International English Language Testing System

Research Reports, Volume 5, 2003

IELTS The Volume 5 research studies are:

u Assessing the Impact of IELTS Preparation Programs

AUSTRALIA on Candidates’ Performance on the GT Reading and Writing

Test Modules
Chandra Rao, Kate McPherson, Rajni Chand and Veena Khan,
The University of the South Pacific
Volume 5 of IELTS Australia
u An Evaluation of Selected IELTS Preparation Materials
commissioned research is now
Judy Colman and Rae Everett, University of New England
available. It includes five studies
u A Comparative Study of the IELTS Modules to Ascertain their
conducted by language testing
Viability for the Secondary School Market
academics and TEFL professionals. Cynthia Celestine, Cheah Su Ming, Geetha Rajaratnam
and Dr Norazina Ismail, IDP Education Australia, Malaysia
u The Attitudes of IELTS Stakeholders: Administrator, Lecturer and
Complete the form below
Student Perceptions of IELTS in Australian and UK Universities
and send to: Anne Hagan, University of Ulster
Sue Starfield, University of New South Wales
IELTS Australia David Coleman, University of Sydney
GPO Box 2006 u ‘What’s your score?’ An Investigation into Language Descriptors
Canberra ACT 2601 for Rating Written Performance
Australia Peter Mickan, University of Adelaide

Or fax to 61 2 6285 3233 Please find at the back of this form the titles of the research studies
collected in Volumes 1 to 4.

Order Form
Price per copy A$45 in Australia, A$50
Please send (write number in box)
in New Zealand/Asia/Pacific, A$55 other.
All prices include postage and taxes. c Copy/copies of IELTS Research Reports, Volume 5, 2003
Payment may be made by credit card, c Copy/copies of IELTS Research Reports, Volume 4, 2003
Australian dollar cheque, or postal order,
payable to IELTS Australia.
c Copy/copies of IELTS Research Reports, Volume 3, 2000

c Copy/copies of IELTS Research Reports, Volume 2, 1999

SPECIAL OFFER: Order any two Volumes
of IELTS Research reports and receive c Copy/copies of IELTS Research Reports, Volume 1, 1998

Volume 1 free. c Buy any two volumes of the IELTS Research Reports and
A$90 in Australia, A$100 in New Zealand/Asia/ receive Volume 1 free.
Pacific, A$110 other.
Total cost: A$

Name:

Street Address (for delivery):

Phone number: Email:

I enclose c Cheque/postal order for $A

c Credit Card type: Expiry Date:

Card Number c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c
Cardholder’s name:

Signature:  Date:
International English Language Testing System
Research Reports, Volume 1 – 4, 2003
Volume 4
An Impact Study of Two IELTS User Groups:
Candidates who sit the Test for Immigration Purposes
and Candidates who sit the Test for Secondary
Education Purposes
Brent Merrylees, LTC Language and Testing
Consultants Pty Ltd
Text Analysis and the Assessment of Academic Writing
Peter Mickan, The University of Adelaide
Stephen Slater, Jogakuin University
Task Design in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1:
The Effect of Quantity and Manner of Presentation
of Information on Candidate Writing
Kieran O’Loughlin, The University of Melbourne
Gillian Wigglesworth, Macquarie University
Legibility and the Rating of Second Language Writing:
An Investigation of the Rating of Handwritten and
Word-Processed IELTS Task Two Essays
Annie Brown, The University of Melbourne
The Impact of IELTS on Preparation for Academic
Study in New Zealand
John Read, Victoria University of Wellington
Belinda Hayes, Auckland University of Technology
Investigating the Relationship between Intensive
English Language Study and Band Score Gain on IELTS
Catherine Elder, University of Auckland
Kieran O’Loughlin, The University of Melbourne
Volume 3
The Impact of Gender in the IELTS Oral Interview.
Kieran O’Loughlin, The University of Melbourne
A Study of Response Validity of the IELTS
Writing Module.
Peter Mickan, University of Adelaide
Stephen Slater and Carol Gibson, University of South Australia
An Investigation of Rater’s Orientation in Awarding
Scores in the IELTS Oral Interview
Annie Brown, The University of Melbourne
Predictive Validity in the IELTS Test
Mary Kerstjens and Caryn Nery, RMIT University
Monitoring IELTS Examiner Training Effectiveness
Clare McDowell, Australian Research and Testing Services
Volume 2
An Investigation of Speaking Test Reliability with Particular
Reference to Examiner Attitude to the Speaking Test Format
and Candidate/Examiner Discourse Produced
Brent Merrylees, LTC Language and Testing Consultants Pty Ltd
Clare McDowell, Australian Research and Testing Services
The Effect of Background Disciplines on IELTS Scores
Cynthia Celestine and Cheah Su Ming, IDP Education Australia,
Malaysia
A Comparison of IELTS and TOEFL as Predictors
of Academic Success
Kathryn Hill, Neomy Storch and Brian Lynch,
The University of Melbourne
Authenticity in the IELTS Academic Module
Writing Test: A Comparative Study of Task 2 Items and
University Assignments
Tim Moore, Monash University
Janne Morton, The University of Melbourne
Volume 1
Interviewer style and Candidate Performance in the
IELTS Oral Interview
Annie Brown and Kathryn Hill, The University of Melbourne
An Investigation into Approaches to IELTS Preparation,
with Particular Focus on the Academic Writing
Component of the Test
James DH Brown, The University of Melbourne
The Misinterpretation of Directions for the Questions in the
Academic Reading and Listening Sub-tests of the IELTS Test
Gayle Coleman and Stephen Heap, The University of Queensland
An Investigation of the Predictive Validity of IELTS
Amongst a Sample of International Students Studying
at the University of Tasmania
Fiona Cotton and Frank Conrow, The University of Tasmania
Survey of Receiving Institutions’ Use and Attitude to IELTS
Clare McDowell and Brent Merrylees, LTC Language and Testing
Consultants Pty Ltd
A Comparative Study of IELTS and Access Test Results
Magdalena Mok and Nick Parr, Macquarie University
Tony Lee and Elaine Wylie, Griffith University
IELTS
AUSTRALIA
www.ielts.org