Best Institutes for IELTS Preparation in Karachi

IELTS has been developed by some of the world’s leading language assessment experts and will test the full range of English skills needed for success in your new job or study placement abroad.

You’ll be assessed on the following elements:

• 1. Listening
• 2. Reading
• 3. Writing
• 4. Speaking

If you are taking the IELTS test to support a UK visa application to work, live or study in the UK, you may need to take the IELTS for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Academic or General Training or the IELTS for Life Skills test

Component Band Scores

Listening : The IELTS Listening test contains 40 questions. Each correct answer is awarded one mark. Scores out of 40 are converted to the IELTS nine-band scale. Scores are reported in whole and half bands.

Reading : The IELTS Reading test contains 40 questions. Each correct answer is awarded one mark. Scores out of 40 are converted to the IELTS nine-band scale. Scores are reported in whole and half bands.

Writing : Examiners use assessment criteria to award a band score for each of the four criteria:

• 1. Task Achievement (for Task 1), Task Response (for Task 2)
• 2. Coherence and Cohesion
• 3. Lexical Resource
• 4. Grammatical Range and Accuracy

The criteria are weighted equally and the score on the task is the average.

Speaking : Examiners use assessment criteria to award a band score for each of the four criteria:

• 1. Fluency and Coherence
• 2. Lexical Resource
• 3. Grammatical Range and Accuracy
• 4. Pronunciation