{"id":1709203,"date":"2019-01-22T16:04:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T16:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging.ieltsadvantage.com\/?p=1709203"},"modified":"2021-04-23T19:36:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T18:36:33","slug":"pros-and-cons-of-choosing-the-computer-based-ielts-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/2019\/01\/22\/pros-and-cons-of-choosing-the-computer-based-ielts-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros and Cons of Choosing the Computer-Based IELTS Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around three years ago, IELTS introduced the option for IELTS students to <a href=\"https:\/\/takeielts.britishcouncil.org\/ielts-on-computer\">take the test on a computer<\/a> instead of on paper. Since then, we receive emails from pupils every day asking \u2018Which one is easier?!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Our response is the same every single time \u2013 neither!<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, the questions included on the computer-based and paper-based exams are exactly the same.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgeenglish.org\/ielts-practice\/\">Cambridge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ielts.org\/\">IELTS<\/a> published a number of research papers that compare the results of the computer-based exam with results of the paper-based exam. You can see for yourself at <a href=\"https:\/\/pdfs.semanticscholar.org\/3707\/438f25a94f73d97d4d834f01a90e618eea4c.pdf\">semantic scholar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0346251X00000361\">scientedirect<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/recall\/article\/evaluating-computerbased-and-paperbased-versions-of-an-englishlanguage-listening-test\/9F08A0D68547D7AF288FE9426207F406\">cambridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The only question that you should ask when choosing between the computer-based and paper exam is: <em>Which one is right for me?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To help you decide which exam is best suited to your needs, we asked a number of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLWWR_9t3vo3Mwov--IjybGlj8XZ_BPXa8\">VIP students<\/a> to give us their honest accounts and experiences with each type. This article will outline the pros and cons that we discovered and help you determine which test will help you get the score you need.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pros of taking the computer-delivered exam<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Easier to edit<\/strong><br \/>\nA lot of our pupils found that using a computer made it easier to edit their writing. Therefore, they found it much easier to structure and organise their essay.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Word count<\/strong><br \/>\nThe computer will automatically count the number of words in your essay. A number of our pupils found that this made the exam a little less stressful, as they had one less thing to focus on.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Less crowded test centres<\/strong><br \/>\nComputer-based IELTS test centres are typically less crowded and more organised. While this won\u2019t directly impact your score, some pupils found that a better-organised test centre limited the amount of stress they experienced on exam day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Handwriting isn\u2019t a factor<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you worry that your messy handwriting could make it difficult for an IELTS examiner to understand what you are writing (especially all you doctors out there!), then the computer-based test is an ideal solution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No page flipping!<\/strong><br \/>\nFor the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/ielts-reading-2\/\">Reading<\/a> section, the screen will be divided into two parts &#8211; the text and the questions. This means that you don\u2019t have to keep flipping pages as you do in the paper-based test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1709209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/computer-based-ielts-exam.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Cons of taking the computer-delivered exam<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&gt; Drawing, highlighting or making notes on the screen isn&#8217;t as easy<\/p>\n<p>Despite contrary belief, we discovered that you can right-click to highlight the text or make notes on the screen. However, for many of our students, this wasn&#8217;t desirable and would have prefered to use a pen and paper. You are not always given a pen and paper in a computer-based test. If this is a concern for you, you should check with your local test centre to see whether you can get them on the day of your test.<\/p>\n<p>&gt; Screen fatigue<\/p>\n<p>For example, tired eyes or a sore head. Some students find looking at a screen for multiple hours very tiring. (However, this depends on the individual \u2013 some people find it harder to focus on a book for too long!)<\/p>\n<p>&gt; The sound of typing can be distracting<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re like me and need silence to focus, you might struggle to concentrate when the sound of multiple other candidates typing surrounds you.<\/p>\n<p>&gt; Not everyone is comfortable typing or using computers<\/p>\n<p>The IELTS exam is stressful enough. If the idea of using a computer makes you nervous, the computer-based test could make exam day even more and stressful.<\/p>\n<p>&gt; Fewer practice questions for Listening and Reading<\/p>\n<p>While this hasn\u2019t been a huge complaint, unfortunately, it\u2019s one that can\u2019t really be rectified. It takes YEARS for a single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/2017\/08\/02\/ielts-practice\/\">IELTS practice<\/a> question to be created, approved and uploaded. Hopefully, this will change in the future but there\u2019s not much that can be done for now.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1709210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IELTS-computer-based.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>To conclude\u2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>There are a number of pros and cons to taking the computer-based IELTS exam. However, it is important that you realise that they won\u2019t ever improve or impact your ability or score. They will only affect your <em>experience<\/em> on the day of your exam.<\/p>\n<p>In my own personal experience, students that blame the IELTS exam for their failure rarely ever achieve their required scores. The reason is that students with this mindset don\u2019t like to accept <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/2015\/07\/23\/essay-correction-service\/\">feedback<\/a> and take action against their weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve taken the IELTS exam multiple times and keep failing to get the score you need, it\u2019s very likely that there are serious problems with your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/ielts-reading-2\/\">reading<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/ielts-listening-2\/\">listening<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/writing-task-2\/\">writing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/ielts-speaking\/\">speaking<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/my.ieltsadvantage.com\/\">exam<\/a> skills. What\u2019s worse is that you might not even know what they are!<\/p>\n<p>If this sounds like you, then take action and send us an email at <a href=\"mailto:chris@ieltsadvantage.com\">chris@ieltsadvantage.com<\/a>. Take a minute to tell me about your IELTS history and the score you need to achieve. We can\u2019t promise that we can help everyone as we don\u2019t have the capacity, but we\u2019ll definitely try our best.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the video lesson we made on this topic below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1709208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Computer-based-ielts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_5AKxRWhNLUs\"><div id=\"lyte_5AKxRWhNLUs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5AKxRWhNLUs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5AKxRWhNLUs\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsadvantage.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5AKxRWhNLUs%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around three years ago, IELTS introduced the option for IELTS students to take the test on a computer instead of on paper. Since then, we receive emails from pupils every day asking \u2018Which one is easier?!\u2019 Our response is the same every single time \u2013 neither! 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