280280
To illustrate this argument, please consider the data shown in Table 3.
Table 3:
Understating a candidate’s true examination performance for listening
Correct answer Actual answer Score
Generalize/Generalise Generaliz 0
Candy shop Kandy shop 0
Over the bridge Over the bridges 0
515 people 550 people 0
Total score 0Analysis of data shown in Table 3 shows how a candidate may score zero out of four for
that sub-component of the listening test. A lay person reading another person’s IELTS
Test Report Form may conclude that the test-taker is unable to comprehend any aspects
of spoken English.
Pencil
I do not support IELTS’s policy that requires all candidates must use pencil for any part
of the test, especially listening (British Council, 2017g). My grave concerns with this
issue are the topic of discussion in Research Communique 9.