British Council Launches IELTS Test at Saint Gabriel's College

BANGKOK,Nov. 16,2018 --Mr. Andrew Glass OBE,Country Director of British Council Thailand (4th from left) and Brother Katawut Sittichoksakul,Vice Director of Saint Gabriel's College (3rd from left) signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the IELTS test at Saint Gabriel's College. The IELTS test at Saint Gabriel's College will be held once a semester,starting from November 2018. The signing ceremony was held recently at De Montfort Hall,Saint Gabriel's College,Bangkok,Thailand.

British Council Launches IELTS Test at Saint Gabriel's College

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(1) About International English Language Testing System (IELTS)

IELTS is the International English Language Testing System,the world's most popular English language proficiency test with over 2.9m tests taken in the last year. Over 10,000 organizations trust and accept IELTS as a secure,valid and reliable indicator of true to life ability to communicate in English for education,immigration and professional accreditation. IELTS is jointly owned by British Council,IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge English Language Assessment.

About the test

Candidates are tested in listening,reading,writing and speaking. All tests are scored on a banded system from 1 (the lowest) through to 9 (the highest possible band score).

IELTS offers a choice of two versions,to serve both academic and non-academic purposes. IELTS Academic module measures English language proficiency needed for an academic,higher learning environment. The tasks and texts are accessible to all test-takers,irrespective of their subject focus. IELTS General Training module measures English language proficiency in a practical,everyday context. The tasks and texts reflect both workplace and social situations. The General Training module is suitable for immigration purposes to Australia,Canada,New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

(2) About the British Council

The British Council is the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. Using the UK's cultural resources we make a positive contribution to the countries we work with changing lives by creating opportunities,building connections and engendering trust.

We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture,English language,education and civil society. Each year we reach over 20 million people face-to-face and more than 500 million people online,via broadcasts and publications.

Founded in 1934,we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body. The majority of our income is raised delivering a range of projects and contracts in English teaching and examinations,education and development contracts and from partnerships with public and private organisations. Eighteen per cent of our funding is received from the UK government.

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