IELTS EXAM OVERVIEW
By: Ridwan Sa'at It is nice to know what the IELTS exam is composed of for those who would like to take the exam. Knowing the composition of the exam will increase your confidence in handling the IELTS questions. It is like you know the mapping of the questions. Following is the brief summary of all sections in IELTS exam: 1. Listening Section In this section, you will hear recording of dialogues and individual talks. Briefly, this section consists of 40 question and there are 4 parts to the section. The recording itself is 30 minutes with 10 minutes transfer time after the recording has finished playing. Part 1 is a dialogue in non-academic setting. So it could be a telephone conversation between someone who would like to register for a course and a receptionist who take the details of the conversation. This part 1 has around 10 questions and a break after each 5 questions. The time for the dialogue to take place is around 2 minutes. Part 2 is a ...