I'm form Venezuela (mother language: Spanish). I learned some English at school.
IELTS while living in Venezuela (for the first time) Aug 2009 (I had never interacted in English with anyone, lots of reading in English surfing the web though): L5.0 R5.0 W4.5 S5.0 O5.0
Moved to Australia to study English in Feb-2013
I did 6 months of General English till Aug-2013, I started in Upper Intermediate and reached Advanced level. Here there are 6 levels: Begginers (A1), Pre intermediate (A2), Intermediate (B1), Upper Intermediate (B2), Advanced (C1), Proficient (C2)
Did the IELTS on JAN 2014: L7.5 R8.5 W6.5 S7.5 O7.5
IELTS on Dec 2015 (after being working in English speaking environment for over a year): L6.5 R8.0 W5.5 S7.5 O7.0
Read this post after IELTS failed (I needed 7.0).
Jan 2016 PTE Academic: L72 R75 S76 W72 O73 (Equivalent to IELTS 7.5)
I took the PTE test with very little study, in the middle of a week of 3 jobs and very little sleep. I just drank 2 red bulls and I scored what I needed. I am confident I could have perform better.
According to Australia Migration Department PTE Academic and IELTS equivalences are the follow:
IELTS 6.0 = PTE A 50
IELTS 7.0 = PTE A 65
IELTS 8.0 = PTE A 79
As maximum scores IELTS 9.0 = PTE A 90
My humble opinion! DO NOT TAKE IELTS it is a business to make us fail and take the test several times.
IELTS v.s Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) | My personal findings
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I'm form Venezuela (mother language: Spanish). I learned some English at school.
IELTS while living in Venezuela (for the first time) Aug 2009 (I had never interacted in English with anyone, lots of reading in English surfing the web though): L5.0 R5.0 W4.5 S5.0 O5.0
Moved to Australia to study English in Feb-2013
I did 6 months of General English till Aug-2013, I started in Upper Intermediate and reached Advanced level. Here there are 6 levels: Begginers (A1), Pre intermediate (A2), Intermediate (B1), Upper Intermediate (B2), Advanced (C1), Proficient (C2)
Did the IELTS on JAN 2014: L7.5 R8.5 W6.5 S7.5 O7.5
IELTS on Dec 2015 (after being working in English speaking environment for over a year): L6.5 R8.0 W5.5 S7.5 O7.0
Read this post after IELTS failed (I needed 7.0).
Jan 2016 PTE Academic: L72 R75 S76 W72 O73 (Equivalent to IELTS 7.5)
I took the PTE test with very little study, in the middle of a week of 3 jobs and very little sleep. I just drank 2 red bulls and I scored what I needed. I am confident I could have perform better.
According to Australia Migration Department PTE Academic and IELTS equivalences are the follow:
IELTS 6.0 = PTE A 50
IELTS 7.0 = PTE A 65
IELTS 8.0 = PTE A 79
As maximum scores IELTS 9.0 = PTE A 90
My humble opinion! DO NOT TAKE IELTS it is a business to make us fail and take the test several times.