult is the academic IELTS, which is needed when entering higher education institutions in countries with English. A certificate is required for studies in America, Great Britain, Austria and Canada, as well as in countries of Asia and Africa.
When passing the exam, you need to score an average score of at least 6.5, but in some countries educational institutions require an average score of at least 7.5. Upon admission, you must definitely find out what grade is needed for the college, university where you go. Exam format developed which includes listening, reading, writing exam, speaking. Listening is listening to audio recordings, reading questions and answering them within thirty minutes. You can listen to the recording once, you will be asked 40 questions, you need to quickly answer them by posting answers to the examination sheet. The second stage of the exam is reading. Within one hour you need to answer 40 questions. The texts are taken from newspapers and magazines, divided into 3 parts of 1000 characters each.
A written IELTS exam takes one hour, includes 2 tasks - this is a report and an essay. The report is at least 150 words, and it describes the image of a graphic drawing in English. An essay must be at least 250 words and correctly written in compliance with the rules of grammar. The last, colloquial part of the exam lasts no more than 14 minutes. The examiner conducts an interview in a separate room where the recorder is installed. The entire exam is conducted in three stages. The first part includes acquaintance and conversation on general topics, then a card with an image is issued. The examiner should describe it no more than 2 minutes. In conclusion, you need to answer additional questions from the examiner that concern the image on the card.
The process of learning the standard of international English is possible only in the official test center. First you need to register, fill out an application for a test, a special form. Registration is carried out in advance, one month before the IELTS exam. Taking the exam the first time is very difficult, so you have to retake it. According to the new regulation, which came into force in 2006, the retake of the exam is not limited, you can take as many as you need. After the exam is successfully passed, all tests are passed, you will receive an officially issued certificate within 13 days.