IELTS – INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM
1. THIS IS A LANGUAGE TEST (50% OF IELTS IS COMPLETEY BASED ON THE LEVEL OF A PERSON’S ENGLISH)
2. THIS IS A TEST OF IQ (40% OF IELTS IS BASED ON THE LEVEL OF A PERSON’S INTELLIGENCE)
3. THIS IS A TEST OF CONFIDENCE (10% OF IELTS IS BASED ON PERSON’S CONFIDENCE)
IELTS IS A GAME OR A SPORT.
IT’S BASED ON THE PRACTICE.
ITS NOT A CURRICULUM TO BE TAUGHT BUT A DRIVING LESSON TO BE FOLLOWED IN PRACTICAL WAYS.
SCORING SYSTEM OF LISTENING AND READING
ALTOGETHER THERE ARE 40 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN LISTENING AND READING AND SCORING IS MATHEMATICAL. HERE IS THE CHART TO BE FOLLOWED
TOTAL QUESTIONS = 40 | FULL SCORE = 9 |
16 CORRECT ANSWERS | 5 |
20 CORRECT ANSWERS | 5.5 |
23 CORRECT ANSWERS | 6 |
27 CORRECT ANSWERS | 6.5 |
30 CORRECT ANSWERS | 7 |
33 CORRECT ANSWERS | 7.5 |
35 CORRECT ANSWERS | 8 |
38 CORRECT ANSWERS | 8.5 |
40 CORRECT ANSWERS | 9 |
SCORING SYSTEM OF WRITING
THERE ARE TWO TASKS TO BE PERFORMED
TASK 1 IS SCORED OUT OF 9 (33% OF THE SCORE OBTAINED IS TAKEN FOR FINAL SCORE)
TASK 2 IS SCORED OUT OF 9 (67% OF THE SCORE OBTAINED IS TAKEN FOR FINAL SCORE)
SCORING IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIAS
Task Achievement (TA) = how well you answer the question (BASED ON UNDERSTANDING LEVEL)
Coherence and Cohesion (CC) = how well is your text structured. (BASED ON PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT)
Lexical Resource (LR) = how good is your vocabulary. (BASED ON THE VARIETY OF WORDS TO BE USED AVOIDING THE REPETITION)
Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA) = how good is your grammar. (BASED ON CORRECTNESS OF GRAMMAR AND THE VARIETY OF SENTENCES USED)
SCORING SYSTEM OF SPEAKING
SPEAKING TEST CONTAINS 3 SECTIONS
PART ONE IS GENERAL CONVERSATION SECTION THAT CONTAINS INTRODUCTORY AND TASTE AND PREFERENCE TYPE OF QUESTIONS
PART TWO IS A SPEECH SECTION BASED ON CUE CARD
PART THREE IS EXTENDED OR PHILOSOPHICAL SECTION
SCORE IS BASED ON FOLLWING CRITERIAS
Fluency and coherence (FC) = how clear and structured is your speech.
Lexical Resource (LR) = how good is your vocabulary. …
Pronunciation (P) = how naturally you sound. …
Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA) = how good is your grammar.