what should i take - CELPIP or IELTS?

[mohsin.ipr]

hi everyone,

I have to take english language proficiency test.
Seniors please help me. Should i go for IELTS or CELPIP.

Also does anyone has CELPIP material kindly share.

 

[TheAwesomeMatt]

I did IELTS but I imagine it's best to do the first one available and to get it out of the way.

Anyway, from what I understand the only real difference is that the speaking part of CELPIP is done with a computer and IELTS is done with an actual person.

I've done enough Rosetta Stone to know I'd prefer the latter.

 

[Deedle]

I did CELPIP. My first language is English and I found it VERY distracting doing the speaking part on the computer with everyone around me also yabbering on. I don't know if IELTS is the same but just a word of warning.

 

[canvan14]

I did IELTS and the speaking part was done with an actual person. What's good about it is you are in a room alone with the examiner, no distraction whatsoever beside the fact that you have to look at him/her when you are talking. Also all three of my IETS parts (reading, listening and writing) were done in a room with pen and paper.
Having said that I agree you should go which whatever is available first if you don't mind the difference mentioned above.

 

[LPS]

I did CELPIP. My first language is English and I found it VERY distracting doing the speaking part on the computer with everyone around me also yabbering on. I don't know if IELTS is the same but just a word of warning.

Really? And you left the headphones on as recommended?

 

[sjulien]

If you are good in English then you can take any one of them. However, IELTS is accepted by most of the country for immigration/study purpose. Whereas, CELPIP is only for Canada.

 

[Deedle]

Really? And you left the headphones on as recommended?

I did. There was an Irish girl a few seats down from me who did know know how to keep her voice down.

 

[ljiljka007]

I'd choose ielts only because of that speaking part. I was really really nervous, and the examiner was really nice and helpful and calmed me down. He even gave me some hints using gestures..

The only thing that I found better in celpip is that computer counts words automatically when you do writing..

 

[katie26]

I took IELTS twice- the listening part can be tricky depending on how far you are sited from the audio-player.
The interview part was funny- the guy who was interviewing me forgot to turn on the recorder and 10 mins into the interview we had to start it all over again, with the same questions ;D