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Delivered locally,

recognised

globally

BCIE Riga, 2012

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Aims

• To give a sound understanding of:

– What IELTS is

– Where and why students take it

– IELTS format, content and scores

– How to prepare for IELTS

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IELTS

An introduction

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What is IELTS?

• The ‘International English Language Testing System’

• Jointly managed by 3 partners:

• Experts in English language testing internationally

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What does IELTS do?

“Designed to assess the English language ability of people

who intend to study or work where English is the language

of communication”

• Test of communicative proficiency in English

• Original 4 skills test covering:

– Listening

– Reading

– Writing

– Speaking

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Academic candidate’s top

destinations 2012

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Why do students take

IELTS?

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Institutes of further and higher education:

Australia, Canada, European countries, Hong Kong, New

Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, the United Kingdom, United

States and many other countries worldwide

Professional bodies:

Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and USA

Immigration authorities:

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK

Global recognition – one test for many countries and many purposes – recognised by 7,000 organisations

worldwide (August 2012)

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Generally:

• 5.0 – 5.5 often required for Foundation degree programmes

• 5.5 – 6.5 often required for Undergraduate programmes

• 6.0 – 7.0 often required for Masters/Postgraduate

programmes

• 7.0 usually required for professional studies

The score is decided by the University NOT by IELTS: this is

why scores may be different for each university.

What scores do you need for university study?

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Use the online Global Recognition

System www.ielts.org

to find out which institutions will

accept your IELTS scores

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Globally accessible and convenient

• Tests administered at over 800 centres and venues

worldwide

• Up to 48 test dates per year (4 per month)

• Results released 13 days after test

• TRF can be sent directly to receiving organisations

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Delivered locally – friendly customer service

• High customer standards within the centre to ensure a

stress free testing experience

– Friendly testing environment & staff

– Strict security and centre management

– Straight forward registration procedure

• Every effort made to cater a candidate with special

requirements

• Test fee set in the country and payable in local currency

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Successful communication involves interaction

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Candidates and recognising institutions value the face-

to-face speaking test

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Test format and content,

band scores and test

results

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Question Paper Production

• 3 – 4 years to develop one item (question)

• Item writers in Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA and now

Canada

• Content sourced globally

• 6 stages of paper construction – rigorous standards applied

• Topics or language context which may introduce a bias

against any group are avoided

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Academic or General Training

IELTS?

Academic:

• Entry to University / College

/ professional registration

• Assesses ability to study or

train at undergraduate or

postgraduate level

General Training:

• Immigration, vocational,

secondary education,

language training and work

experience

• Assess survival skills in a

broad social and

educational context

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Test format

Listening 30 minutes, 4 sections, 40 items

General Training Reading 60 minutes, 3 sections, 40 items

Academic Reading 60 minutes, 3 sections, 40 items

General Training Writing

60 minutes, 2 tasks

Academic Writing 60 minutes, 2 tasks

Speaking 11 - 14 minutes, 3 parts

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Test Scores

9 - band scoring system:

9 – expert user

8 – very good user

7 – good user

6 – competent user

5 – modest user

4 – limited user

3 – extremely limited user

2 – intermittent user

1 – non user

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Fast results

• Results available in 13 days

• Valid for tw o years

• Overall and module score

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IELTS Before the test

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How to prepare for IELTS

• Courses

For courses in the UK you can see what is available at

British Council accredited English language institutions:

http://www.educationuk.org/english (Enter ‘IELTS’ as your

keyword search).

For courses in Riga you can contact Baltic Council for

International Education: www.balticcouncil.org

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How to prepare for IELTS

• Preparation materials on-line

You can download some free samples from www.ielts.org:

http://www.ielts.org/test_takers_information/test_sample.as

px

You can also download an order form for the IELTS Official

Practice Tests through www.ielts.org:

http://www.ielts.org/test_takers_information.aspx

The British Council’s Learn English Professionals site has a

section on IELTS preparation:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-english-gateway.htm

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How to prepare for IELTS

• Preparation materials

You can buy How to Prepare for IELTS materials or Road to

IELTS CD-Roms through your British Council office

The British Council IELTS web pages offer additional

materials specific to each local market; check

www.britishcouncil/learning-ielts.htm

There are many other publications available from

bookstores or directly from publishers which will help you

get used to the test format and style.

https://www.teachers.cambridgeesol.org/ts/teachingresourc

es

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The world speaks IELTS

– do you?

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