International English Testing System

The Test
Listening
30 minutes + 10 minutes transfer time

Reading
60 minutes

Writing
60 minutes

Speaking
11-14 minutes
 Listening
30 minutes, 4 sections
Section 1: conversation two speakers social
situation
Section 2 : monologue non academic topic
Section 3 : conversation up to four speakers
academic situation
Section 4 : lecture

40 questions with varied tasks

Three passages 40 questions
taken from
authentic
with varied
sources tasks

Reading
 Two
tasks
20 40
minutes minutes
for Task 1 for Task 2

Task 1: Writing
Task 2:
descriptive argumentative
report of a essay about a
table or certain topic,
diagram, 150 250 words
words
 45
minutes
Part 1
Introduction
& Interview

34
minutes
Speaking Part 2
Individual
Long Turn

45
minutes
Part 3
Two-way
Discussion
Scoring Half-band
Full-band

5.0

6.5

4.25
0
Writing

Speaking
Task Fluency and
Achievement Coherence
Coherence and Lexical Resource
Cohesion Grammatical
Lexical Resource Range and
Grammatical Accuracy
Range and Pronunciation
Accuracy
 General Strategies
Familiarize yourself with the test

Manage the time wisely

Practice