IELTS Academic
An IELTS band is four criteria averaged, and what separates a 6 from a 7 is written down. These posts put the descriptors in plain words, set them against what universities and visas ask for, and show what IELTS's own figures say about the parts people find hardest.
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PTE Academic
How Pearson scores it, what each question type is worth, what changed, and where to spend your study time.
Scores for Australian visas
What Home Affairs asks for in each skill, how long a result still counts, and how Victoria ranks you.
Workplace English
How to write a CV an employer reads, and how to speak up in meetings and tutorials.
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Everything here is how the marks are given. The quickest way to know where you stand is to answer one question and read the marks on your own words.
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