On Saturday 26th November, 2011,
the IELTS exam was conducted for the first time in Paramaribo, Suriname at the
AlphaMax Academy. The International English Language Testing System known as
the IELTS exam consists of four sections. The four sections are: Listening,
Reading, Writing and Speaking. The Listening section is 30 minutes long, the
reading 60 minutes, writing 60 minutes and the last part speaking is 15-20
minutes long.
The IELTS exam was taken by eight AlphaMax
Students: six from the GAC program and two from the GED program. The students took classes on Monday and
Wednesday evening taught by Mrs Sylvana Dankerlui to help them prepare for the IELTS exam. On November 26, Mr Russell
Hammond, an Englishmen from the IELTS agency came and conducted the exam.
I have taken the TOEFL exam before and it is different
from the IELTS exam. The difference is that in IELTS you have a speaking
section however in TOEFL you have a grammar section. The structure of the IELTS
exam is different from the TOEFL exam. In the IELTS you have two writing tasks
however in the TOEFL there is only one writing task. However, for the rest is
was about the same.
Written by: Gabriel Grauwde (GAC Class 2012)
