A guide to the IELTS modules

IELTS is divided into four modules, taken in the order below.

LISTENING (30 minutes). In each section you will hear a recording. The four sections become progressively more difficult and each recording is played once only. There are pauses to divisde the recording into smaller parts. For each part you need to anser a series of question of one type. Look at the table below.

Section	Number of Items	Text Type
1	10	social or transactional conversation (2 speakers)
2	10	talk or speech on social needs (1 speaker)
3	10	conversation in educational context
4	10	talk or lecture on topic of general interest (1 speaker)

Task types
a. completing notes,table, sentences, diagram, flochart or summary b. short answer questions. c. various kinds of multiple choice questions. d. labelling parts of a diagram. e. matching lists. f. sentence completion