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Figure 29 shows how IELTS grossly exaggerate the popularity of their test. The word “popular” is
used to discuss sales frequencies of IELTS goods/services in the Canadian context. This bogus
claim is not supported by independent marketing research that surveys customer satisfaction
levels. This false claim draws on the fact that virtually all non-Canadian residents who intend to
migrate to Canada must take an IELTS test if they do not live in New York City or the United Arab
Emirates (UAE). Non-Canadian residents who cannot afford to travel to New York City or the UAE
cannot access CELPIP’s English language testing services which are offered in a lesser range of
locations inside Canada, New York City and the UAE compared to IELTS.
Figure 29
IELTS Propaganda: Thematic ExaggerationSource: IELTS Canada (2017b)IELTS routinely exaggerate the popularity of their test. Three million tests do not automatically
equate to three million satisfied smiling clients. It is likely that IELTS failed hundreds of thousands
of skilled migrants, multiple times each during 2016. In line with IELTS’s universally secretive
business practices they do not publish statistics that identify the average number of tests taken