Need to retake one skill? IELTS One Skill Retake is here.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Every year millions of people around the world use their IELTS scores to achieve their study, work and migration goals. IELTS knows that with proper preparation and support, our test takers can achieve their best scores.
To help test takers feel confident going into your IELTS test, we’ve developed IELTS One Skill Retake. Test takers can now retake any one component of the test; Listening, Reading, Writing or Speaking without redoing all four sections. IELTS One Skill Retake can help them get back on track.
There are some requirements: Test takers are eligible to book IELTS One Skill Retake after they have recently completed a full test on computer and received their IELTS test score from an eligible test centre. Test takers must book IELTS One Skill Retake within 60 days of their original test date.
By accepting IELTS One Skill Retake results from the world’s most trusted English language test, you get to join IELTS' database of recognising organisations, which is visible to millions of IELTS test takers worldwide.
Teams responsible for admissions, entry or registration will also have more flexibility in accepting new applicants who have just missed out on the required English language score. IELTS One Skill Retake allows your applicants to retake one of the four skills (Listening, Reading, Writing, or Speaking) if they need to improve in just one area. We know most test takers get the scores they need first time, but if your applicant didn't perform to their best in one area, IELTS One Skill Retake can still help them with their application.
The Australian Department of Home Affairs accepts IELTS One Skill Retake (OSR) for most visa subclasses. IELTS One Skill Retake is now also accepted by Ahpra and National Boards for registration in the medical sector.
We always encourage test takers to check the website from the organisation to intend to apply for more information about eligibility requirements. IELTS recommends organisations who accept IELTS One Skill Retake to add this to their website.
Yes, IELTS recognises that test takers can underperform in assessment for any number of reasons. IELTS One Skill Retake improves fairness by providing an opportunity to retake a single section, if the test taker feels their original performance was not representative of their language proficiency level.
Restrictions are in place to ensure that the standard of the assessment is maintained. The decision to allow retakes has been based on academic research, test taker feedback and internal IELTS validation considerations.
Read our research on why IELTS One Skill Retake is a valid method of assessing English language proficiency levels of your applicants.
