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I want to know about the course ielts and how to start preparation if i want to do it next year. Plz guide me.....

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is the test conducted to assess the language ability of a candidate who is looking forward to pursue his/her studies or work where English is the language of communication. Not many Universities and companies will ask for it but some of them do.

IELTS exam score is recognized in many countries like USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and so on. To register yourself with IELTS follow the below steps,

STEP 1: CLICK HERE!! to get the IELTS application form.

STEP 2: CLICK HERE!! to find out the nearest test centers for IELTS.

STEP 3: Go to the nearest test center and apply for the exam.

HOW TO PREPARE FOR IELTS?

IELTS exam goes around 2hrs 45minutes where it comprises of 4 important modules as shown below,

Listening Test: It goes for 30 minutes where in 4 sections will be covered where some incident or stories played in cassette tape and you need to answer the questions asked after then. It will be played only once so you need to very careful and cautious in what you hear.

Reading Test: It goes for 60 minutes where it covers either General Training Reading or Academic Reading where in you need to cover 3 different sections based on the difficulty level.

Writing Test: Again it goes for 60 minutes which will be either General Training test or Academic test where 2 tasks will be given and it requires different styles of writing.

Speaking Test: One-to-One interview where it consists of 3 parts 1) Introduction about yourself 2) Candidate speaking for 1-2 minutes on a particular topic 3) Two way discussion between interviewer and interviewee which will go for approx 11-14 minutes.

There are many books available in the market which will help you to prepare for the above topics. One of the best book is Barron's IELTS preparation book CLICK HERE!! to buy it online.

Now preparation for IELTS exam doesn't need much from the candidate. If you put your hard preparation for around 2-3 weeks before exam then you can easily get through it. Just get the books and start the preparation by managing a proper timeline everyday then for sure you can clear the test with good marks.