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1) Clip 1: IELTS Assessment Criteria
2) Clip 2: Vocabulary Exercise
3) Printable documents
a) Notes for Study
IELTS ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
IELTS is a proficiency test which assesses your English language ability in four language skill areas – listening, reading, writing and speaking. Depending on your need – whether it’s for tertiary or secondary study, professional recognition or immigration purposes – you can choose to do either the Academic or General Training module.
Writing and Speaking are productive skills and test your ability to produce written and spoken language.
IELTS Tip
Familiarise yourself with all the different question types in the Listening and Reading Modules and possible question topics and tasks in the Writing and Speaking Modules of the IELTS Test. For Speaking and Writing understand what the examiners are looking for. Familiarise yourself with the criteria for Writing – Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. For Speaking understand what is required for Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy and Pronunciation.
Writing
Two tasks requiring different types of writing are given so that you can demonstrate your writing skills.
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Academic |
General Training |
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summarising/describing factual information |
letter |
Task 2 |
well-structured essay |
Speaking
In the Speaking Test there are three different parts so that you can demonstrate how well you can express yourself on a variety of different topics ranging from the personal to the more abstract and using both formal and informal language.
Assessment Criteria
Four criteria are used to assess your written and spoken language.
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WRITING |
SPEAKING |
Task Response |
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Coherence and Cohesion |
Fluency and Coherence |
Grammatical Range and Accuracy |
Grammatical Range and Accuracy |
Lexical Resource |
Lexical Resource |
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Pronunciation |
Three of the criteria overlap: Coherence, Grammatical Accuracy and Range, Lexical Resource.
Each criterion assesses specific aspects of your language. These are spelt out below and can be used as a checklist when reviewing your writing or practising your speaking.
Task Response
Task response refers to the content of your answer. It assesses how well you’ve understood and answered the question.
Criteria: Task Response |
Checklist |
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Writing Task 1 |
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• Have I answered all parts of the question? • Are my ideas relevant and appropriate to the topic? • Have I developed and supported my ideas? • Have I stated my position on the topic? • Is my conclusion relevant to the topic? • Have I written at least 250 words? |
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