TIE and ETAPP - News & Updates
This page will be regularly updated so please visit often!
The most recent developments are outlined below:
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Tie Examinations Ltd was set up in October 2005 to work in partnership
with ACELS. Subsequently TIE Examinations became IELT Interactive
English Language Tests Ltd. TIE is administered and certified by IELT
and recognised by the Department of Justice and Equality as a valid Exit
Exam for English Language Courses listed on the ILEP (Interim List of
Eligible Programmes).
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You probably are aware that IELTS have realigned their scores to the
CEFR and this is good news for ETAPP especially regarding the C1
requirements for entry onto some third level courses: 'Following
extensive research IELTS have realigned their scores against the CEFR'.
The initial reason for universities demanding / requiring a CEFR
equivalent of a C1 in ETAPP lay in the 'mapping' of IELTS scores against
the CEFR which equated an IELTS score of 6.5 with a C1. For this reason
third level institutions required an ETAPP score of C1 as the
equivalent to a 6.5 in IELTS. As these changes have been made by IELTS
and do not interfere with the CEFR bands and as ETAPP is directly
aligned to the CEFR there would be no issue in changing the IELTS score
equivalents which should mean that 3rd Level institutions should be
willing to accept the same IELTS scores as heretofore