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Research Communique Series
This research report summarizes and further develops eleven IELTS research reports (Research
Communique Series) authored and published by Dr. J Jericho during 2017.
These Research Communiques are annexed in the appendices section of this report. Table 2 is
an inventory of this research.
Table 2
IELTS Research: Research Communique SeriesExposureDraft (^) Document title
1 “Public Version” IELTS assessment rubrics: A call for transparency.
2 The hidden curriculum, absent syllabus and severe complexity of the
Academic and General Writing Task 2 component of the IELTS.
3 IELTS appeals and remarking: A call for transparency and confirmation of due
process.
4 IELTS speaking questions: Non-universal content, hidden curriculum and the
absence of choice.
5 IELTS Academic reading questions: Pedagogical design flaws.
6 Comparing IELTS’s comprehensive mandatory data collection
regime to other major English language test providers.
7 A critical review of IELTS’s listening test.
8 IELTS’s flawed assessment rubrics: A focus on band 6.5 for speaking and writing.
9 IELTS dictates that candidates must use pencil to answer 80 questions.
10 An urgent investigation into IELTS’s policy of supplying only one Test Report
Form (TRF) to their fee-paying clients.
11 Estimating the profits that IELTS earns from its academic appeals process.^
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Digital copies of these Research Communiques are available at the web addresses shown under
Table 2.