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Is IELTS a good judge of your English?

I often hear people complain that they got a lower score in IELTS than they expected. Many of them have been living in the US or Australia and can communicate fine, but they get 6 for writing or some other less than desirable result.

I honestly feel that IELTS is the best test of English that we have. It’s not perfect, but it’s a wonderful judge of English skill. If I know a person’s IELTS score, it tells me so much about their abilities. I can imagine talking to them, or reading their writing.

I know that a conversation with a student who gets a 5 will be less than fluent, but we should understand each other pretty well, but that someone with 4 might be hard to speak with. However, someone with a 7 will be able to hold a relatively easy conversation.

Altogether, although you may feel that you got a hard question or should have gotten a better score, IELTS is a pretty good judge of English ability. Sure, there might be slight deviations. One examiner may judge your speaking to be a 5.5 and another say it’s a 6. But those are small differences. Determining someone’s language ability is hard, and IELTS is a great way of doing it.

Perhaps of great importance is this fact: It’s really, really, really difficult to cheat the IELTS! Believe me, in learning English, some people will stop at nothing for a high score, and cheating is very common. However, it is almost impossible to cheat the IELTS. Memorized phrases will get you nowhere fast.