Articles in IELTS

In an interim report filed by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Integration released today, UK MPs have stated that migrants to the country should be expected to learn English before coming to Britain—or must be registered for mandatory language classes on arrival to the country. The report also requested the Government to […]

The British Council has extended the IELTS Prize 2016-2017 application deadline from 31 December 2016 to 28 February 2017. The notification was released by the Council through a January 3 news report. The application is open for students wishing to pursue undergraduate or postgraduate studies abroad in 2017.  “We have received lots of inquiries from […]

How to prepare for the IELTS I would like to start the article with a warning which I found at the official IELTS website. I quote, “Warning!  Some native English speakers are surprised to find that they score lower grades than non-native English speakers who have only been studying English for a few years. This […]

What is IELTS The International English Language Testing System or (IELTS) is an English language proficiency test which is accepted by (Most) Australian, British, Canadian and New Zealand institutions for non native English Language speakers. It was established in 1989 and is managed by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge English Language Assessment. This […]

What is IELTS The International English Language Testing System or (IELTS) is an English language proficiency test which is accepted by (Most) Australian, British, Canadian and New Zealand institutions for non native English Language speakers. It was established in 1989 and is managed by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge English Language Assessment. This […]

For all those weary IELTS candidates who have taken to social media and other online forums asking about the indefinite delay in their results, are just another victim of the ‘quality control’ system by IELTS authorities. In the past several months, thousands of students from across the globe have been complaining about IELTS results delay […]

​ For most countries where English is the medium of instruction, English proficiency tests like IELTS & TOEFL are mandatory for the admission process. For most Indian students, these two exams are just another task to fulfil to secure their dream of studying abroad. However, treating IELTS and TOEFL as just another exam to crack […]

​ Recently, the IELTS official website released a demographic data report for the year 2015. This data gives a percentage wise drilldown of the band scores earned by Indian students in the International English Test. See image below.  ​ ​ 45% of the Indians who took the exam last year have scored in the middle […]

The IELTS English test conducted as many as 8 times a month, has been running on a delayed schedule lately. Some of the results for exams held in June and until mid July haven’t been released as yet. Social media and complaint boards are flushed with exam takers posting their grievances. See image below. Mukul Chakravarthy, […]

The IELTS and TOEFL exams taken by a majority of Indian immigrants to English speaking countries seems to be getting trickier to crack. Major Indian cities have set up IELTS and TOEFL classes that cater to students from across the country to learn the language. While some foreign institutes list the test required for admission […]