How should you interpret your Ielts score

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At the end of each Listening and Reading Answer Key you will find a chart which will help you assess whether, on the basis of your Practice Test results, you are ready to take the IELTS test.

In Interpreting your score, there are a number of points you should bear in mind. Your performance in the real IELTS test will be reported in two ways: there will be a Band Score from 1 to 9 for each of the components and an Overall Band Score from 1 to 9, which is the average of your scores in the four components. However, institutions considering your application are advised to look at both the overall band scores and the bands for each component in order to determine whether you have the language skills needed for a particular course of study. For example, if your course involves a lot of reading and writing, but no lectures, listening skills might be less important and a score of 5 in listening might be acceptable if the Overall Band score was 7. However, for a course which has lots of lectures and spoken instructions, a score of 5 in listening might be unacceptable even though the Overall Band Score was 7.

Once you have marked your tests, you should have some idea of whether your listening and reading skills are good enough for you to try the IELTS test. If you did well enough in one component, but not in others, you will have to decide for yourself whether you are ready to take the test.

The Practice Tests have been checked to ensure that they are of approximately the same level of difficulty as the real test IELTS test. The Practice Tests can only give you an idea of your possible future performance and it is ultimately up to you to make decisions based on your score.

Different institutions accept different IELTS score for different types of courses. We have based our recommendations on the average scores which the majority of institutions accept. The institutions to which you are applying may, of course, require a higher or lower score than most other institutions.


Further Information

For more information about IELTS or any other Cambridge English Language Assessment examination, write to:

Cambridge English Language Assessment

1 Hills Road

Cambridge

CB1 2EU

United Kingdom

https://support.cambridgeenglish.org

http://www.ielts.org


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