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The IELTS Test	Page 1
Test Modules	Page 2
Listening	Page 3
Reading	Page 4
Writing	Page 5
Speaking	Page 6
Marking and Bands	Page 7

The Speaking Test

The Three Sections

Section One

The candidate is interviewed by the examiner and will be required to answer general questions related to themselves, family, job, studies or other familiar topic areas and this lasts for approximately 4 – 5 minutes.

Section Two

The candidate is given a card which has a topic selected by the examiner (this cannot be changed), the candidate is given one minute to prepare some notes and then has to talk continuously for between one and two minutes on the given topic.  The examiner will then ask a couple of question to follow up in a more abstract manner on the same topic.  This section lasts between 3 – 4 minutes including preparation time.

Section Three

The examiner and candidate will continue the conversation based more loosely around the topic area from section 2, for a further 4 – 5 minutes.  The examiner will close the interview.

Skill Types in Part Three:

• Description
• Explanation
• Comparison
• Evaluation
• Speculation
• Justification
• Summarisation
• Expansion

The interview lasts between 11 – 14 minutes.