最近,在我的博客上有考生留言问我关于雅思听力中的大小写问题,到底什么时候要大写,什么时候不用大写,会不会因为没有大写而扣分?其实,国内很多烤鸭都有同样的疑惑,为了求证,我这两天专门给雅思官方发邮件,希望得到他们关于这个问题的解释。以下是我发的邮件内容:
Dear Esol,
I am an IELTS teacher in China. Here I have a question regarding IELTS Listening. Many students are confused about the capital letter in Listening Test. When is it necessary to capitalize the first letter?
What is the safest way to deal with this capital letter problem? Say if we put the answer all in block letters, is it acceptable? Will the student be punished simply because he does not capitalize the initial letter?
I have checked the Past Sample Papers like Cambridge IELTS 4,5 6 and I found some answers which are in capital letters hard to explain. So please help clarify this question and I believe it is a very common question to Chinese students.
Thanks and best regards.
You Wenfeng
雅思官方很快作出了回复,以下是原文内容:
Thank you for contacting Cambridge ESOL. Please find below an update to your call:
Original Call Description:
IELTS Listening - use of capital letters
Logged on: 18/05/2009 at 16:20:19
Update:
Dear You Wenfeng,
Thank you for your enquiry. In IELTS listening candidates are allowed to write their answers in upper or lower case.
I hope that this is of assistance.
Kind Regards
Elizabeth Jones
ESOL Helpdesk
Cambridge ESOL Customer Services
所谓的 In IELTS listening candidates are allowed to write their answers in upper or lower case意思就是说不会因为大小写而扣分。其实,可以看得出来,雅思官方改卷时还是很机动灵活的,不像一些老师所说的那么死板。当然,我建议烤鸭们该首字母大写的尽量还是应该大写,不过没必要因为大小写问题给自己太大的压力。
上一篇: 突破雅思听力考试的三个要点
下一篇: 雅思听力动物场景策略解读
体坛英语资讯:World champions Feng, He win all-around events at Chinas gymnastics nationals
体坛英语资讯:Ze Roberto gives favor to Corinthians transfer
体坛英语资讯:World cant afford Chinas table tennis gift
体坛英语资讯:Ivanovic, Murray into second round
体坛英语资讯:Shakhtar stun Bremen to lift UEFA Cup
体坛英语资讯:Sharapova fights hard to make winning return after injury
体坛英语资讯:Veteran Russian shooter grabs first gold of Munich shooting World Cup
体坛英语资讯:Nadal wins fourth season title in Conde de Godo
体坛英语资讯:Juventus sacks coach Claudio Ranieri
体坛英语资讯:Defending champion Jankovic ousted at Stuttgart tennis
体坛英语资讯:Celtics forward Garnett undergoes surgery
体坛英语资讯:Olympic champion Bolt suffers minor injuries in car crash
体坛英语资讯:Bayern Munich fires Juergen Klinsmann
体坛英语资讯:Ze Robertos return to Brazilian soccer may be with Corinthians
小学英语对话之How many books?
体坛英语资讯:Nadal defeats Verdasco to make Madrid Open semi
体坛英语资讯:Austrian swimmer breaks European record of womens 200m breaststroke
体坛英语资讯:Toyota sweeps front row in desert
体坛英语资讯:Burnley promoted to English Premier League
小学口语对话之What is this?
体坛英语资讯:Mallorca defeats league champion Barcelona
体坛英语资讯:Six athletes from Beijing Olympics test positive for CERA
体坛英语资讯:Sunderland in danger of relegation after Portsmouth defeat
体坛英语资讯:Djokovic to meet Nadal in Rome Masters final
体坛英语资讯:Top seeds romp in table tennis second round
体坛英语资讯:French Bousquet sets new 50m freestyle world record
体坛英语资讯:Pele plays host to International Olympic Committee in Brazil
小学口语之Making a Phone Call
体坛英语资讯:All six more athletes identified for doping at Beijing Olympics
小学口语之挑衣服