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bograt
Joined: 12 Nov 2014 Posts: 331
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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Never heard of the BC discriminating in favour of Brits with regards to IELTs. It's called the 'International' English Language test for a reason. If they said they were my only conclusion is it had something to do with paperwork. E.g. I heard the BC in some countries favour Australians and New Zealanders as their criminal record checks arrive quicker.
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15$ / head speaking
15$ / script
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I never heard of a place where they pay the same for scripts and speaking tests either. You can only do 3 speaking tests an hour, whereas you can do a lot more written tests, even if you stick to the imposed time limit. |
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theoriginalprankster
Joined: 19 Mar 2012 Posts: 895
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:31 am Post subject: |
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I would actually like to test weekly but the examiners here complain if they get more than 10 candidates |
I fondly remember the days when I examined up to 160 candidates over four days (Thu-Sun).
I was a shell of a human on Sunday evenings on the flight/train home, and it took me one or two days to go from zombie to human again.
I miss it SO MUCH! Not. I do miss the third income stream though. |
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piglet44
Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Posts: 157
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:32 am Post subject: |
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So having driven me mad with all the paperwork the IELTS centre here doesn't want me to do the training course (which I have actually done before) because I am going back to China in March.They are soooo annoying. |
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bograt
Joined: 12 Nov 2014 Posts: 331
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:28 am Post subject: |
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I fondly remember the days when I examined up to 160 candidates over four days (Thu-Sun).
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You sure about that? You're supposed to examine 3 candidates an hour and with regulation breaks that would come to around 14 hours of testing a day. For four days on the run? Not saying I don't believe you but if it's true I'm pretty sure some organisation or other was breaking IELTS regulations with a schedule like that. |
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theoriginalprankster
Joined: 19 Mar 2012 Posts: 895
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:41 am Post subject: |
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bograt wrote: |
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I fondly remember the days when I examined up to 160 candidates over four days (Thu-Sun).
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You sure about that? You're supposed to examine 3 candidates an hour and with regulation breaks that would come to around 14 hours of testing a day. For four days on the run? Not saying I don't believe you but if it's true I'm pretty sure some organisation or other was breaking IELTS regulations with a schedule like that. |
My bad. Thursday lunchtime through Sunday evening. Two different test centres. About 40 at each centre over two days.
Good thing I don't teach mathematics, eh!
Anyway, more than enough to scramble my brains.
And believe it or not, there are guys who lap this work up. They'll do up to eight tests/month plus writing and second marking. IELTS machines. |
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abigolblackman
Joined: 05 Jan 2011 Posts: 15
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Just got my first check and both the scripts and speaki were paid at 15. But we don't get many scripts in th first place. I always test more people in speaking than I get in scripts. |
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