IELTS目標設定（Overall/OA:7.5）

IELTSでOverall 7.5って、なんだかんだ日本人のトップ5%くらいなんですよね。片側5%なので、正規分布を仮定した時には偏差値70弱程度なので、まあいかんせん目指している大学がOxford、Cambridgeなので、それくらい頑張りましょう。

■IELTS目標（両校の要求水準はは、over all 7.5 + 各sectionで minimum 7.0）
Overall: 7.5 (actually 7.625 but cut down to 7.5)
Reading: 8.0
Listening: 8.0
Speaking: 7.0
Writing: 7.5

（日本人のAcademicスコア分布のみ抜粋）
Academic candidates: First Languages
Overall Band Score by %

Academic	~4	4	4.5	5	5.5	6	6.5	7	7.5	8	8.5	9
Japanese(%)	1	3	6	13	23	23	17	8	3	1	0	0

http://www.ielts.org/researchers/analysis_of_test_data/percentile_ranks_2011-1.aspx

Writing band


https://www.teachers.cambridgeesol.org/ts/digitalAssets/113300_public_writing_band_descriptors.pdf

Speaking band
https://www.teachers.cambridgeesol.org/ts/digitalAssets/114292_IELTS_Speaking_Band_Descriptors.pdf

Reading/Listening band
http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_Band_Scores.html

IELTS Listening marking schemes

For the listening test, which contains 40 questions, the approximate band scores can be calculated using this table.

Band Score	9	8.5	8	7.5	7	6.5	6	5.5	5	4.5	4	3.5	3	2.5
Score / 40	39-40	37-38	35-36	32-34	30-31	26-29	23-25	18-22	16-17	13-15	10-12	8-10	6-7	4-5

 

IELTS Academic Reading marking schemes

For the academic reading test, which also contains 40 questions, but is more difficult, the approximateband scores can be calculated using this table.

Band Score	9	8.5	8	7.5	7	6.5	6	5.5	5	4.5	4	3.5	3	2.5
Score / 40	39-40	37-38	35-36	33-34	30-32	27-29	23-26	19-22	15-18	13-14	10-12	8-9	6-7	4-5

 

IELTS Writing marking schemes

The two writing questions are marked out of 9 according to the following criteria:

• Task Achievement
• Coherence and Cohesion
• Lexical Resource
• Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Click here to see the full writing band descriptors for IELTS.

IELTS Speaking marking schemes

The speaking test is also marked out of 9 according to the following criteria:

• Fluency and coherence
• Lexical resource
• Grammatical range and accuracy
• Pronunciation