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1. What is the meaning of your name?
2. Does your name affect your personality?
3. Tell me something about your hometown.
4. What are the differences in accent between your hometown and Hanoi?
5. What is the character of the people like in your hometown?
6. What is people's favourite food in the region where you live?
7. Do you think that people have enough time for leisure now?
8. Are there any historic monuments in your region?
9. Describe your Job? How do you spend your typical day?
10. Tell me something about the Hue Festival.
11. How have weddings changed in recent years?

Career based MBA programs are designed to add value to corporations and organizations, as well as to the business student. Career based MBA programs are also becoming more highly desired by Fortune 500 corporations and large organizations around the world. Companies are looking beyond just the management-level training programs that have been historically part of the MBA degree. They are looking for specific skills that will add immediate value to the bottom line. Career based MBA programs are widely referred to as the ‘passport for a successful career'.

Good News for all IELTS applicants....
Slowly but surely IELTS has found its way into USA – another 57 universities joined the list of many others already recognizing IELTS in the US of A. This year more IELTS Test Centers will be opened in USA to meet the growing demand for IELTS exam.

UK has also accepted IELTS as the official English test for immigration purposes and IELTS band score can now be translated into equivalent Cambridge ESOL Certificate of corresponding level.

It has recently been announced by the Australian government that some dramatic changes to the immigration and education laws will affect the IELTS pass mark. IELTS, the International English Language Testing system from Cambridge University Press and administered in Australia by IDP is a must for many international people seeking immigration to Australia or entrance into a college or university.

The IELTS exam is extremely difficult for many speakers of English as a Second Language and it can take months of training and IELTS preparation lessons to be able to reach the pass mark of 5.5.

The police have arrested 10 persons and are looking for some others, to unravel the “IELTS result fraud” which duped gullible students from Gujarat, keen to go abroad despite scoring poorly in the IELTS examination which tests for English language skills.

The arrests were made in Kaira district in central Gujarat. The district Superintendent of Police Himanshu Shukla said the police had already recovered at least 110 “bogus certificates” of “updated revised marks” , and were confident of unearthing more.

Following the biometric system-that requires eye scan and finger print for all foreign students entering UK-started-started a year ago, the student-visa system in the country have been constantly evolving to become more objective and transparent.

According to the tier-4 of the points based system which will be implemented from Tuesday, all education providers that recruit international students in the UK need to be registered with the UK Border Agency. More than 2,100 universities, independent schools and colleges have applied to become licensed sponsors. The institutions are responsible for ensuring that international students comply with the conditions of their visas while they are in the UK.

IELTS is designed specially for UK, Canada, and Australia so IELTS score is widely recognized by universities and colleges in Canada. If you have taken IELTS, you’ll not have any problem regarding its recognition in Canada. Since almost all universities accept IELTS, I don’t think I must give you the list of universities in Canada. Some of the universities are:

Athabasca University
Augustana University College
Concordia University College of Alberta
University of Alberta
University of Calgary
University of Lethbridge

The nine bands and their descriptive statements are as follows:

9 EXPERT USER
Has fully operational command of the language: appropriate, accurate and fluent with complete understanding.

8 VERY GOOD USER
Has fully operational command of the language with only occasional unsystematic inaccuracies and inappropriacies. Misunderstandings may occur in unfamiliar situations. Handles complex detailed argumentation well.

The best 15 British Universities from The Top University Guide(Published in association with The Independent & supported by PWC)

Strictly speaking,neither of the two exams can be described as being better or worse with respect to the other.It depends on the test takers preferences,strength areas and the country where one wishes to apply to the universities.

Test Structure:

As for the test structure,there are a few differences here too.
The three common sections for the two tests are the writing, listening, and reading sections.
the difference arises in the spoken part.

• For IELTS you have to appear for a face to face interview.
• Whereas for TOEFL,you have to speak before a microphone and get your speech recorded to them to access.
  

• Each IELTS module you complete is accessed on a "band scale" of 1-9.Nine(9) being the best and one(1) the worst.The average of your scores in all modules then becomes your final score.

What is IELTS?

International English Language Testing System(IELTS) tests the complete range of english language skills,which anyone might require when studying or training with english as the medium of communication. IELTS is accepted by most Australian, British, Canadian, Irish, New Zealand and South African academic institutions, by many academic institutions in the United States, and also by various professional organizations.

Are there different types of tests under IELTS?