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ANNOUNCER:
It’s time for Academic Listening - a series for students at English-speaking universities. Join
Susan: Fearn and members of the World Service class of 2001 as they reach another milestone
in a student's academic journey, and turn their attention to the dreaded 'e'-word – the 'exam'.
In particular we’ll hear about some of the specific qualifications you’ll need to gain access to
many English-speaking universities.
Susan:: If English is not your first language but you want to study at an Englishspeaking
university, you’ll probably be asked to demonstrate that your English
is good enough for you to follow the course. You can offer the results of a
number of different exams as evidence. The Test of English as a Foreign
Language, the TOEFL exam for example, is common in Canada and America.
Nick Charge works for the University of Cambridge Local Examinations
Syndicate (UCLES) and he’s in charge of their exam called IELTS.
CLIP: Nick Charge
IELTS - International English Language Testing System - tests in 4 skills: listening, reading,
writing and speaking. It's mainly designed for candidates who are going to study overseas
through the medium of English. Used by universities in the UK, Australia, New Zealand,
Ireland, Canada and increasingly North America for tertiary entrance.
Susan: IELTS, like the other exams, can be used by universities and Colleges of
Further Education to assess your English language ability. With IELTS, you’re
given a separate score for each of the four skills: reading, writing, listening and
speaking -- as well as an overall score. But, as Nick Charge explains, unlike
many other exams, this is one that you can’t fail – you always get a result!
CLIP: Nick Charge
The way IELTS works is it reports scores on a 9-band scale. IELTS measures across the
whole range of language ability. 1 is a non-user, band 9 is an equivalent to native speaker.
Most universities require band score of 6 or more. Band 6 means a competent user of English
who can survive well in social situations, go to lectures, write papers, contribute to seminars
and tutorials, can function in same way as a native speaker.
Susan: The score you require depends on the subject you want to study. Universities
might ask for an IELTS score of 5.5 for a foundation or introductory course.
They might ask for 7.5 for subjects like history or law in which you’ll need to be
able to write or speak at length, using carefully, reasoned arguments.
Even if you don’t quite make the grade, Even if you only just fall short of the
required grade, the university may still accept you, providing you agree to
attend language support classes or to follow a course in English for Academic
Purposes. Now, as I hope you’ve realised if you’ve been following this series,
this could be very beneficial. Not only will you have the chance to practise your
academic English, but you’ll learn a lot about effective study techniques as well
… as our WS students have discovered.
CLIP: Student
If your level is not very good you can do a course before you start the programme or during
the course. I found some students who did the course during their studies found it quite useful
- it helped them to understand essay structure.
Susan: Of course, learning any language takes time, and there’s only so much
improvement you can expect to make in a language support class. And,
according to Nick Charge, it would simply not be in your interest to start an
academic course while your IELTS score was too low.
CLIP: Nick Charge
There would be no point applying to a university if you've achieved a very low score - you
would not be accepted.

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