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International English Language Testing System

                    The IELTS test assesses your abilities in listening, reading, writing and speaking – in less than three hours. There are two types of the IELTS test:  IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training. Listening and Speaking are the same for both tests, but the subject matter of the Reading and Writing components differs depending on which test you take. The Listening, Reading and Writing components of all IELTS tests are completed on the same day, with no breaks in between them. The total test time is 2 hours and 45 minutes. Testformat You will listen to four recordings of native English speakers and then write your answers to a series of questions. Recording 1 – a conversation between two people set in an everyday social context. Recording 2 - a monologue set in an everyday social context, e.g. a speech about local facilities. Recording 3 – a conversation between up to four people set in an educational or training context, e.g. a university tutor

Occupational English Test – Speaking Task

                                       OET is an international English language test that assesses the language communication skills of healthcare professionals who seek to register and practice in an English-speaking environment. About the Speaking sub-test The Speaking sub-test is delivered individually and takes around 20 minutes. This part of OET uses materials specifically designed for your profession. In each role-play, you take your professional role (for example, as a nurse or as a pharmacist) while the interlocutor plays a patient, a client, or a patient’s relative or career. For veterinary science, the interlocutor is the owner or career of the animal. The Speaking sub-test structure In each Speaking test, your identity and profession are checked by the interlocutor and there is a short warm-up conversation about your professional background. Then the role-plays are introduced one by one and you have three minutes to prepare for each. The role-plays take abou

Occupational English Test - Writing Task

OET is an international English language test that assesses the language communication skills of healthcare professionals who seek to register and practice in an English-speaking environment. About the Writing sub-test The Writing sub-test takes 45 minutes and is profession-specific. There is one task set for each profession based on a typical workplace situation and the demands of the profession – a nurse does the task for nursing, a dentist does the task for dentistry, and so on.   The Writing sub-test structure The task is to write a letter, usually a referral letter. Sometimes a different type of letter is required: e.g. a letter of transfer or discharge, or a letter to advise or inform a patient, career, or group. Along with the task instructions, you will receive stimulus material (case notes and/or other related documentation) which includes information to use in your response. How is writing ability assessed in OET? Your performance on the Writin

TOP FIVE PHP FRAMEWORKS

A PHP Framework is a basic platform that allows us to develop web applications. In other words, it provides structure. By using a PHP Framework, you will end up saving loads of time, stopping the need to produce repetitive code, and you'll be able to build applications rapidly (RAD). 1. Laravel Laravel is a free open source PHP web framework created by Taylor Otwell and intended for development of web applications following model view controller.The source code of laravel is based on Github . GitHub Inc. is a web-based hosting service for version control using Git. It is mostly used for computer code. It offers all of the distributed version control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. It provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project. As far as frameworks go, Laravel takes the cake with the most number of per