Sequence and Format
The IELTS Test centre varies with regard to speaking test times/days. At UWSCollege candidates will be tested for all four modules on the one day.
The first three modules - Listening, Reading and Writing - must be completed in one day. The Speaking Module may be taken in the period seven days before or after the other Modules. This arrangement is at the discretion of the test centre and in most cases all four modules should be completed in one day.
Test Duration
| Academic Module | General Training Module | ||
| Listening | 40 minutes | Listening | 40 minutes |
| Academic Reading - three sections | 60 minutes | General Training Reading - three sections | 60 minutes |
| Academic Writing - two tasks, 150 and 250 words | 60 minutes | General Training - two tasks, 150 words and 250 words | 60 minutes |
| Speaking | 11-14 minutes | Speaking | 11-14 minutes |
| TOTAL test time | 2 hours and 45 minutes | TOTAL test time | 2 hours and 45 minutes |
