Misconceptions about IELTS

danixaftersix · June 2017

Hello! I'm wondering why people have different views about IELTS. I think it is actually a good measure of your English capacity and more accepted in different institutions. Why do you think people shy away from IELTS and take other type of tests instead?

kisses1417 · June 2017

Writing Subtest is bery difficult to crack especially if you need a high score especially 7 and up.

kisses1417 · June 2017

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etmangaliman · June 2017

because of the human bias involved in checking of the exam. also, you are at a disadvantage if your handwriting is not that good so even if your content is excellent but the checker cannot read your handwriting, you will lose significant points.

jiomariano · June 2017

@kisses1417 has a good point, I think this is partly because of the subjective aspect of the scoring. Oftentimes, instead of judging a written work based on grammar, lexical resource, coherence, etc, they score it based on content. This becomes a problem where you have no clue about the topic. Plus, I think the scoring in PTE is more lenient, but that's just me.