For some students who want to take IELTS abroad, Southeast Asia has always been the favorite test venue for Chinese students.
However, at the end of January 2024, the Malaysia BC Examination Center officially announced that it will start from March 1, 2024Cancellation of the paper-based IELTS testForm.
Before the roast ducks came to their senses, Thailand also announced recentlyNon-residents of Thailandof candidates will not be allowed to take the IELTS paper-based test!
Details are as follows:
Foreigners who register from March 1 onwards and are not Thai passport holders are required to provide via email at least three days before the scheduled test dateProof of residence for 3 months or moreto take the IELTS paper-based test.
Failure to provide supporting documents on time will result in cancellation of your test booking, refund of your test fee, or the option to take the computer-delivered IELTS test.
Valid proof of residence is of the following types:
1. Permanent residence visa.
2. Student visa.
3. Long-term visa (> 3 months).
4. Miscellaneous. 
In other words, roast ducks have fewer test centers to choose in the Asia-Pacific region. But this is also to be expected, after all, the market in Southeast Asia is relatively chaotic, and it is only a matter of time before the IELTS test environment is rectified.
As a reminder, any "shortcut" carries a certain risk. If your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills are not good, then it will be the same regardless of the regionHard power is the hard currency of the examination room
Therefore, it is recommended that you do not blindly follow the trend, and the key is to prepare for the exam in a down-to-earth manner.
1. Precautions for computer-delivered IELTS test
Although the computer-based IELTS test provides a new test mode, it is not much different from the paper-based test, except that the test format has been changed from paper-and-pencil to computer-operatedExam contentDifficultyGrading CriteriaThere is no significant difference from the traditional paper-based IELTS test.
01 Listening section (32mins).
Headphone audition time: The volume bar in the upper right corner can be directly pulled to the maximum.
Title: Highlight: After the above process is over, the rule recording is also completed, the [starttest] button appears in the middle of the screen, click to start the exam, double-click the word you want to highlight, and right-click highlight after selection.
There are 40 questions in the listening test, and the time is about 30 minutes, and because they are all filled in on the computer, there is only 2 minutes to check it.
02 Reading section (60mins).
The computer-based reading test is very convenient, the left is the article, the right is the question, and the left and right sides can be slid up and down respectively.
In the reading test, the passage is OKhighlightwithnotes, but questions can't use this feature. If you want to unmark, right-click and select clear, and if you want to clear all markers, right-click and check clear all.
Fill-in-the-blank answers can be copied and pasted directly from the original text, but be careful not to copy extra spaces, otherwise you will be incorrect.
03 Writing part (60mins).
There is no automatic error correction function in IELTS writing, you need to pay attention to whether there are any mistakes when spelling, it is recommended to practice it regularlyThe auto-spelling function is turned off
The word count in the lower left corner of the answer sheet area will display the number of words entered, and the correction teacher can intuitively see the number of words.
There is no requirement for the order in which the essays are completed, you can directly click part1 or part2 in the lower left corner to select.
04 Speaking part (15mins).
The speaking part is in the same form as the paper-and-pencil test, and the operation process is not much different.