Wednesday, 25 September 2013

IELTS MARKING PROCEDURE

IELTS MARKING SCHEME:

Overall Band score is calculated as:
                                                  SUM
           AVERAGE     =            --------------      
                                                     4
SUM =   listening+ reading + writing + speaking

EX:  L – 6.5    R – 6.0    W - 5.5    S – 6.0

SUM = 6.5+6+5.5+6.5          AVERAGE = 6.125          Overall band score = 6.0

1.       If AVERAGE is 6.5             Overall band score  is  →   6.5
2.       If AVERAGE is 6.375         Overall band score  is  →   6.5
3.       If AVERAGE is 6.25           Overall band score  is  →   6.5
4.       If AVERAGE is 6.125         Overall band score  is  →   6.0
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5.       If AVERAGE is 6                Overall band score  is  →   6.0
6.       If AVERAGE is 5.875         Overall band score  is  →   6.0
7.       If AVERAGE is 5.75           Overall band score  is  →   6.0
8.       If AVERAGE is 5.625         Overall band score  is  →   5.5
HERE the average score is rounded to the nearest band score

ILETS listening marking scheme (academic) :( L)
Individual Band score
score out of 40
4
10-12
4.5
13-15
5
16-17
5.5
18-22
6
23-25
6.5
26-29
7
30-31
7.5
32-34
8
35-36

IELTS reading marking scheme (academic) :( R)
Individual Band score
score out of 40
4
10-12
4.5
13-14
5
15-18
5.5
19-22
6
23-26
6.5
27-29
7
30-32
7.5
33-34
8
                          35-36

Writing :( W)      Depends on following factors
·         Lexical resource
·         Grammatical range
·         Accuracy
·         Coherence
Speaking :( S)    Depends on following factors:
·         Fluency
·         Pronunciation
·         Accuracy
·         Grammatical resource