tailieunhanh - The quest for IELTS Band 7.0: Investigating English language proficiency development of international students at an Australian university

Employers in English-speaking countries are increasingly requiring evidence from non-English speaking background professionals seeking employment in fields for which they are academically qualified that they can demonstrate a high level of proficiency in English, such as is represented by an IELTS band score of . The purpose of this study was to investigate the likelihood of non-English speaking background undergraduate students who had met the English language proficiency requirements for study at an Australian university on the basis of an Overall score of in the Academic module of the IELTS Test with a in Writing, being able to. | IELTS The quest for IELTS Band Investigating English language proficiency development of international students at an Australian university Author Elizabeth Craven University of Technology Sydney Grant awarded Round 15 2010 This study analyses the English language proficiency development of international students by comparing two IELTS Tests one taken before their university studies in Australia and the other at the end of their undergraduate degrees and reflects on which students can reach an Overall score of . Click here to read the Introduction to this volume which includes an appraisal of this research its context and impact. ABSTRACT Employers in English-speaking countries are increasingly requiring evidence from non-English speaking background professionals seeking employment in fields for which they are academically qualified that they can demonstrate a high level of proficiency in English such as is represented by an IELTS band score of . The purpose of this study was to investigate the likelihood of non-English speaking background undergraduate students who had met the English language proficiency requirements for study at an Australian university on the basis of an Overall score of in the Academic module of the IELTS Test with a in Writing being able to gain an Overall score of at least with at least in all components of the Academic version of the Test towards the end of their period of study. Forty undergraduate students from three different faculties were recruited for the study. Using official IELTS Test results obtained by the students at the beginning of their study in Australia and towards the end as well as interviews with most of the students the study investigated patterns of improvement as well as lack of improvement among the 40 students. While most of the students in the study did achieve a higher score in the IELTS Test taken towards the end of their study in Australia only a small number were able to achieve an .