Short notices, workplace material, and one longer passage, 40 questions, 60 minutes. Not an easier version of Academic, a genuinely different reading skill.
IELTS General Training Reading runs 60 minutes across 40 questions. Section 1 uses short everyday texts, Section 2 uses workplace material, and Section 3 uses one longer, more general interest passage.
General Training Reading is not less difficult, it tests a different reading skill, scanning short, practical texts like notices and job material quickly and accurately, rather than sustained comprehension of a long passage. The third section's longer passage is closer to Academic in style, which catches candidates who only prepared for short texts.
We train on the actual mix General Training Reading uses, short notices and workplace texts for speed, and a longer passage for sustained comprehension. Many candidates over prepare for one and under prepare for the other, and we diagnose which is actually the gap before building practice.
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Book a free demoGeneral Training uses shorter, everyday and workplace texts, like notices and job material, rather than Academic's long, dense academic passages.
Not exactly easier, just different. It rewards quick, accurate scanning of practical texts, while the longer third passage still demands sustained comprehension.
Section 1 uses everyday texts like advertisements and notices, Section 2 uses workplace related texts, and Section 3 uses one longer, general interest passage.
Yes. Many candidates over prepare for one and under prepare for the other, so we diagnose which is the actual gap before building practice.
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