What is the difference between IELTS Academic and General training

By Jumoke Odepe

Which IELTS test is for me? Academic or General IELTS

The IELTS Academic and General Training are the two versions of the IELTS English Test. Test takers have the choice to choose either of the two based on their goals.

Academic IELTS

The rule of thumb is that you choose the Academic IELTS if your goal is to study or train in a university that teaches in English at graduate or postgraduate level. The test accesses whether or not you are ready to start training in an English speaking environment of higher learning.

In other words, if you are taking the IELTS English language proficiency test to get admission into a university where the English language is the language of instruction, then you should consider taking the Academic version.

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IELTS General Training

The IELTS General Training test measures the English Language proficiency used in daily life. Test takers opt for this version if they are going to English speaking countries for training, work experience or to school at a secondary school education level. The General Training is a visa requirement if you are migrating to countries such as Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.

In other words, if you are taking the IELTS English language proficiency test for migration purposes, then you should consider taking the General Training version.

The Things You Know About People Of African descent

Photo by Jackson David from Pixbay

What you think about blacks people of African descent is from negative media shared for centuries

"Slaves". "Son of a slave". "Generation of slaves." How convenient

What you weren't told though

Is that "slaves" are stolen humans from Africa

Kidnapped, trafficked, traded, stolen - synonyms

By who? Do you mean who stole them? Google "the book of Negroes," read or watch the movie

Know:

    that "slaves" had fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, and dogs... just like you

    that with each stolen "slave," African families were broken, mothers went berserk, lost their minds,        they died insane, searching for their missing families

    that "slaves" came from established African cultures and kingdoms

    that some blacks you see still hurt from the intrusion

    most just want to find their roots, you took that from them

    that after "slaves" were stolen from Africa

    things fell apart, the center has refused to hold 

So, next time you say the word "slaves," do think deeply

Next time you see a person of  African descent, think deeply

Now that you are more informed

Go do the right thing.

Jumoke Eniola Odepe

ON

progress

it all starts with loving yourself
love who you are
your culture
where you are from
the roots

- jm

What is the IELTS English language test?

The International English Learning Testing System also known as IELTS is an internationally recognized English test that measures the language proficiency of individuals who want to live, study, or work in areas where the English language is the language of communication. The test is recognized by global immigration authorities, universities, colleges, and professional bodies.

RELATED ARTICLE: What is the difference between the Academic and General Training IELTS?

IELTS is designed to access the ability of test-takers by measuring their English language proficiency on a band score between 1 to 9, 1 being the non-user score and 9 being the expert score. You will be tested on the following:

.Listening
.Reading
.Writing
.Speaking

The International English Learning Testing System is available in Academic and General Training.

By Jumoke Odepe
Photo credit: Kevin Phillips from Pixabay

Year of the woman

Women will rule in every country in...

on a beautiful day.
in a few moons from now.
women will rule in.
every country in.
every continent of.
the world.

end child soldiering.
ceasefire here. 

ceasefire there. 

ceasefire. yup.

stop human trafficking. 

modern-day slavery.

calm the storms.

stop the wars.

rule with intuition.

balance. justice. equity.

rule of law.

peace on earth.

on a beautiful day.
in a few moons from now.
women must rule in.

every country in.
every continent of.
the world.


By J.M.

Jumoke Eniola Odepe
ON, Canada

Photo credit: Jill Wellington - Pixabay

Chin up. No one is quite like you.

Easy to circle the web.

Easy to get confused.

Easy to feel you're small.

Easy to xerox them

But

I'm looking at you and

I can boldly say

Chin up. Head high.

No one is quite like you.

Jumoke Eniola Odepe
Ontario Canada

ALL BROKEN PIECES

JM
May, 2020

Ageless Beauty

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when you want.
you come in as harmattan,
you come in as snow.
when you want.
you come in as rain,
you come in as spring.
when you want.
you come in as summer,
you come in as fall.
you turn the sun to us, we have day.
then the moon, we have night.
your years. your years, they no know end.

- jm poetry
5.50am
Guelph, May 2020
Image courtesy - will klinzma from unsplash

let him go. image poetry

By Jm

Let him go

He is not worth so much.

sq.m. of 

your heart space

By Jumoke Eniola-Odepe

Look inwards

looking here. looking there.
running here. running there.
how do they fly?
what makes them, them?
no. look inside.
the answer is within

J.M.
Ontario, 2020

be inspired from the depths

be inspired.
  from the depths.
    of your soul.

J.m.
Guelph, 2020

Solitude

inspiration lies
in 

the depths of your spirit

in
the quietness of your being

J.m.
Guelph.2020

You Are Enough

Image by the author using Canva

in this techy fast-paced world

where

everyone has 2 billion answers for everything

remember this.

you're not a slowpoke
you're not a slacker

you're not a scaredy-cat

live from within.

you are unique

you've got this

you are enough.

Always,

Jumoke Eniola Odepe

Ontario

let him go

let him go.
he's not worth so much
sq. m. of your heart.

jm

Possibility Realms

Pix by Sarah Richter art pixabay

oh to live in the realms where 

inhibitions means nothing
impossibility nothing

J.M.
Ontario, 2020

Poetic image

active pen's images

Dandelions

pix by active pen images

dandelions line my path
nature's smiles brightening canada's trails
these ones are never locked down
reminding me
brighter days ahead

J.M Odepe
Ontario, 2020

everything foreign

image by ben kerckx -pixabay

i love you but
i can't show it.
i love you but
i prefer everything foreign.

jumoke odepe
Ontario, 2020

www

By Jm

Image by Jan Vašek from Pixabay

by the time the day was done,
i had visited the most liked poems on the internet.
seen the most viewed writers in the world-wide-web.
i sank into my bed,
and wept in quiet desperation.

MacKenzie
Ontario, 2020

nurse's daughter

to all the nurses

those who bore us and those who didn't

to all the nurses

those who know more than doctors and those who don't

to all the nurses, 

those who day shift and those who night

nurses are to doctors what law clerks are to lawyers

they make the professional fly and take less credit

in the name of my mother, a nurse indeed

i say thank you to all 

the nurses on earth.

J.M.

Toronto, 2020