2016 online registration confirmation

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Global Village Calgary

Official International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Centre

200-515 1st

Street S.E. Office Hours:

Calgary, AB Monday to Friday

Canada T2G 2G6 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Telephone: 403-441-4375

Email: [email protected] Web: www.ieltscalgary.com

P2 Information on the IELTS Test

BEFORE YOUR TESTPg. 2 IELTS Identification

Pg. 3 IELTS Security

Pg. 4 What Should I Bring?

Pg. 5 What Can I Wear?

Pg. 6 Cancelling or Transferring

ON YOUR TEST DAY

Pg. 7 Map

Pg. 8 Speaking Test Schedule

Pg. 9 Written Test Schedule

Pg. 10 Listening/Reading Test Details

Pg. 11 Written Test Details

Pg. 12 Speaking Test Details

AFTER YOUR TEST

Pg. 13 Receiving your Results

Pg. 14 Enquiry on Results

Your speaking test date and time will be e-mailed to you at

5pm, 8 days (Friday) before your written test. You must be

available for the day assigned to you as provided in that

document.

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IELTS Identification

Should I send my passport to my embassy before my test

They say it will be back before my test…

No. We absolutely do not recommend doing this! If your passport is notreturned to you in time for your test (which happens very often!), we willnot be able to offer you a refund or a new test date. Once you havebooked an IELTS test, hold on to your passport!

Can I change my ID? I’ve got a new passport since registering

Yes, if you have a new ID, or want to use a PR card instead of a passport(or passport instead of a PR card), just e-mail us with a photocopy of yournew ID before your test day.

As stated in the Notice to Candidates from your IELTS online application, you must have yourID on the day of your test!

If you have sent your ID away, lost your ID, or if your ID is invalid, you will not be allowed totake the test, and we will not offer to refund or transfer your test date!

It is your responsibility to have your ID on the day of your test!

No exceptions! The only two forms of ID that are acceptable on the day of your test are:

- A physical, valid passport. No photocopies!! - A physical, valid Permanent Resident Card.

Under no circumstances do we accept any other forms of ID. Make sure you are attendingyour examination with your ID in hand, or you will not be able to take the test!


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IELTS Security

I already did an IELTS test. Do I need to have my photo

taken again?

Yes, we keep each database for every test separate. Even if you havetaken an IELTS test with us before, you will need to redo your verification.

IELTS has instated advanced security measures to ensure the privacy and protection of ourcandidates. These measures consist of having a digital photo taken and your finger scan

digitally registered prior to your test.

Identity Verification in Advance

After completing your application, our staff will happily take your photograph and finger

scan in our office before your test during our regular business hours.

You can go directly to the check-in station on test day if you have verified your identity

before your test.

Identity Verification on Test Day

If you did not come to our office before your test, you must have your photograph taken

and finger scan registered in the morning on test day.

If you have any concerns over how your information is used, please contact the center in writingbefore the day of your test as it is required that you complete these procedures in order to beadmitted into your IELTS test.


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What should I bring?

Please note that staff may check these items to ensure test security.

Other items are not allowed in your test room with you. This includes watches, mobile

phones, money (paper or change), note paper, books, or food of any kind.

These items may be checked in to the locked storage area, but please note that IELTSassumes no responsibility for lost or stolen items.

For the sake of fast registration, and for your own peace of mind, please do notbring unnecessary items to your IELTS test!


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What may I wear? While we do encourage you to dress appropriately for the weather outside, you won’t be

allowed to bring those extra layers into your examination room.

You cannot wear heavy sweaters, hoodies, jackets, scarves, coats or hats into your

IELTS test room.

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Transferring or Cancelling

We start preparing your IELTS test 5 weeks before the test date. That means that allrequests for a test day transfer or a cancellation must be made 5 weeks in advance of

your IELTS test.

The last day to transfer/refund your test is posted in Test Dates, on our website atwww.ieltscalgary.com

You must complete the Request for Refund or Transfer Form available in the Forms section of our website to request a refund or transfer.

Telephone requests for cancellation or postponement are not accepted.

Cancellation Policy

1. Cancellation more than 5 weeks ahead of the test date – you will receive a full refund

minus a $50.00 administration fee. You must make this request before 4:30 PM of the

deadline day.

2. Cancellation less than 5 weeks ahead of the test date – you will receive NO refund.

3. Failure to appear for the test without notification is considered a cancellation and NO

refund will be issued.

Transfer Policy

1. Request for Test Day Transfer must be made more than five weeks prior to your test

date. Transfer dates will depend on availability.2. Candidates who wish to transfer less than five weeks prior to the elected test date will

be treated as a cancellation and will receive NO refund.

3. Transferring is free the first time, but repeat incidents will require a $50.00 administrative

fee.

Candidates seeking cancellation or transfer within the five-week period prior to the test date will onlyreceive a refund if they can provide evidence that their ability to sit the test has been affected by seriousillness or cause:

Serious Illness – hospital admission or serious injuryLoss or bereavement – death of a close family member

Hardship/trauma – victim of crime, victim of traffic accidentMilitary service

Candidates must file an application for refund no later than five (5) working days after the test date .You must complete a “Request for Refund or Test Day Transfer Form” and attach appropriatedocumentation and/or evidence – medical certificate from a qualified medical practitioner, a death noticeor certificate, or a police report.

All refunds are paid by cheque and take 30 business days to arrive.


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Speaking tests for the IELTS exam hosted by IELTS Calgary take place during theweek of your examination. They will be hosted at Global Village Calgary on Friday and

Saturday afternoons.

