Exam guide
IELTS Academic
For students going abroad for higher education or professional registration in an English-speaking country.
Kandy IELTS College · Updated Fri 23 Oct
The IELTS Academic module is designed for students who wish to pursue higher education or professional registration in English-speaking countries. It assesses a candidate's proficiency in English across four areas: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. To prepare for the IELTS Academic module, you can follow a course that covers these components in depth.
Test format
- Listening: about 30 minutes, 4 parts, 40 questions
- Reading: 60 minutes, 3 sections, 40 questions
- Writing: 60 minutes, 2 tasks (at least 150 words for Task 1 and at least 250 words for Task 2)
- Speaking: 11 to 14 minutes, a face-to-face interview with an examiner, in 3 parts
Listening, Reading and Writing are taken one after the other with no break. Depending on the test centre, Speaking is on the same day or up to 7 days before or after it. The whole test takes about 2 hours and 45 minutes.
What is different in Academic:
- Reading: three long texts, which can be descriptive, factual or analytical
- Writing Task 1: describe, explain or summarise a table, chart, graph or diagram
- Writing Task 2: an essay
How Kandy IELTS College prepares you
We teach all four skills in every batch, with frequent paper classes and weekly mock tests marked to the IELTS marking criteria, and individual attention for every student.
- Online night batch at 8 PM, live from home anywhere in Sri Lanka
- Weekday physical batch at 9 AM at the college in Kandy
- Weekend physical batch at 9 AM at the college in Kandy
- IELTS Fast Track, 1 month when your exam date is close
- Weekly mock tests and one-to-one sessions
See the next intakes and register online. Seats are limited.