IELTS

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is a dream of everyone who wants to pursue studies abroad, migrate to or work in an English speaking country. There are mainly two types of modules namely academic and general modules. Academic module is meant for students who want to pursue their studies abroad and for registration with a professional body in English speaking country and general module is meant for people who want to migrate abroad. Many of the aspirants find it a Himalayan task to achieve their required score in IELTS due to various reasons. Understanding the key strategies in attaining high scores in all the modules is the initial step. There may be places where importance is given to only one task: if writing module is given importance speaking and other modules would be ignored and vice versa. In such a situation choosing an institute, where importance is given to all modules, an institute where trainers have the expertise and experience to train the test takers, an institute that can offer high scores in all the modules, an institute where individual attention is given to all the students for all the modules is the prudent choice that a candidate has to take. Focusing on functional grammar rather than theoretical grammar is another feature that makes the task easy for an IELTS test taker.



It was the understanding of these difficulties of the candidates encouraged a team of experienced trainers in this field to commence an institute that renders unimaginable and unique training system to all the students irrespective of their ability and that finally gave birth to Stepwey Academy for International Languages in Kochi. The incomparable results of Stepwey have initiated the opening of Amal Jyothi Stepwey IELTS Academy in Amal Jyothi College of Engineering Kanjirappally, Koovappally, Kottayam District.



Listening

Listening is common for both Academic and General Modules. Understanding the criteria behind this and learning to practice it systematically is the initial task of an IELTS test taker and the success behind 9 band score. It is only because of this systematic approach the listening scores of many of the candidates of Stepwey are 9 and 9 only. A candidate can never imagine getting individual attention in listening module but it is a reality in Stepwey.



Listening is the first test of IELTS test and this may last for around 40 minutes. The candidates write their answers in the question booklet as they listen to the audio and finally they get 10 minutes extra to transfer their answers to the main answer sheet. It has four sections with a total of 40 questions and the difficulty level of the question increases as the test proceeds. The recordings include conversations, monologue, lectures and speeches.



Question types include:

Multiple choice

Completing forms, tables

Labelling diagrams

Completing information with given number of words

Skills tested:

Listening for specific information

Listening for main idea and supporting information

Understanding Speaker’s opinion

Reading

Skimming

Scanning

Deducing the meaning

Matching features

Matching heading

T/F/NG

Y/N/NG

MCQ

Fill in the blanks



Writing

Task achievement

Coherence and cohesion

Lexical resources

Grammatical range and accuracy

Task Response

Coherence and cohesion

Lexical resources

Grammatical range and accuracy



Speaking

Fluency and Coherence

Lexical Resources

Grammar Range

Pronunciation

Reading is the second test of the day and it lasts for an hour. Time limit is same for both academic and general module and the number of questions is also equal. Academic module has three different passages whereas general task may have 4 or 5 simple passages. A student who takes academic IELTS needs to make 30 right answers to get band score 7 while general module needs 35 correct answers for a 7.The only mantra for acquiring a high score in reading is practice and practice only. If test takers feel that they are incompetent in getting high band scores in reading should spend a lot of time reading many articles apart from practice sessions. Still they feel not confident; there is only one place that can offer you a high band score in reading that is Stepwey Academy for International Languages. The unique strategies followed in Stepwey for reading modules always enable the aspirants to achieve a high band score in reading.Writing is the third test of the day and it is different for both Academic and General Modules. In general module candidate has to write a formal or informal or semi-formal letter in task 1 and an essay in task 2 whereas an academic candidate has to write a graph in task 1 and in task 2 an essay.Following a unique pattern that is easy for candidates is the key to band score 7 in Stepwey. The only reason why aspirants of Stepwey get a high band score in writing is only because of the individual attention given in writing module. Team Stepwey always makes sure that the pattern followed in writing task is convenient to everyone irrespective of one’s strength and weakness.Speaking test is conducted either before or after the LRW test and it is common for both academic and general modules. Getting speaking individual session everyday is the dream of every aspirant in any training institute and this may never happen. Again, there is only one training institute where every test taker gets an opportunity for individual practice every day and it is none other than Stepwey Academy. Different modes of speaking practice sessions are arranged in Stepwey and it is only because of this difference in training enabled students even to get 9 band score in speaking test.There are three divisions in IELTS speaking test namely warm up session, cue card session and follow up or discussion session. The speaking test may last for 12 to 15 minutes.