我们付了昂贵的考试费用,宝贵的时间和精力,可是却栽在一本书的误道上,我希望各位同受此害的雅友们,投诉剑桥大学考试委员会,外语教学与研究出版社和剑桥大学出版社,必要时付诸法律.
剑桥回信及我的询问信
Dear Sir or Madam
The instructions that candidates must follow are those given in the test itself at the beginning of each set of questions. For example, the instructions for a set of T/F/NG questions are as follows:
In boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
The instructions given in the question paper make it very clear what candidates should write. We recommend that candidates follow the instructions given only.
Regards
Alison Pettit
IELTS Exams Administrator
Cambridge ESOL
01223 553355
Alison Pettit
IELTS Exams Administrator
Cambridge ESOL
01223 553355
From: may.liang [mailto:may.liang@126.com]
Sent: 25 July 2006 17:02
To: ESOL Helpdesk; EFL
Subject: about ielts marking
Dear University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations,I am writing to inquire about marking for the current ielts. Recently i heard a rumor that to one form of the quetions in the reading tests T,F,NG can not be taken as correct answers to take the place of True, False and Not Given. Is this true?
It reminds me that there doesn‘t seem to be an official way that candidates can refer to as to what should be considered the standard answer. Currently the only resources are Cambridge IELTS 1, 2,3 and 4 in which there are detailed directions of how the tests are about. However, in Cambridge 3, published in 2004,sample answers for the tests indicate clearly that True/T, False/F and Not Given/NG, Yes/Y,No/N are all acceptible as correct answers. This, although not referred to be official document required to read by candidates, obviously give them a hint that the same situations can be applied to real tests.
The reason why the rumors as mentioned above came is the publication of Cambridge IELTS 4,in which the sample answers change, and there is no alternative answers as T,F,NG, or Y,N, NG. However, as I said above. There is no indication that Cambridge 4 or any of the above books can be applied to be offical instrctions that candidates must read before taking the tests. As a matter of fact, many candidates as I know are not informed of this book and therefore didn‘t read it or didn‘t notice the slight changes even they did have the book.
Based on the confusion I have about the tests. there two intentions for writing this letter,firstly, inquiry about whether T,F,NG or Y,N are acceptible answers,and secondly, suggestion that there be an offical direction of the tests upon registration as to what should be taken into consideration .
I look forward to you reply. Thank you very much for your time.
Yours sincerely,
May Liang
