🎓 IELTS Academic
IELTS Academic
The format required by universities, postgraduate programmes and student visas in the UK, Australia and Canada. Choose the skill you want to practise.
Official format versus WeLearn strategy
Official format: IELTS Academic assesses Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. This section starts with Reading and Writing because these routes have complete banks, exercises and explained answers.
WeLearn strategy: study is separated by skill: Reading combines official question types with skills such as skimming and scanning; Writing separates Task 1, Task 2, the rubric and annotated models.
Writing
Task 1 (visual data) and Task 2 (argumentative essay). 60 minutes in total.
Reading
True/False/Not Given · Matching · Multiple Choice. 60 minutes and 40 questions.
Listening
Four sections with native speakers. 30 minutes plus 10 minutes to transfer answers.
Speaking
Face-to-face interview: Part 1 (introduction), Part 2 (long turn) and Part 3 (discussion).