Hi, I am Shelley from Reemabroad and in this video I am going to tell you about which one of the aisles is easier, British Council or IDP. Also, I am going to tell you about my own experiences and those of my students. Actually, to start with, there are a lot of myths involved in this, such as there is one organization which does not really give you the marks in the first test, first time you take the test. Now, let me tell you about my own experience. I have taken aisles from different countries because I was a trainer in different countries for a long time and then I arrived in India for some time. So last time then I took aisles, it was from India, IDP. That was not because I did not intend to take it from British Council, it was just that I needed to take it in a short span of time and IDP was the easiest test available. So that is what I bought. Now when I went inside, there were a lot of people who were talking, especially students who were talking, oh this is my first time I am not certainly going to get the band that I need because they would not give me the needed band in the first attempt because they already have my details and they know that this is the first time I am taking it. Now, of course I knew that this is actually a myth because this does not happen. I was taking aisles in India from IDP for the first time to top that I also had my passport renewed. So it was a new number altogether and I am sure that I had not put my earlier passport and IDP does not really have the access to the passport office of India. So as to find out, oh this is the new passport, that is the old passport and you know this person has already taken aisles or not taken aisles. In any case I had not taken aisles before from them. So the score that I got in my very first attempt was 8.51 listening, 9 on reading, 8 on writing and 8 on speaking which is of course a good score and yes notwithstanding the fact that I am a trainer because IDP did not know about it. So they gave me the score that much more than what I really required for migration. This was the first time that I was taking it from PR because otherwise I used to take it for the experiments sake and now coming on to what I have experimented. Usually what I have experimented is in a short span of time your score really does not change whether you are taking it from one organization or the other. For example if you take I mean I really do not want you to take me got for it but I have taken it for the experiments sake so I am talking about my experience and that is that and some other students also who had to take it because they did not really get good score in the first attempt. So if there is not much difference in the practice that you have done and there is not much difference in the performance that you are making in the test. It does not really make a difference for around say four or five months time if you are taking it from one organizer from British Council let us say and from IDP in the second attempt or vice versa. So it does not make much of a difference. Yes, the main difference actually comes across to you when you are finding out the time to book the date because if you have really got a window of three months, two months British Council dates might be available. There is that is and later on they might not be available. Whereas IDP you can book the date at times in as smaller times span of say eight days. Okay, 10 days. All right. Now that is one thing. The other thing is that the speaking examiners what I have personally again that goes with a disclaimer that is not necessarily an authentic fact but this is my experience and that of my students for 14 years that is for how long I have been teaching for IELTS. So the students have said that mostly the IDP speakers speaking examiners they are more comforting. They go easy with you for example of course they are not offered you water. It is just that they are more easy going they smile at you a lot and at times if you are forgetting word they fumbling they might just let you have that word and you know make you easy to speak with. Whereas in British Council they are more mechanical in the terms that they are more strict. They would be more interested in listening to you and writing their feedback instead of really you know talking to you. So it is more of a speaking test than a talking session. So that is the main difference. Otherwise I really do not have seen anyone scoring better from IDP or from British Council one more thing. There are a lot of people who think that if they go to a distant place wherein people do not really speak in English very well and they are English if they speak it if they take the test on their own city might really not be extremely good in comparison to the other takers who are taking the test from that centre it may really benefit them. Again I come back to that. Please remember you are at each second of your speaking test getting audio recorded. So you do not really end up getting better marks you know there is a parameter for each of the things that you are going to speak and you know your words your content your the cab your confidence. So there are so many things that your grammar so there are so many things that are being mugged. So how do you really think that you know and they might very well be audited you know. So how do you really think that you know they can give you better score. So do not go by this. Also lastly remember that for speaking you really cannot book the date on your own. So if your speaking is on say 30th of May you are speaking sorry your main test is on 30th of May your speaking can very well be on 23rd of May. In that case how do you really think to plan your you know traveling you know or let's assume 23rd of May still 7 days before so you can go and you can come back and then you can go back to another 32 take your writing test or to the main test but let's assume it's just 2 days before 3 days before you know because that's what is for the organizers to decide when they are going to give you the speaking test. So how would you really commute and then stay or come back so your office timings or all your leaves may really be bothering you for that. So do remember that try not to experiment rather focus more on practicing and focus more on how to perform under difficult situation. So that's what you have to do during the practice sessions. I hope your query has been well answered all the best.