HOW SHOULD YOU INTERPRET YOUR SCORES?

HOW SHOULD YOU INTERPRET YOUR SCORES?
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 Score and the Band Score 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 the same level of difficulty
as the real IELTS test. However, we cannot guarantee that your score in the practice tests
will be reflected in the real 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 scores for different types of courses. We have
based our recommendations on the average scores which the majority of institutions accept.
The institution to which you are applying may, of course, require a higher or lower score than
most other institutions.
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