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www.ielts.org. Who owns IELTS?. British Council IDP: IELTS Australia Cambridge ESOL. What is IELTS?. A test of communicative proficiency in English: for study or work in English tests all four language skills. A test of international English: Cultural or linguistic bias minimised

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  1. www.ielts.org

  2. Who owns IELTS? • British Council • IDP: IELTS Australia • Cambridge ESOL

  3. What is IELTS? • A test of communicative proficiency in English: • for study or work in English • tests all four language skills • A test of international English: • Cultural or linguistic bias minimised • content produced and checked internationally • variety of accents used • A task based test: • model of communicative competence • whole text contexts, not discrete point • performance-based

  4. What’s the global candidature?

  5. Who recognises IELTS? • Institutes of further and higher education in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland • Professional Bodies world-wide including: • Ministry of Defence, General Medical Council in United Kingdom • Medical Council and Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs in Australia • New Zealand Immigration Service • Citizenship and Immigration Canada

  6. What makes IELTS a useful test? • IELTS provides: • a profile of a candidate's skills in all four language areas • an overall band score • IELTS tests: • the full range of proficiency levels, from non-user to expert user

  7. Why can IELTS results be trusted? • Quality controls: • test production process • examiner training and certification • centre management • security and integrity • ongoing research • monitoring • centralised verification of results

  8. What do IELTS candidates have to do? • Candidates must do all four test modules: • Listening • Reading • Writing • Speaking

  9. Listening 30 minutes, 4 sections, 40 items Academic Reading 60 minutes, 3 sections, 40 items General Training Reading 60 minutes, 3 sections, 40 items Academic Writing 60 minutes, 2 tasks General Training Writing 60 minutes, 2 tasks Speaking 11 - 14 minutes, 3 parts Test Format

  10. Listening Module • Tests: • specific and overall comprehension • inference • salient information • Same for Academic and General Training candidates • Variety of contexts (general and study) • Variety of formats (dialogues and mini-lectures)

  11. Reading Module • Tests detailed and general comprehension • Academic and General Training Modules • Academic Module: academic texts • General Training module: general and study-related texts

  12. Writing Module • Academic and General Training Modules • Tests: • ability to write English appropriate to context and task • use of language in a variety of contexts and topics • skills at sentence, paragraph and whole text level • Candidates rated on: • task fulfilment • coherence and cohesion • communicative quality • vocabulary and sentence structure

  13. Speaking Module • Same for Academic and General Training candidates • Tests ability to communicate through speech in general English contexts • One-to-one interview • Range of topics and contexts • Range of skills and patterns of interaction • 3 parts: • question and answer on personal topics • unassisted short talk on a given topic • two-way discussion on more abstract issues

  14. What do the bands mean? • 9 band scale • 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

  15. Cecile - Band 5 click screen to play

  16. Thibault - Band 6 click screen to play

  17. IELTS Results • Test Report Forms (TRFs) • two year validity • overall and module bands • results available within two weeks • results can be sent to receiving institutions • no ‘pass’ mark • security enhanced paper • Online Verification Service (available from mid 2003)

  18. IELTS is ... • a reliable and valid test of English language proficiency • a test of communicative ability • a test of all four language skills • a task-based test in which candidates perform interactive language tasks

  19. For more information • IELTS Candidate Information • IELTS Handbook • IELTS Annual Review • IELTS website: www.ielts.org • IELTS Specimen Materials • IELTS Research Reports

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