Longtime arch rivals: IELTS vs. TOEFL (iBT). Battle 3.

Reading and Listening

Ещё одним определяющим фактором могут стать различия в типах заданий в разделах Reading и Listening. В TOEFL значительное большинство вопросов в этих разделах – это multiple choice questions (то есть вы должны выбрать A, B, C или D). А даже те, что не multiple choice всё равно дают вам информацию, которую вы должны выбрать. В то время как IELTS отличается большим разнообразием заданий, например:

Listening:
Multiple choice – вы должны выбрать один ответ из трёх или два из пяти.
Sentence completion – вы должны вписать слово/слова, которые правильно дополняют предложение.
Form / Flow-Chart/ Table completion – вы должны заполнить форму, блок-схему, таблицу.
Labelling a map / a diagram – вы должны определить и подписать части карты, плана, диаграммы.

Reading:
Multiple choice – вы должны выбрать один ответ из четырёх или два или три из пяти или семи.
Matching headings – вы должны выбрать подходящий заголовок из набора предложенных к каждому абзацу текста.
Short-answer questions – вы должны кратко (1-3 слова) ответить на вопрос по тексту.

Это всего лишь несколько примеров, на самом деле типов заданий ещё больше. Большинство заданий имеют ограничения по количеству слов. То есть, если в задании указано ограничение «два слова», ответ из трёх слов будет считаться автоматически неправильным.

Miscellaneous

Ну и всякие мелочи.
В TOEFL используется в основном американский английский, американское произношение. В IELTS – все стандартные варианты произношения английского языка (в том числе австралийский и новозеландский).

Многие кто сдавал TOEFL, остались недовольны тем, что во время раздела Speaking слышно других кандидатов. Speaking в IELTS сдается в отдельной комнате, один на один с экзаменатором.

Экзамен IELTS имеет экзаменационные центры. В Санкт-Петербурге их два. Вы можете обратиться туда для любой консультации, задать любой вопрос и получить информацию «из первых рук». Такие центры проводят семинары и тренинги для преподавателей, занимающихся подготовкой студентов к IELTS. Эти же центры занимаются подготовкой и мониторингом экзаменаторов.

А если вы дочитали это всё до конца, но у вас у вас ещё остались вопросы или сомнения, не стесняйтесь, спрашивайте, и я расскажу вам всё ещё подробнее!

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Find out more about the formats in Battle 1.
Find out more about Speaking and Writing in Battle 2.
Find out more about my personal experience of taking both tests in this post.


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