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Leading academics and researchers worldwide contribute to the continued development and improvement of IELTS by undertaking funded research.

Find the latest academic research, insights, and expertise from the IELTS Partners and global experts in English Language Assessment.

Global Research in English Language Assessment and Expertise

Leading academics and researchers worldwide contribute to the continued development and improvement of IELTS by undertaking funded research. We regularly publish our research in various series.

IELTS Research Reports Online Series: Research from the joint-funded Research grants programme.

IELTS Partnership Research Papers: Research undertaken or commissioned by the IELTS Partners including the Studies in Test Comparability Series.

IELTS Research updates: Key developments about IELTS products and services.

Studies in Language Testing (SiLT): A series of academic volumes of important issues and new developments in language testing and assessment edited by Professor Lynda Taylor and Dr Nick Saville.

Research Notes: Quarterly publication reporting on matters relating to research, test development and validation within Cambridge Assessment English.

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Research Report

2 hr 28 min

Transitioning from university to the workplace: Stakeholder perceptions of academic and professional writing demands

Researchers

  • Ute Knoch

  • Susy Macqueen

  • Neomy Storch

  • Lyn May

  • John Pill

Topics

  • IELTS Test - Writing

  • Impact and Washback - Impact theory and practice

  • Impact and Washback - Stakeholder attitudes

Research Report

2 hr 51 min

Investigating the language needs of international nurses: insiders’ perspectives

Researchers

  • Carole Sedgwick

  • Mark Garner

  • Isabel Vicente-Macia

Topics

  • IELTS Test - Listening and Reading

  • IELTS Test - Speaking

  • IELTS Test - Writing

  • Impact and Washback - Predictive validity

  • Impact and Washback - Stakeholder attitudes

  • Impact and Washback - Use of test scores

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    Research Report

    3 hr 7 min

    What changes and what doesn’t? An examination of changes in the linguistic characteristics of IELTS repeaters’ Writing Task 2 scripts

    Researcher

    • Khaled Barkaoui

    Topics

    • IELTS Test - Writing

    • Impact and Washback - IELTS on Computer

    • Impact and Washback - Improvement in test scores

    • Impact and Washback - Performance data of candidates and IELTS

    Research Report

    3 hr 57 min

    Investigating the use of IELTS in determining employment, migration and professional registration outcomes in healthcare and early childcare education in Australia

    Researchers

    • Cate Gribble

    • Jill Blackmore

    • Anne-Marie Morrissey

    • Tanja Capic

    Topics

    • Impact and Washback - Impact theory and practice

    • Impact and Washback - Predictive validity

    • Impact and Washback - Stakeholder attitudes

    • Impact and Washback - Use of test scores

    Research Report

    2 hr 29 min

    Exploring performance across two delivery modes for the same L2 speaking test

    Researchers

    • Fumiyo Nakatsuhara

    • Chihiro Inoue

    • Vivien Berry

    • Evelina Galaczi

    Topics

    • Examiners and Scoring - Speaking

    • IELTS Test - Speaking

    Research Report

    6 hr 11 min

    Test-takers’ performance appraisals, appraisal calibration, state-trait strategy use, and state-trait IELTS listening difficulty in a simulated IELTS Listening test

    Researcher

    • Aek Phakiti

    Topic

    • IELTS Test - Listening and Reading

    Research Report

    2 hr 50 min

    Literacy practices in the professional workplace: Implications for the IELTS reading and writing tests

    Researchers

    • Tim Moore

    • Janne Morton

    • David Hall

    • Chris Wallis

    Topics

    • IELTS Test - Listening and Reading

    • IELTS Test - Writing

    • Impact and Washback - Impact theory and practice

    • Impact and Washback - Stakeholder attitudes

    Research Report

    1 hr 9 min

    Using eye-tracking to research the cognitive processes of multinational readers during an IELTS reading test

    Researcher

    • Stephen Bax

    Topics

    • IELTS Test - Listening and Reading

    • Impact and Washback - Impact theory and practice

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