{"id":7492,"date":"2021-08-10T06:19:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T06:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchstoneedu.com\/?p=7492"},"modified":"2022-12-14T06:40:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T06:40:57","slug":"what-is-ielts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneedu.fr\/en\/what-is-ielts\/","title":{"rendered":"What is IELTS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7492\" class=\"elementor elementor-7492\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5c1344 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5c1344\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdd0023\" data-id=\"bdd0023\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02af5cf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"02af5cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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The test is designed to check English speaking, writing, reading and listening skills of non native English speakers who seek admission in colleges in English speaking countries. If A person from a country where English is not the mother tongue wants to migrate to an English speaking nation, then he\/she also needs to take the IELTS test.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65dbabd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65dbabd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudents who want to study in an English speaking country must take the Academic version of the test and individuals who want to migrate to an English speaking country must take the General version of IELTS\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78aff03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78aff03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe test pattern of both the versions is same. 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