BandAI
Understanding IELTS
These pages describe someone else's exam, so we only publish what we can source from official material and cite. Where we do not hold the document, the page says so rather than guessing. One is written in full.
How writing and speaking are marked
The four official criteria for each, the two rules that decide your band, and how BandAI marks against them.
What IELTS is
Not written yetAcademic against General Training, and how results are used.
The four papers
Not written yetFormat, timing and question types for each paper.
What the bands mean
Not written yetThe 0-9 scale, and how the overall band is worked out.
Test day
Not written yetWhat happens, what to bring, computer against paper.