IELTS Academic vs General Test Format
IELTS -International English Language Testing System is offered in 2 formats.
- IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training.
Before deciding to take IELTs, you have to figure out which IELTS Academic vs General are you planning to take.
Typically, for admission to Universities, students would take IELTS Academic test.
If you are applying for immigration to Canada, Australia, etc IELTS General test is required.
IELTS Academic vs General
Following figure (from IETLS site) shows the differences between IELTS General test and Academic Test.
So, the difference between IELTS Academic and General modules is that Reading and Writing tests are different.
Listening and the Speaking sections are the same for both Academic and General format.
IELTS Reading
- Academic – Read 3 longer and complex passages. One per section
- General – 4 or 5 Short passage and 1 long passage.
IELTS Writing
- IELTS Academic Writing
- Task 1 – Describe a graph or chart or diagram.
- Task 2 – write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or problem
- IELTS General Writing
- Task 1 – Write a letter requesting information or explaining a situation.
- Task 2 – Write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or problem.
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