Touchstone Educational IELTS Training Institute Chandigarh
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  • Touchstone has always been a trendsetter in the market and has many achievements to its credit.
  • Touchstone has consistently performed as a top IELTS training institute since 2009. IDP has awarded Touchstone the No.1 IELTS Institute of India Award for 9 consecutive years – from 2009 to 2017.
  • Touchstone is the winner of the Global Achievers award 2017.
  • BCD has awarded us as the Best IELTS training institution in Punjab.
  • BCD has rated us as the number 1 IELTS training institution in our region of business.
  • We have been bestowed by BCD as the best IELTS training institution in North India.
  • BCD has conferred us as the best IELTS training institution in India.
  • We have also won the Premium Plus award from BCD for delivering outstanding IELTS training solutions.
  • Touchstone is a Platinum Plus Member of the British Council Division (BCD).
  • Touchstone has developed a state of the art IELTS Training App for our students: TESOL, so that they can keep practising and honing their reading, writing and speaking skills, even when they are not in the class. The exercises available on the App are in sync with the syllabus covered in the class.
  • Touchstone has a world-class IELTS training methodology and a customer-centric approach which has been instrumental in winning client trust.
  • Touchstone is officially associated with over 100 colleges and universities across Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Touchstone has an impeccable Visa counselling and filing process, which has resulted in the highest proportion of students succeed in getting visas for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Touchstone was organising Student Visa Fairs across Punjab and connecting students directly to delegates from foreign colleges and universities so that students are aware of all available options as per their skill, budget, and aspirations.
  • Touchstone has the highest success rate in the industry and the name of Touchstone is today synonymous with quality.
  • We are a member of the Association of Australian Education Representatives in India (A.A.E.R.I).
  • We are a member of the Association of International Educators (N.A.F.S.A).
  • Members of the Canadian Indian Education Council (C.I.E.C).
  • All our counsellors have been trained and certified by Education New Zealand (E.N.Z).

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    Listening

    The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

    Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

    Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

    Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

    Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

    Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
    factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
    to follow the development of ideas.

    No. of questions: 40 Marks:

    each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 30 minutes (+ 2 minutes review time )

    Speaking

    The IELTS Speaking test assesses your pronunciation, grammar, accuracy, fluency and lexical resources while speaking English. There are three (3) parts to this test, with each part fulfilling a specific function in terms of task input, interaction pattern and the test taker’s output.

    Part 1: Introduction & Interview This part includes general questions about the test taker like residence, work,family, interests, etc.

    Part 2: Long Run Cue cards are shared on a particular topic and one (1) minute will be given to prepare to speak for upto two (2) minutes on the topic.

    Part 3: Discussion This part gives you the opportunity to discuss the topic from the cue card in further detail, in a more general and abstract way

    Total time: 11-14 minutes

    Reading

    The IELTS Reading test is designed to test a wide range of reading skills including reading for skimming, details, gist, understanding arguments and writer’s opinions,attitude and purpose

    IELTS Academic Reading – It includes three (3) reading passages (with a variety of questions) ranging from descriptive and factual to discursive and analytical. These passages are of general interest dealing with interesting and recognizably appropriate issues, with at least one passage containing a detailed logical argument

    Note: The reading texts may contain non-verbal materials as well like graphs, diagrams or illustrations.

    IELTS General Reading – It includes three (3) daily passages (with 2-3 short texts in the first passage, 2 texts in the second passage and 1 long text in the third passage), based on an English-speaking environment, from notices, newspapers, magazines or advertisements.

    Reading passage 1: texts based on social survival, like advertisements, notices and timetables

    Reading passage 2: texts based on workplace survival, like contracts, job descriptions, staff development & training material

    Reading passage 3: texts based on general reading, involving more extended prose and a complex structure.

    No. of questions: 40

    Marks: each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 60 minutes (no additional transfer time)

    Note: Please note that the question types in the Listening & Reading sections can include multiple choice answers, true or false answers, matching information/headings or sentence, table & flow-chart completion.

    Listening

    The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

    Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

    Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

    Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

    Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

    Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
    factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
    to follow the development of ideas.

    No. of questions: 40 Marks:

    each question is worth one (1) mark

    Total time: 30 minutes (+10 minutes transfer time)