Level B1 (approx. band 4-5) · Academic and General Training Every year, some candidates take the wrong version of IELTS. They study hard, get a good score, and then learn that the organisation they applied to wanted a different test. That costs time and money. In this episode: • Academic and general training: what is the same • Academic and general training: what is different • Ielts for ukvi • Ielts life skills and ielts online • Listening lab • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key points: • Listening and Speaking are the same; only Reading and Writing differ. • Academic and General Training differ in Reading and Writing Task 1, and the receiving organisation decides which you need. • UKVI is the same test with the same scoring, now delivered on computer. • Life Skills is pass or fail in Speaking and Listening; IELTS Online is Academic only. IELTS Complete Course: a self-study podcast from A1 to C2 for Academic and General Training. Listen, pause and answer, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair. Independent course, not affiliated with the IELTS test owners.