COMPUTER – DELIVERED IELTS

SIMILARITIES

• Speaking section of both IELTS and CD-IELTS follows the same pattern, so it is conducted in an interview format on a separate day.
• Listening, Reading and Writing are done in a single sitting.
• Type of questions.
• Time allotted for each module.
• level of tasks.
• Scoring pattern.
• Both IELTS and CD-IELTS have academic and general versions.
• Validity and acceptance.
• Result availability and TRF.

DIFFERENCES

• In IELTS, students use pen/pencil for marking/writing answers on the answer sheet whereas in CD-IELTS, all answers are marked/typed on a computer
• For Reading section, in IELTS, candidates have to answer the questions of the passages on the given paper and in CD-IELTS, candidates have to read the passage from a computer screen and mark the answers there.
• For the Writing module, students have to write their thoughts about the given topics on paper in IELTS whereas in CD-IELTS, students have to type their thoughts on the computer using a keyboard.
• For the Listening section, as questions are to be answered while the audio is being played, so candidates have to read the questions from a question booklet and mention their answers on the given answer sheets in IELTS and in CD-IELTS questions are displayed on the computer and students need to mark the answers on the computer.
• Evaluation of the results of IELTS exam is done manually whereas in case of CD-IELTS, answer sheets are checked by the computer software/system.

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