Badmouthing a exam or exam centre just because you have not achieved your desired score is not warranted, however, when one fails thrice in a particular exam by 0.5, one just cant overlook the disparity between the candidates score and the examiners subjective scoring on it.
I gave my IELTS examination in Oct 15, though scoring L 8.5 S 7 R 8.5 i merely made 6.5 on writing, i thought to my self, oh well, with years of speaking and thinking in english, both at home and school, i am not yet cut for writing, so i undertook a course for about 20 days, and gave it again in March 2016.
This time i was quite sure, i would cross the line, but i was dismayed with the results, where again i scored top band in rest but scored 0.5 less in writing. I was shaken to core, questioning my language skills, and needless to say my self esteem and confidence, to fail an english exam.
I did not bog down, i gave it again in May 2016, this time with about 2 weeks of rigourous scribbling and writing essays, going through all the books, to find the apt format and excel writing by big margin. But, IDP still didnt think my english is equal to band of 7, i recieved the same result i got 8 months ago, that is 0.5 less in writing
Now i am not saying that i speak victorian english, but yes i do speak read write and speak in accordance to their prescibed 8 band. I am not saying this of my own, my essays have been validated with private british counicil examiners.
After 3 failed attempts, my general understanding of the situation is, that this is an attempt to run a flourshing buisness, where you fail candiates by 0.5 , such that canditates are pushed to take the exam all over again.
My college has been holding on to my scores for last 9 months, and i have already back logged in my career by 1 and half year, not to mention how much it has effected me both physically and mentally.
These are my general questions from British Council/IDP
1.Why does one need to do all the sections of the exam again if you failed only one?
2.Although, I have a very legible handwriting, why is there no option of typing the written part of the exam, this is very advantageos for those who dont have a very readable handwriting.
3.If you are generally testing my knowledge of English, why do i need to prove it every 2 years, does that mean, if i was proficient speaker 2 years ago, i will forget how to speak english in the subsequent years.
4. this centres have structured there examinations such that a canditate is forced to shell money on giving exam again rather than contesting on the scores, as recorection takes a whooping 2 months, discourging canditates to contest the score and rather pay money for another date.
5. My friends have shuffled across different part of the country in lieu of getting better scores, how come scoring is done different from place to place, making this subjective exam more dubious
IDP and British council have murdered my dreams of post graduation, on there subjective correction, and i am of an opinion, that these people should be taken to task and highly condemned.
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