Commercially produced IELTS preparation materials are becoming
increasingly available for use by students in self-study programs
and by teachers as classroom resources in IELTS preparation
courses. This study investigated the appropriateness of the
content, organisation, learning approaches and presentation of the
listening and reading components of six of the most widely used of
these publications ...
Researchers: Rae Everett and Judy Coleman, The University of
New England, Australia
This study sought to determine the suitability and viability of
introducing the IELTS test to private secondary schools in Malaysia
and to determine the most appropriate module for this cohort
...
Researchers: Cynthia Celestine, Cheah Su Ming, Geetha
Rajaratnam, IDP Education Australia and Norazina Ismail,
The University of Malaysia
This study addresses the problem of inconsistency in rating
IELTS exams and the need for valid criteria for rating levels of
written performance ...
Researcher: Peter Mickan, The University of Adelaide,
Australia
This report presents the findings of a three-nation study which
examined stakeholder attitudes to the International English
Language Testing System (IELTS). With research undertaken in
Australia, the People’s Republic of China and the United Kingdom,
the perceptions and perspectives of university staff and students
were measured via quantitative and qualitative methodologies
...
Researchers: David Coleman, Visiting Research Fellow, The
University of Sydney; Sue Starfield, The University of New
South Wales, Australia; and Anne Hagan, The University of
Ulster, UK
The motivation for the study on which this paper is based came
from several concerns regarding the consistently poor performance
of Fiji candidates in the IELTS Reading and Writing modules ...
Researchers: Chandra Rao, Kate McPherson, Rajni Chand and Veena
Khan, USP Solutions, The University of the South
Pacific
