High stakes English language tests, such as the IELTS, are increasingly being delivered on the computer Do the advantages of computer-based testing outweigh the disadvantages?

Technology is

such

an indisputable aspect of our life and technology already being implemented in numerous things in our life.

Moreover

, high-risk English tests, like IELTS, are having more tendency to be conducted

on

Suggestion

in

the computer. I strongly believe that we can gain a multitude of merit rather than the disadvantages.

First

off, the

result

of the

test

is faster, rather than a paper-based

test

.

In addition

, we don't need to go to an institution or a company that held the

test

itself, we can just wait for the

result

at our home because we can check it online.

For example

; I already took a mandarin

test

last

month and I did the

test

by computer-based, and after I finished my exam and waiting for the

result

I was so surprised because the

result

it came up faster than I thought. When I took the paper-based

test

I need to wait for almost 1 month for the

result

, while utilizing computer-based it just needs to take 2 weeks for the

result

.

Furthermore

, we can save our time by doing a computer-based

test

.

Moreover

, if we took a paper-based

test

we need approximately 3-4 hours to complete the

test

, while, computer-based

test

only took 1-2 hours. There was a research conducted by a foreign language teacher from Monash University in 2015, he invited an array of students that have higher frequency to take a

test

. The

result

is showing that almost 90% of the participants are more likely to choose a computer-based

test

rather than the paper-based one. To conclude, a computer-based

test

has a plethora of beneficial things rather than demerits.