The total score of IELTS test is the average of the four scores of listening, reading, writing and speaking, and the total score will be reported with the nearest integer score or half score. For the avoidance of doubt, the following rounding rules are adopted: if the average score has 0.25 digits after the decimal point, it shall be rounded to the lower half; If the decimal place of the average grade is 0.75, it will be rounded to the next grade.

An IELTS score of 9 means reaching the expert level, approaching the level of native English speakers, having complete English application ability, being appropriate, accurate, fluent and fully understanding the language.

Introduction to IELTS test

IELTS, known as the International English Test System, is one of the famous international English standardized proficiency tests. IELTS was founded in 1989, and is jointly managed by the British Council for Cultural Education, the Cambridge University Examinations Board and the Australian Education International Development Agency (IDP).

As an internationally recognized English test, IELTS has been recognized by 65,438+000,000 institutions in more than 65,438+040 countries and regions around the world, and more than 3 million people take the IELTS test every year. In China, IELTS and Puth, after docking with the European language common frame of reference, became the first international English tests to carry out docking research with the China English Proficiency Scale.