Category: IELTS

IELTS Special requirements; www.ielts.org IELTS test centers make every effort to make arrangements for test takers with accessibility requirements. In order to ensure that the language ability of all test takers is assessed fairly and objectively, IELTS provides a comprehensive service for test takers who have special requirements, including specific learning difficulties, hearing difficulties and visual difficulties, medical conditions or infant feeding. If you require special arrangements to be made, e.g. extra time or a modified version of IELTS, you must give the test centre six weeks’ notice. Special arrangements include…

How to use IELTS results; www.ielts.org This guide is a web-based platform designed for people who use IELTS results in their place of work. It provides an overview of test development, assessment and score processing for educational institutions, professional bodies, governments and employers. There are four sections within this guide: Overview: A brief explanation of the purpose of IELTS and how it is used as evidence of English abilities around the world. IELTS Results: Information about how to ensure the IELTS results you receive from your applicants are genuine. Band Scores:…

Verifying IELTS results; www.ielts.org IELTS Results Verification Service By accepting IELTS results, you will be given access to the IELTS Results Verification Service. It is secure, simple to use, free of charge, and allows you to: verify test takers’ results by checking that the results you receive match the results on the IELTS database check your applicants’ photo ID against their test day photo download test takers’ results fast and easily, and in bulk to save you time. Register to accept IELTS results Find out more about the benefits of…

Examiner recruitment and training; www.ielts.org IELTS Writing and Speaking tests are carried out by trained and certificated examiners, all of whom are qualified and experienced English language specialists. The examiners work to clearly defined criteria and are subject to extensive and detailed quality control procedures. If you are interested in becoming an IELTS examiner, then here is everything you need to know about the recruitment and training process. IELTS examiner requirements Each IELTS test centre is responsible for recruiting and training a pool of examiners. Applicants must have: An undergraduate degree…

IELTS scoring in detail; www.ielts.org The Test Report Form provides your overall band score and band scores for each of the four sections: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. Overall band score The overall band score is the average of the four sections scores, rounded to the nearest whole or half band. The sections scores are weighted equally. Some examples: Listening Reading  Writing  Speaking Average of four components (total of the four individual component scores divided by four)   Band score Test taker A  6.5 6.5 5.0 7.0 6.25 6.5 Test taker B 4.0…

IELTS Complaints Policy; www.ielts.org The IELTS Partners are committed to providing services to our customers to the highest global standard. We want to hear from you if you feel we haven’t met your needs, as complaints help us to improve our products, services and test takers’ experience. We strive to resolve any area of dissatisfaction or complaints that you have in a fair and timely manner. How can complaints be made? If your IELTS experience has not gone the way you expected, the first step is to speak with your…

What is IELTS; www.ielts.org The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is designed to help you work, study or migrate to a country where English is the native language. This includes countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and USA. Your ability to listen, read, write and speak in English will be assessed during the test. IELTS is graded on a scale of 1-9. IELTS is jointly owned by the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge English. Why take IELTS? If you are looking to work, live…

IELTS Online; www.ielts.org IELTS Online the new way to take IELTS Academic wherever you are in the world IELTS Online is our new online Academic test. It gives you flexibility for when and where you take your test. It has the same content and features as IELTS on paper and IELTS on computer taken in a test centre. Same test of four skills delivered by humans for humans In your IELTS Online test the Listening, Reading and Writing questions are taken the same way as with IELTS on computer. Your…

The Future of IELTS, PTE, GRE & TOEFL exams in the face of COVID-19; www.ielts.org Simrandeep Singh Parmar, SVP – Shiksha Study Abroad in conversation with Srikant Gopal, Executive Director – TOEFL Program at ETS; Varun Raina, Associate Director at IDP Education (IELTS) and Yatender Sharma, Head PTE Marketing of India & Hub Countries – Pearson discussed the future of studying abroad and how standard international tests such as IELTS, TOEFL, GRE and PTE Academic are revolutionizing to accommodate the new normal amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The excerpts of the interview are as follows. Q.…

IELTS vs TOEFL vs PTE Academic vs Duolingo: Which test you should take; www.ielts.org Updated on Sep 22, 2024/2025 19:01 IST Being the universal language, English is a compulsion for students who aspire to study abroad. Universities abroad follow the rules of the global education system, which judges on the basis of your score in standardised tests designed to test your language fluency. There are predominantly three standardised English language tests that are widely accepted in most foreign universities i.e. IELTS (International English Language Testing Service), TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), PTE (Pearson…