Difference between General and Academic Writing task

[meengo]

Hello ,

please help me to understand difference between General and Academic Writing task .

I am preparing for GT for immigration purpose. Need 8+ in all modules.
how much possibility to have repeat question of Academic writing task appear for GT ?


Thanks
meeango

[petryworn]

In an Academic examination, the reading passages are long and much more tricky; hence, training for the Academic reading exam is more strict. In the writing segment, the Academic exam uses graphs and other varieties of data that a test taker or a prospect should interpret. However, in the General Training, the writing test’s question is based upon some real-life situations and cases. There is no variance on the reading and the speaking area in both Academic and General Training.

Taken from http://www.jroozreview.com/types-of-ielts-exam/ & http://ieltsexamstips.blogspot.com/2013 ... w-can.html