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irishvan
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 Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:07 am Post subject: IELTS ordinary or academic? |
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| I live in Rome and have a student who wants to get a job in Finance outside Italy. I thought that ordinary IELTS would be enough for him as he has no academic expectations. What do others think? |
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spiral78
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Location: On a Short Leash
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 11:31 am Post subject: |
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Yeah.
Send him to Luxembourg; the requirements for English there are pretty low and if he's 6 or above, they'll be totally impressed. |
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psychedelicacy
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Location: Beijing
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| IELTS Academic is for university. IELTS General is for migration/work. That said, IELTS Academic is harder, because the reading and writing are different (harder). Actually, for finance, Academic might be better, because you have to describe data for Writing Task 1 (it's quantitative). |
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HLJHLJ
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Location: Ecuador
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 2:33 am Post subject: |
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| If he's looking for a job in Finance ICFE or even BULATS would be more appropriate than IELTS, but if he has his heart set on IELTS then go for general. |
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