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Candidates are required to transfer their answers to an answer sheet for the Listening, Academic Reading and General Training Reading tests. The answer sheet is double sided; one side for Listening and the other side for Reading. During the Listening test candidates write their answers on the question paper as
they listen and at the end of the test are given 10 minutes to transfer the answers to the answer sheet. In the Reading test candidates are required to write their answers on the answer sheet during the time allowed for the test. No extra time is allowed for transfer. After marking at the centre all answer sheets are returned to Cambridge ESOL for analysis. What help is available? Test centres make every effort to cater for candidates with special needs, to enable them to best understand questions and tasks and to give their answers. It is our aim for the language level of all candidates to be assessed fairly and objectively. If a candidate requires a modified version of the test, e.g. Braille, they must give the test centre three months’ notice. This notice
period is necessary for the modified test version to be prepared. If a candidate’s circumstances require special administrative arrangements only to be made, e.g. extra time, they must give the test centre six weeks’ notice. Full details of these arrangements are given on the IELTS website www.ielts.org Candidates with visual difficulties Candidates with visual difficulties may apply for a range of provisions, including enlarged print, and Brailled question papers. Answers may be recorded in a variety of ways, e.g. via an amanuensis, or using a Braille machine or word processor, and extra time may be allowed.
A version of the Listening test is also available for candidates with visual difficulties.
Candidates with hearing difficulties If candidates suffer from partial hearing loss and can hear with
the help of headphones or special amplification equipment they may ask for permission to use this type of equipment when taking the Listening test. A lip-reading version of the Listening test is also available in
which the supervisor reads the listening texts to the candidate. If candidates have severe hearing difficulties and the special arrangements described above are not sufficient, for example if they are unable to lip-read, they then can apply for exemption from the Speaking and/or Listening tests. In this case, their Test
Report Form will have the following statement printed on it: ‘Due to extreme speaking and/or hearing difficulties this candidate was exempt from taking the Speaking and/or Listening tests and the Overall Band Score reflects this.’ The Overall Band Score will not include any credit for skills that the candidate has not been able to demonstrate through being granted an exemption. Note: Candidates must apply for exemption before taking the IELTS test.
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