Computer Delivered IELTS
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Computer Based IELTS test (CBT).
Comments below come from various IELTS candidates. This known as CD IELTS (computer delivered IELTS) or CBT
(computer-based test).
No. The test is the same, except instead of writing down your answers, you enter them on the computer.
It is exactly the same, yes. The test and its marking are identical. The only thing that's altered is that you input
your responses via a keyboard.
Just one difference. In the listening of the paper-based recording, you have 10 mins to transfer your answers from the
question paper to the answer sheet. In the computer- based test, this is not the case. You will type your answers
directly into the computer and at the end of the recording you will be given only 2 mins to check your answers. For
reading, writing, and speaking, the timing is the same. Every other aspect of the test is the same regardless of whether
it is on computer or paper.
The aim of offering CD IELTS is for people who are more accustomed to typing than to writing. If you prefer to type and
can type at speed, this is the best way to take IELTS. If you are poor or very slow at typing, you should stick with the
paper- based test. It also allows for people to take the test online at home.
