Post #2646832

v21 (context "(I have to do an english test and my choices are between IELTS, CELPIP, and PTE, and I don't want to take IELTS again)") (opinion "the problem with that is that CELPIP and PTE's test format both suck") (statement "reading is pretty standard across the 3 tests, though PTE \"innovates\" by having you do elementary school shit like reordering paragraphs and filling in paragraphs from a list of given words") (statement "writing is also quite standard, you're writing long-form text to respond to a prompt (PTE combines this with listening, somehow)") (statement "listening is where CELPIP truly sucks, you have to listen to audio / watch video *before* you see any questions on said audio/video, so you have to frantically write everything down lest you miss and important detail they ask later (this including what clothing they are wearing)") (statement "speaking is where CELPIP/PTE diverge from IELTS, the latter has you speaking to a real person while the former have you speak to a computer") (statement "that wouldn't be too bad on its own, and CELPIP is almost tolerable, but PTE insults your intelligence yet again by having you read sentences aloud and repeat a spoken sentence")