IELTS Life Skills A1 English training
The IELTS for UKVI tests are a secure English-language test (SELT) accepted by the United Kingdom Visa and Migration Department as proof of your English-language proficiency.
Life Skills A1 tests your listening and speaking skills at the
level of A1 in the Common European Framework (CERF). The combined
speaking and listening test lasts between 16 and 18 minutes and will
take place with an examiner and one other test taker. The second test
taker’s performance will not affect your test results. The results can
be used to apply for certain visa types for the UK, for example, for
‘family of a settled person’ visa.
You will be assessed on your ability to listen and respond to spoken English where you have to obtain and convey basic information and communicate on familiar topics.
The examiner might ask you to describe a topic, give opinions or preferences and justify those, and explain and expand on a topic. You will also be expected to communicate with both the examiner and the other test taker.
In the IELTS Life Skills test, your results are given as a pass or fail mark.
There is no pass or fail in IELTS Academic or General Training test. Scores are graded on the 9-band system. Each educational institution or organisation sets its own level of IELTS scores to meet its individual requirements.
Everyone speaks with an accent and you are not expected to change your accent for the IELTS test. Instead, focus on speaking clearly and at a natural pace so that the examiner can understand you. Practising your English every day and listening to different native speaker accents will help you to more clearly pronounce difficult words.