USAGE OF IELTS

USAGE OF IELTS

IELTS is a standardized test which measures a person’s proficiency in English Language. Its scores are of utmost importance and hold good in many universities.

A good IELTS score is mandatory for admission in the universities of UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Apart from a good IELTS score, universities also expect a good GPA (Grade Point Average) from the students from their past education.

The usage of IELTS though can be explained in different forms and through various presentations.

1. IELTS is an international standard exam:
   There are 800 test centres of IELTS across 130 countries. Also they are recognized by institutions, government etc. all over the world as said by US government. Through www.ielts.org they have set a Global Recognition System.

   IELTS is the world’s proven test. Due to its high quality controls, IELTS is accepted by thousands of organizations.

   1. Universities, schools, training colleges, tertiary institutes
   2. Government departments and agencies
   3. Professional and industry bodies
   4. Multinational companies and employers
2. It’s a reliable test to measure proficiency in English as its test material is standardized and extensive research goes into this course.
3. It provides a comprehensive medium to judge a candidate as it focuses not only on Reading, writing and speaking but also on listening and that also differently in case of academic and general training students.
4. Over 7, 00,000 candidates take IELTS every year and many countries have over lakh candidates who appear for IELTS. So, it can be said that the course is deeply penetrated.

   This table has the data as mentioned by IELTS official record for 2007.

   Overall Result	Below 4	4	4.5	5	5.5	6	6.5	7	7.5	8	8.5	9
   Arabic	3	6	15	20	20	16	10	6	2	1	0	0
   Bengali	1	4	11	21	23	18	10	6	3	2	1	0
   Chinese	2	4	10	19	22	20	13	7	2	1	0	0
   Farsi	1	1	4	10	20	26	20	11	5	2	0	0
   Gujarati	1	3	10	21	24	19	11	7	4	2	0	0
   Hindi	0	2	5	11	15	19	18	15	9	5	1	0
   Indonesian	1	1	4	11	21	27	21	10	4	1	1	0
   Japanese	2	3	6	15	23	25	16	7	2	1	0	0
   Korean	1	2	6	16	27	27	14	5	1	1	0	0
   Malay	0	0	1	5	13	23	24	18	10	5	1	0
   Malayalam	0	0	1	6	18	32	23	10	5	2	1	0
   Nepali	0	1	5	15	25	27	16	7	3	1	0	0
   Punjabi	1	4	12	23	22	18	10	6	2	1	0	0
   Spanish	0	0	1	4	11	20	24	20	12	6	2	0
   Tagalog	0	0	0	2	8	22	28	23	11	4	1	0
   Tamil	0	1	4	10	17	22	18	13	8	5	1	0
   Telugu	0	1	4	14	25	26	16	8	4	2	0	0
   Thai	0	2	6	17	27	15	14	6	2	1	0	0
   Urdu	1	4	10	19	20	18	13	8	5	2	0	0
   Vietnemese	1	3	8	17	24	24	14	7	2	1	0	0

5. It is a course that is cost saving as well. There are many funding schemes that go with the test so the students can give the test and payment can be made by them through funding course fee www.english.gov.hk is the website which can provide more idea about it.
6. There are arrangements made for disabled people as well. Such as:

   Special arrangements include the following:

   1. Enlarged print and brailled test papers, an amanuensis to write answers, a Braille word-processor – for those with visual difficulties.
   2. Special amplification equipment, lip-reading version of the Listening module – for those with hearing difficulties.
   3. Extra time for the Reading and Writing modules, use of a word processor – for those with learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia).

   USAGE IN HR

   USAGE IN HR HR people use IELTS for the following:

   1. To shortlist fresh graduates for entry level position.
   2. To replace it’s in- house English test.
   3. To use an English requirement standard for promotion.

   There are so many students who take the test, which can be shown through this graph.