Keira huggins Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 What has been your experience of this test? we have started to ask our migration agent about PR. they have given us a whole heap of information. they have told us that my husband is currently sat on 60 points should he get an 8 on the IELTS test gaining a further 5 points on state sponsorship giving us the necessary 65 points to be eligible. just exactly how hard is this test. My husband is a telecommunications manager and has been out of full time education for a long time. Is this test something which he needs to revise for, I have visited the website and see the example papers but it does seem a little extreme that you would drop points on something as little as missing a grammatical or punctuation error. Any help would be much appreciated keira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kianobeano Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hi Keira, Ielts is quite difficult, it requires ALOT of practice. There are loads of threads on here about it. Some english native speakers have sat it 3/4 times to get an 8. Thank God my OH needs a 7 across all sections we will have results next fri. Book ielts now as i've heard theyre booked up for like 5 mths or something (read on here too !!) Best of luck, Dont underestimate the power of the IELTS lol :biggrin: Jen x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keira huggins Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 He is currently in Brisbane so I will get him to check and revise, thanks for the heads up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keira huggins Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Plus it is more expensive over than there, 330 aud to the £ 125 here! Grrrrrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keira huggins Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hi Keira,Ielts is quite difficult, it requires ALOT of practice. There are loads of threads on here about it. Some english native speakers have sat it 3/4 times to get an 8. Thank God my OH needs a 7 across all sections we will have results next fri. Book ielts now as i've heard theyre booked up for like 5 mths or something (read on here too !!) Best of luck, Dont underestimate the power of the IELTS lol :biggrin: Jen x Sorry, meant to say "good luck". ( with punctuation:wink:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kianobeano Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Ah thanks, have a feeling we'll need it !!!! 185euro over here !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauline Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 can someone help with how you are marked for the ielts. We need the 10 points but unsure on how its graded and what marks you need for the 4 sections to gain the 10 points. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smithy1982 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hi all! Can anyone tell me, if we book two tests but manage to pass and get what we need in the first test so cancelled the second would we be refunded the money from the second booked test or would we forfeit the money?! Hope someone can help, thank you in advance!! Nicole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tooch Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hi all! Can anyone tell me, if we book two tests but manage to pass and get what we need in the first test so cancelled the second would we be refunded the money from the second booked test or would we forfeit the money?! Hope someone can help, thank you in advance!! Nicole Hi Yes can get a refund but you will loose 25% of your exam fee and you have to cancel your second test no later than 5 weeks before the test date. So it may be a good idea to allow 5+ weeks between each test. :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smithy1982 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Hi Yes can get a refund but you will loose 25% of your exam fee and you have to cancel your second test no later than 5 weeks before the test date. So it may be a good idea to allow 5+ weeks between each test. :biggrin: Thank you Tooch, hubby needs to do the test, I feel sick to my stomach each time I think about it which is pretty much every few seconds at the moment!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Law Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 can someone help with how you are marked for the ielts. We need the 10 points but unsure on how its graded and what marks you need for the 4 sections to gain the 10 points. Thanks you need 7s in all four comonents to get 10 points and 8s in all four components to get 20 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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