IELTS in India vs. Canada, USA, Australia, UK and New Zealand

India is probably one of the country where students appear for IELTS exam on mass level. It is very common that a person appears for Ielts exam multiple times and at various locations. Though the IELTS exam follows the same pattern but there are few important points which you need to keep in your mind.

IELTS in India vs IELTS in world : Choosing right country for your exam

Exam Pattern

The Exam pattern is 100% same and if you have appeared for IELTS at a different location, don’t worry, you will see exactly the same exam pattern. it will include

• Listening
• Reading
• Writing
• Speaking

Exam Assessment

This is very important for you to understand that the exam assessment criteria is same across the world but  there are 2 sections that will involve human involvement and it varies from person to person and more importantly from location to location. For example, Speaking and Writing are assessed by regional examiners. So I would say you have to be careful about this factor.

Difference in speaking assessment

This is important but most of you might ignore. In fact there are multiple aspects which you need to consider :

• IELTS does not score you for pronunciation but it does score you for clarity in speech. So if you are very new to this language prefer giving the exam in your native country.
• Your accent does not matter, but the person taking your exam will speak in his own native accent. That might impact you. If in case you mishear something or understand incorrectly, it is possible that you will loose mark for speaking content which was not asked.
• Using slangs might also impact your exam. Suppose you speak a local language phrase which the examiner doesn’t understand, It might give an impression to the examiner that you speak English sentences that have no meaning. This will impact your lexical resources. Check out this article for more details.

Difference in Writing Assessment

Writing will also get you good or bad score based on your exam location and can make you lag behind and inhibit your success. There are not multiple points which you have to focus on while writing your science exam, but there is one point which you should always keep in your mind :

Usage of slangs might impact your writing exam badly. Suppose you write a phrase which is common in your local area but is unknown to the English world. This might create a negative impression for your assessment. You need to make sure that when you’re appearing in different country, you should avoid using slangs.

Conclusion

Your exam location can impact IELTS score, but if you consider avoiding usage of slangs and practice for understanding the sentences spoken in different accents, you can definitely score good marks regardless of your exam location.

IELTS Computer based exam listening tips

IELTS Computer based listening is bit tricky and you should definitely read this important article before you appear for the exam. Trust me, these computer based listening tips will save you from landing into a disaster.

Also Read : How does using slangs impact your IELTS speaking score ?

Important Tips for Computer based listening exam

1. Do not use Pen & Paper for writing answers (Very Important)

If you are giving computer based exam for the first time and have appeared for paper based exam before, you should remember that there is no extra time given to add back the answers from your paper to the computer.

Many students have reported that they failed to score good in IELTS listening because they were unable to copy answers from paper to their online portal.

2. Attempt the question even if you are not sure

There is no negative marking. So utilize the opportunity and try your luck. If you have a little bit of idea about the correct answer, still there is a probability if you attempt.

3. Do not assume you will be able to play / pause the audio considering you have access on computer

Audio gets played only once. You cannot pause it rewind it even if you are appearing on a computer.

4. Practice all question patterns before you go for the exam (Important)

There are different types of questions. Some might require you to drag and drop the answers and match with the question. Somewhere you will see map data to be filled out. You have to go through every pattern at least once before appearing into the exam. 

Many a times you just practice listening, but students have reported the scenarios where they were confused about using the GUI and they missed to hear the audio. As audio is played only once, you might miss to answer few questions which will impact your IETS score.

Conclusion

The computer based IELTS has no major difference in the exam pattern, hence the tips of generic listening remains common. The specific differences of IELTS computer based test are documented in the article which will surely help you a lot. 

If you are serious about your score, please visit the article content and do the needful as guided before appearing in the exam.

Also Read : How to generate unlimited ideas in IELTS writing with this simple trick.