Speaking tests are held at the following times:

Speaking test times are non-negotiable. We do not make special exceptions, no matterwhat the situation may be!

Only candidates from out-of-town are given priority for same-day testing.

If you have registered for this test, then you have agreed to be available for a speaking

test on either Friday or Saturday afternoon at the time of our choosing.

If you do not attend your speaking test at the given time, you will not be giventhe option to transfer or refund your IELTS test!

As instructed in this email, you must contact us if you do not receive your speaking testschedule by email at 5pm, 8 days (Friday) before the test. Not receiving the email

without informing us is not grounds for a transfer or refund.

Friday

•Speaking tests are scheduledfrom 1PM until 6PM in the

evening.Please arrive 30

minutes before yourinterview, with ID!

Saturday

•Speaking tests are scheduledfrom 1PM until 6PM in the

evening. Please arrive 30minutes before yourinterview, with ID!

Speaking Test Schedule

!

Your speaking test date and time will be e-mailed to

you at 5pm, 8 days (Friday) before your written test.


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Your written tests will take place on Saturday at Global Village Calgary at 9 am. Theywill consist of three tests; Listening, Reading and Writing.

Our doors open at 7:40 am and will close at 8:30 am. After 8:30, we do not acceptlate arrivals to the test.

These tests conclude at approximately 12:30 in the afternoon.

Your written tests are held at the following times:

Listening • 9 am

Reading • 10 am

Writing • 11 am

Written Test Schedule

Once the doors to the test center are closed we do not admit late candidates to the

test. You will not be offered a transfer or refund of your test fees. Please come

with plenty of time to spare!

It’s better to be thirty minutes early than to be thirty minutes late!


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The Listening and Reading tests are the first two tests of the day. Each test consists of fortyquestions. The type of questions could be:

Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching, Diagram Labelling, Table Completion, SentenceCompletion and Short Answer Questions

The Listening test is a 30 minute listening exercise, with an additional 10 minutes to transferyour answers onto your answer paper.

The Reading test is 60 minutes and is comprised of 3 reading passages.

Remember to use only pencil when completing the Listening and Reading portions!

Listening/Reading Details

LISTENING AND READING

You must transfer your answers during the final 10 minutes of the listening

section onto your answer sheet.

Question books are not marked, so answers that are not transferred will not

receive marks!


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The Writing section is the third test of the day.

The Writing test takes 60 minutes to complete and is divided into 2 tasks.

Task 1 must be 150 words and you should spend approximately 20 minutes completing it.

Task 2 must be 250 words and you should spend approximately 40 minutes completing it.

Task 2 is worth twice as many points as Task 1 in determining your Writing band score.

You may use either pencil or pen to complete the Writing section.

General Training and Academic candidates will receive different styles of Writing tests.

Task 1:

You must write a letter

or personalcorrespondance.

Task 2: You must write

an essay in response to

a problem, opinion or

argument.

General

Training

Task 1:

You must describe or

summarize a graph,table or chart and

explain the information

in your own words.

Task 2:You must write an

essay in response to a

problem, opinion or

argument. It must bewritten in a formalstyle.

Academic

WRITING

Writing Details


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Can I just do one section of the test? I only need speaking…

No. As the IELTS test is comprised of four distinct parts that make up yourcomplete IELTS band score, you must complete all four parts of the testwhenever you take an IELTS exam. You cannot register for only the partsyou require.

The Speaking test will take place through-out the afternoon and early evening on Friday orSaturday. You must be prepared to have your speaking interview at the time given to you on

that day.

The Speaking test takes approximately 12-15 minutes and is a 3 part, face-to-face interviewwith an IELTS professional.

Part 1:

You and the Examiner

introduce yourselves.

You then must talk

about general questions

or familiar topics.

Part 2:

The Examiner gives you

a card which asks you todiscuss a particular

topic. You should speak

for 1-2 minutes on the

subject.

Part 3:

The Examiner will ask a

series of questionsrelated to the topic in

Part 2. This is your

chance to expand on

your ideas.

Speaking Details


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Once you complete the test, it will be graded and your IELTS score will be assigned. Thisprocess takes 13 days, at the end of which your results are mailed to you.

They should arrive a few business days after that.

Receiving your Results

13 days after your test… A few days later…

I gave you the wrong address. How can I get my results?

If we have mailed your results to an incorrect address, you will have towait for Canada Post to return your results to us before we can re-sendthem. This can take anywhere between 2-9 weeks.


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DEFINITION OF TERMS:

Enquiry on Results- the process by which candidates ask for one or more test modules to be

remarked by different Markers. This request is made after the test results have been released

and is designed to ensure candidate performance has been accurately assessed.

GENERAL REGULATIONS:

Candidates are entitled to request a full re-mark (i.e. all test papers), or a partial re-mark (i.e.

one or more modules) of their original results.

Candidates must submit all their requests for re-mark to the IELTS Centre within six weeks of

the test date.

PROCEDURE:

Candidates requesting a re-mark must:

1) Fill out an EOR form (available from the ieltscalgary.com)2) Submit the original TRF (Test Result Form)

3) Pay the $160.00 CDN fee4) Wait approximately six weeks to eight weeks be notified of the results.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCORE:

Should a candidate be awarded a higher score than the original, a new Test Report Form (TRF)

will be issued by the Test Centre with the new score(s). A full refund will be issued to the

candidate.

NO IMPROVEMENT IN SCORE:

Should there be no improvement in the score, the candidate will be notified. The original TRF

will be returned to the candidate and there will be no refund of the re-mark fee.

Enquiry on Results

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