Is computer-based IELTS Listening harder?
The audio and questions are comparable; the delivery is less forgiving. You type instead of writing, you get about two minutes to check instead of ten, and you cannot annotate a question paper, so candidates who rely on postponing answers tend to lose more marks on screen than on paper.
The audio and questions are comparable; the delivery is less forgiving. You type instead of writing, you get about two minutes to check instead of ten, and you cannot annotate a question paper, so candidates who rely on postponing answers tend to lose more marks on screen than on paper.
The audio and question types are comparable, but the delivery is less forgiving: typing instead of handwriting, about two minutes of review instead of ten, and no question paper to annotate. Candidates who postpone uncertain answers lose the most.
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