8.4.04
TOEFL Vs IELTS
We all know what TOEFL and IELTS are. I was lucky (or unlucky) to have taken both. TOEFL’s system is lot better than that of IELTS. It is very easy for a student to understand the method in which the exam is run. So very little practice is required. There are no special techniques or formulae necessary to do well. That’s why very few students who take the actual test go to any coaching centre for practicing. And its application in terms of demonstrating a student’s skill is much better than IELTS. My one friend took this test twice within 2 month’s time but on both occasions he got the same result.
On the contrary, to comprehend the system of IELTS one has take much hardship. (I think the system has been kept so weird willingly. Just look at the British Council, how much money it is earning through IELTS coaching programmes. It takes 12,000taka from a student for some numbered IELTS coaching classes.) In the listening module there is no question asked. One has to write the answers while listening. And if there is any spelling mistake or grammatical mistake or excessive words are used in answering, the student gets no points. Well, why would I have to care about my writing so much in this module when it is meant to reveal my skill on listening? And on the reading module one can fair well just by following some instructions or techniques. And anyone can do well in the speaking module if he has the answers of couple of common questions sorted out before the exam. As this test is not computer based and the calculations are done manually there is a great possibility of mistakes to happen unlike TOEFL. And if an examinee is not satisfied with his result and wants re-examination his paper he has to pay additional 6,000taka with an application and the result of that re-exam will come after 17 or 18 weeks. How funny!!! If the score gets changed the student will get a portion of the money otherwise the full money will become non-refundable.
But with all these problems in IELTS we, the students cannot escape it because British and Australian High commission do not except TOEFL.
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We all know what TOEFL and IELTS are. I was lucky (or unlucky) to have taken both. TOEFL’s system is lot better than that of IELTS. It is very easy for a student to understand the method in which the exam is run. So very little practice is required. There are no special techniques or formulae necessary to do well. That’s why very few students who take the actual test go to any coaching centre for practicing. And its application in terms of demonstrating a student’s skill is much better than IELTS. My one friend took this test twice within 2 month’s time but on both occasions he got the same result.
On the contrary, to comprehend the system of IELTS one has take much hardship. (I think the system has been kept so weird willingly. Just look at the British Council, how much money it is earning through IELTS coaching programmes. It takes 12,000taka from a student for some numbered IELTS coaching classes.) In the listening module there is no question asked. One has to write the answers while listening. And if there is any spelling mistake or grammatical mistake or excessive words are used in answering, the student gets no points. Well, why would I have to care about my writing so much in this module when it is meant to reveal my skill on listening? And on the reading module one can fair well just by following some instructions or techniques. And anyone can do well in the speaking module if he has the answers of couple of common questions sorted out before the exam. As this test is not computer based and the calculations are done manually there is a great possibility of mistakes to happen unlike TOEFL. And if an examinee is not satisfied with his result and wants re-examination his paper he has to pay additional 6,000taka with an application and the result of that re-exam will come after 17 or 18 weeks. How funny!!! If the score gets changed the student will get a portion of the money otherwise the full money will become non-refundable.
But with all these problems in IELTS we, the students cannot escape it because British and Australian High commission do not except TOEFL.
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