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An Investigation of the Linguistic Complexity of IELTS Writing Topics Based on the Levels of Discourse Representation and the Degree of Meaning Coding

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Zare, Mohammad; Bagheri, Mohammad Sadegh; Sadighi, Firooz; Rassaei, Ehsan – Cogent Education, 2021

The current study focused mainly on the role of the linguistic complexity of IELTS writing Task 2. In other words, it investigated the differential effects of two interrelated linguistic complexities of writing Task 2 on the three levels of discourse representation and what IELTS candidates perceived through analyzing IELTS writing topics both at…

Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Writing Tests

A Comparability Study of Text Difficulty and Task Characteristics of Parallel Academic IELTS Reading Tests

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Liao, Linyu – English Language Teaching, 2020

As a high-stakes standardized test, IELTS is expected to have comparable forms of test papers so that test takers from different test administration on different dates receive comparable test scores. Therefore, this study examined the text difficulty and task characteristics of four parallel academic IELTS reading tests to reveal to what extent…

Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests, High Stakes Tests