Volumes

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This section presents abstracts of published IELTS Australia and British Council funded research reports. Click here to order your copy of IELTS research reports.

Volume 8 2008 - IELTS Australia Publication

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1. Paper 1: An ethnographic study of classroom instruction in an IELTS preparation program
2. Paper 2: The significance of sociolinguistic backgrounds of teachers of IELTS Test preparation courses in selected Malaysian institutions
3. Paper 3: The use of IELTS for university selection in Australia: A case study
4. Paper 4: Use of the IELTS General Training module in technical and vocational tertiary institutions: A case study from Aotearoa New Zealand
5. Paper 5: An impact study into the use of IELTS as an entry criterion for professional associations – Australia, New Zealand and the USA

 

Volume 7 - 2007 IELTS Australia & British Council joint publication

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1. Paper 1: Attitudes of tertiary key decision-makers towards English language tests in Aotearoa New Zealand: Report on the results of a national provider survey
2. Paper 2: Student identity, learning and progression: The affective and academic impact of IELTS on ‘successful’ candidates
3. Paper 3: IELTS as a predictor of academic language performance, Part 1
4. Paper 4: IELTS as a predictor of academic language performance, Part 2
5. Paper 5: Documenting features of written language production typical at different IELTS band score levels
6. Paper 6: Does the computer make a difference? The reaction of candidates to a computer-based versus a traditional hand-written form of the IELTS Writing component: effects and impact

 

Volume 6 - 2006 IELTS Australia & British Council joint publication

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1. Paper 1: An investigation of the effectiveness and validity of planning time in Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking Test
2. Paper 2: An examination of the rating process in the revised IELTS Speaking Test
3. Paper 3: Candidate discourse in the revised IELTS Speaking Test
4. Paper 4: The impact on candidate language of examiner deviation from a set interlocutor frame in the IELTS Speaking Test
5. Paper 5: Exploring difficulty in Speaking tasks: an intra-task perspective
6. Paper 6: The interactional organisation of the IELTS Speaking Test
7. Paper 7: An investigation of the lexical dimension of the IELTS Speaking Test

 

Volume 5 - 2003 IELTS Australia publication

1. Paper 1: A critical analysis of selected IELTS preparation materials
2. Paper 2: A comparative study of IELTS to ascertain its viability for the Malaysia private secondary school market
3. Paper 3: 'What's your score?': An investigation into language descriptors for rating written performance
4. Paper 4: The attitudes of IELTS stakeholders: student and staff perceptions of IELTS in Australian, UK and Chinese tertiary institutions
5. Paper 5: Assessing the impact of IELTS preparation programs on candidates’ performance on the General Training reading and writing test modules

 

Volume 4 - 2003 IELTS Australia publication

1. Paper 1: An impact study of two IELTS user groups: candidates who sit the test for immigration purposes and candidates who sit the test for secondary education purposes
2. Paper 2: Text analysis and the assessment of Academic Writing
3. Paper 3: Task design in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1: The effect of quantity and manner of presentation of information on candidate writing
4. Paper 4: Legibility and the rating of second language writing
5. Paper 5: The impact of IELTS on preparation for academic study in New Zealand
6. Paper 6: Investigating the relationship between intensive English language study and band score gain on IELTS

 

Volume 3 - 2000 IELTS Australia publication

1. Paper 1: The impact of gender in the IELTS oral interview
2. Paper 2: A study of response validity of the IELTS writing subtest
3. Paper 3: An investigation of the rating process in the IELTS oral Interview
4. Paper 4: Predictive validity in the IELTS test: A study of the relationship between IELTS scores and students' subsequent academic performance
5. Paper 5: Monitoring IELTS examiner training effectiveness

 

Volume 2 - 1999 IELTS Australia publication

1. Paper 1: An investigation of speaking test reliability
2. Paper 2: The effect of background disciplines on IELTS scores
3. Paper 3: A comparison of IELTS and TOEFL as predictors of academic success
4. Paper 4: Authenticity in the IELTS Academic Module writing test

 

Volume 1 - 1998 IELTS Australia publication

1. Paper 1: Interviewer style and candidate performance in the IELTS oral interview
2. Paper 2: An investigation into approaches to IELTS preparation, with particular focus on the Academic Writing component of the test
3. Paper 3: The misinterpretation of directions for the questions in the Academic Reading and Listening sub-tests of the IELTS test
4. Paper 4: An investigation of the predictive validity of IELTS amongst a sample of international students studying at the University of Tasmania
5. Paper 5: Survey of receiving institutions' use and attitude to IELTS
6. Paper 6: A comparative study of IELTS and ACCESS test results