ENQUIRY

Candidate contacts a test centre to find out date of next test and to obtain an application form. The test centre has Specimen Materials for sale and these also can be bought directly from Cambridge ESOL or IELTS Australia using the order form at the end of the Handbook.

APPLICATION

Candidate fills in application form and sends it or takes it to the test centre with the test fee and two passport-sized photographs and evidence of identity. This must be a passport or a national identity card with a number, a photograph, a date of birth and a signature. Candidates must enter the number of their passport or identity card on the application form.

CONFIRMATION

Test centre informs candidate of date and time of test. If the Speaking Module is to be on a different day, candidate is informed about this now.

DAY OF THE TEST

Each candidate must have the same evidence of identity as the number entered on the application form. No other forms of identification are acceptable. Candidates also need pencils and pens, a pencil sharpener, and an eraser, but must not take into the test room any books, papers, cameras, mobile phones or tape recorders.

An IELTS Administrator who checks identification and makes sure candidates knows where and when to go for the test meet candidates. Candidates are assigned a place, which they must keep for the Listening, Reading and Writing Modules.

Candidates are not allowed to leave the test room during any module.

All answers are entered on separate Answer Sheets. Candidates can write on the Question Papers but cannot take them out of the room. On their Answer Sheets candidates must indicate:

All Speaking Modules are recorded.

RESULTS

Results are available within two weeks and Test Report Forms are sent by test centres to the candidates and to the sponsor(s)/receiving institution(s). Test centres are not permitted to give results out over the phone, nor by fax or e-mail.