What is IELTS exam and what's the minimum score to pass the exam?

196 Views|Posted 2016-03-25 09:23:22
Asked by Vinod Patil
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Nidhi Sharma
2016-03-25 14:59:28
Hello Vinod, IELTS is an exam for English Proficiency needed for pursuing higher education in overseas countries. While there is no passing score but as it has Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking evaluated out of 9 Bands(on a scale of 0.5) comprehensively & individual too, one needs to have a 6.0

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Satish Prabhu
2016-03-25 15:44:49
Dear Vinod, IELTS is an English language testing system, it consists of 4 parts, Speaking, Listening, Reading & writing. The scores are given in bands least being 1 band and highest 9, each section is scored individually and also an overall score is given, there is nothing called a passing score and

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