17.101, Disc: New: IELTS Assessments of English Competency

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Subject: 17.101, Disc: New: IELTS Assessments of English Competency

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Date: 06-Jan-2006
From: Maarten Hulselmans < maarten.hulselmans at ehsal.be >
Subject: IELTS Assessments of English Competency 

	
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Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:08:36
From: Maarten Hulselmans < maarten.hulselmans at ehsal.be >
Subject: IELTS Assessments of English Competency 
 


We found out that some Chinese IELTS test takers obtained a particular
score but did not meet the corresponding CAN DO standards in real-life
situations.

We know the IELTS tests were not forged (can be checked easily through
www.ielts.org).

So we are left with the following question:
How do Chinese students manage to obtain IELTS test scores which do not
match their level of English?

Maarten Hulselmans 


Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Not Applicable




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