Listening and Reading are never upgraded. L and R are marked by two examiners using a key, marking in L and R is always against the key provided to them. You should give the IELTS again and start practising. I gave IELTS thrice because of Listening, had got a 7.5 in the first two attempts.
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Listening and Reading are never upgraded. L and R are marked by two examiners using a key, marking in L and R is always against the key provided to them. You should give the IELTS again and start practising. I gave IELTS thrice because of Listening, had got a 7.5 in the first two attempts.
No. Scores are never downgraded. During re-evaluation, if a change in band is found, the highest of your two scores will be awarded to you.
In such cases, it is either of the two:
1. You wrote a very bad essay, that is why you were awarded such a low score.
Or 2. The examiners messed up.
You will need to be confident for the first case before you opt for an EOR.
7.5 to 9 is pretty steep! The examiner must have messed up pretty bad. Speaking skills between 7.5 and a 9 differ by huge.
My friend was stuck with writing (6.5) until his 7th attempt. He had to pay a tutor.
Maybe you shld use an online tutor to help. The tutors easily highlight your key problematic areas.
This site could be helpful:
www.ieltsonlinetests.com
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I can vouch for IELTS not being a scam. That is just you trying to put blame on someone else for your failure. In my first attempt, I had got a 6.5 in W, second attempt, 6 and third attempt 7. In all attempts, I had a different approach towards tackling the W and thus got variable marks. If your scores aren't changing, you need to get your writing assessed. You can write and post essays here on this forums, a lot of members would be more than happy to assess them and give you detailed reviews on them.
There are 4 parts of the assessment of a writing task:-
1. Task Achievement
2. Coherence and Cohesion
3. Lexical Resources
5. Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Instead of assessing your essay as a whole, try to assess it on the basis of these 4 parameters individually, find your faults and practice them.
1. Task Achievement
2. Coherence and Cohesion
3. Lexical Resources
5. Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Instead of assessing your essay as a whole, try to assess it on the basis of these 4 parameters individually, find your faults and practice them.
Thank you so much. This is my 3rd time writing this exam. I had great hopes I was going to make it this time. So devastated now.Thou,I write with pencil instead of Biro don't know if this has been affecting my writing score?
Guys, Need to know one thing... If we go for EOR, specifically for writing, whether examiner is aware of our current band.... Or he will evaluate and give his score and then out of the two bands whichever is higher they select the same.....
Can anyone comment on this?
Can anyone comment on this?
Pencils are advised. It doesn't reduce a candidate's score. Infact, IDP allows only pencils in their exams.
I disagree with this statement. My friend had an upgrade in Listening from 8.0 to 8.5 in April 27th exam.
However, an upgrade in Listening & Reading is rare.
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Don't know whether the new examiner knows about your score. In case of band change, the candidate is given the highest score of the two.
Very true. Scores are never downgraded. They either remain unchanged or upgraded.
I'm not such a person who tries to blame others for my own mistakes. Actually, this is what you do without knowing my English skills and background. I know what a 6.5-essay or 7-essay looks like, so your third attempt 7 doesn't change the truth that IELTS is a huge market to make use of people's money.