IELTS Research Reports

Learning to play the ‘classroom tennis’ well:IELTS and international students in teacher education4 BASELINE DATABaseline data on IELTS scores into graduate entry secondary education in all metropolitanuniversities in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide which offer teacher education are contained in thefollowing Tables. Included in each Table are comparative data on general postgraduate entry and therequirements of local teacher registration authorities.INSTITUTIONGraduate entrypre-servicecoursesIELTS scoresfor entry intoGraduate entrypre-servicecoursesIELTS Generaluniversity entrylevel scores(Postgraduate)IELTSRequirements ofNSW Institute ofTeachingIs coursespecificallytargeted atinternationalstudents?Australian CatholicUniversityMaster ofTeaching/Graduate Diplomain Education(MTeach/DipEd)7.0 overall (min.7.0 in eachsubset)*Varies7.5 overall(min.8.0 inSpeaking/Listening; Min.7.0 in Reading/Writing)NoMacquarieUniversityGraduate Diplomain Education(DipEd)7.0 overall (min.7.0 in Reading/Writing; min.6.0 in Speaking/Listening)6.5 overall (min.6.0 in eachsection)As aboveNoUniversity of NSWDiploma inEducation (DipEd)6.5 overall(min.6.0 in eachsection)6.5 overall (min.6.0 in eachsection)As aboveNoUniversity ofSydneyMaster ofTeaching/Bachelorof Teaching(MTeach/BTeach)7.5 overall(min.8.0 inSpeaking/Listening; min.7.0 in Reading/Writing)6.5 overall(min.6.0 in eachsub-test)As aboveNoUniversityTechnology ofSydneyBachelor ofTeaching inSecondaryEducation(BTeach)7.0 overall (min.7.0 in Writing)6.5 overall (min.6.0 in Writing)As aboveNoUniversity ofWestern SydneyMaster of Teaching(Secondary)(MTeach)7.0 overall (min.6.0 in eachsubset)6.5 overall(min.6.0 in eachsubset)As aboveNo* The terms ‘sub-test’, ‘subset’, ‘section’, ‘module’ and ‘band’ are the terms used on the universities’ own websites and referto the specific sub-areas of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking on the IELTS testTable 1. IELTS entry score data (Sydney universities)IELTS Research Reports Volume 1195