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Any differernce b/w Idp and Brit council ielts tests..??

vijai

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Is there any difference between idp and british council ielts tests? :'( :-X

I mean, in reading--Brit cambridge practice materials have had tough patterns when compared to idp prac material(bit easy). i could see that each sections in reading b/w these two materials were entirely different..Questions are not that difficult in idp pract book!!! and also listening i experienced the same.

fellows are sayin that both tests are same Shocked..look forward for ur reply guys!!! i m goin to register my test soon!!! :-[ :eek:
 

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vijai said:
Is there any difference between idp and british council ielts tests? :'( :-X

I mean, in reading--Brit cambridge practice materials have had tough patterns when compared to idp prac material(bit easy). i could see that each sections in reading b/w these two materials were entirely different..Questions are not that difficult in idp pract book!!! and also listening i experienced the same.

fellows are sayin that both tests are same Shocked..look forward for ur reply guys!!! i m goin to register my test soon!!! :-[ :eek:
In terms of minimum requirement for a university, there is no specific requirement whether one needs to have a idp or cambridge ielts....

But i have heard that idp australia is easier.....but cant say for sure as i have not given it
 

harsh_mba

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bro they r just rumours.... infact i heard a lot too ...:)!!! its the same paper really...!!
u get study material lik a book and 30 hrs of online prep for IELTS with british coucil....i have it thru BC infact , got 7.5 with a weeks prep..!!
 

1.patelvishal

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vijai said:
Is there any difference between idp and british council ielts tests? :'( :-X

I mean, in reading--Brit cambridge practice materials have had tough patterns when compared to idp prac material(bit easy). i could see that each sections in reading b/w these two materials were entirely different..Questions are not that difficult in idp pract book!!! and also listening i experienced the same.

fellows are sayin that both tests are same Shocked..look forward for ur reply guys!!! i m goin to register my test soon!!! :-[ :eek:
I've given IELTS through both British Council & IDP. My personal experience is that IDP is easy especially the reading section. You don't want to waste time behind British Council
 

harsh_mba

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bro u must have given it on diff datess...!!! smtimes the quest get a bit diff on a particular test date, the scores are adjusted acc to that..

overall the paper is the same...!!!
 

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vijai said:
Is there any difference between idp and british council ielts tests? :'( :-X

I mean, in reading--Brit cambridge practice materials have had tough patterns when compared to idp prac material(bit easy). i could see that each sections in reading b/w these two materials were entirely different..Questions are not that difficult in idp pract book!!! and also listening i experienced the same.

fellows are sayin that both tests are same Shocked..look forward for ur reply guys!!! i m goin to register my test soon!!! :-[ :eek:
In Pakistan, IELTS test is held by British council and AEO (Australian Education office)

Quote: "Q.3 Is there any difference between AEO IELTS and British Council IELTS?
Ans. There is no difference between AEO IELTS and British Council IELTS. both conduct the same IELTS test."
 

vijai

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hi patel..

I m goin to take ielts exam soon,as per ur experience ,which is easy to score either brit or idp ? especially in reading section..me too had appeared british ielts exam once..now this time planned to take in idp..tatsy i m asking..
also..in idp prac materials,questions are very easy..is this continue in real exams? and especially reading patterns between brit pract book and idp prac book were entirely different..in real exams also,will questions be like this?
 

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bro, there is a *very slight difference* depending on your target. IDP/AEO IELTS tests are held without being restrict on some levels (for example, the task achievement,cohesion, and the lexical resources criteria and specially the evaluation in the speaking part), this is now moderately known , moreover , idp is not a big thing , BC is. So, the universities who take too much pride on themselves and have a large number on their "applicants-per-seat" , they have a good chance of making this a priority, which just means that if you attempt IELTS from idp, you will get 7.5 and from british council it will be 6.5/7 , they'll just treat them the same way unless the difference is huge.

Im saying this from my 1.5 year experience as an IELTS instructor cum part time foreign education consultant.
 

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vijai said:
Is there any difference between idp and british council ielts tests? :'( :-X
Yes,
Name and location,nothing more than that
 

vijai

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@shadh

but you dint say anything abt my query On, Is reading module from brit and idp exams quite different? I mean the difficulty level between those two.! because as i said before i experienced huge difference by those practice books...