Live, Work, or Study in Canada: IELTS or CELPIP?

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Do you want to move to Canada? You’ll need to pass an English test, and you have two main options: CELPIP and IELTS. In this video, I explain the differences between these tests, including the speaking sections, question types, and difficulty levels. You probably just want to know which one’s easier! Well, I’ll tell you what I think. Whether you need the test for permanent residency, express entry, university, or citizenship, this video will help you decide which one is best for you. Watch now to prepare for your journey to Canada! https://www.engvid.com/live-work-or-study-in-canada-ielts-or-celpip/ For more IELTS and CELPIP help, visit my website: https://www.EnglishWithRonnie.com If you liked this lesson, check out these videos: What to put on your resume (and what NOT to) https://youtu.be/R5CEiuJPI3Q Job Interview Discrimination in North America https://youtu.be/WDnNDjJGjZI In this lesson: 0:00 IELTS or CELPIP for Canadian Immigration? 1:57 IELTS & CELPIP Similarities 4:07 IELTS & CELPIP Speaking Differences 6:24 CELPIP Speaking 11:05 IELTS Speaking TRANSCRIPT: So, do you want to come to Canada, like, live here, like, for real, forever? Do you want to migrate to Canada? Welcome. Bienvenido. No, that's Spanish. Bien... something. Welcome to Canada in French. Yes, that's it. Not a French teacher, English teacher. So, a lot of people want to come to Canada, and it's a beautiful country. We have so many unicorns and dragons here. You're going to love it. Waterfalls, it's fantastic. But there's this huge, terrible thing called immigration. And to say it's a process, that's not an understatement, because it is a huge process. It takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of money, it takes a lot of paperwork. But you also have to do a test. Yeah. They're going to test your English ability, and there are two tests that you can take in English. You can take one in French. If you speak French, take that one. Again, not a French teacher. So, I'm going to tell you about the two tests that you need, you have to take to get either your PR, permanent residence. To be cool, we just call it PR, we're like, "Hey, you got your PR?" To get an express entry visa, coming here as a skilled worker. And then also your citizenship. If you want the passport, you get to become a citizen. So, good luck. If you need help with any of this, please hit me up on my website, I offer classes in both CELPIP and IELTS, and I'm here to help you. So, which one do you do? Which test do you do? Do you do CELPIP or do you do IELTS? I'm here to tell you. Okay, so the similarities between the two exams are they both have four sections. They have a reading section, a writing section, a speaking section, and a listening section. There's always the debate, "Which one's more difficult? Which one's easier? Which one should I do?" And once you kind of research a little bit after learning this video, after listening to this video and watching it, I hope that you can make a more of an educated guess at which one's better for you. Everyone's different. I can't say to you, "Hey, John, you should definitely do CELPIP, and hey, Larry, you should definitely do IELTS because it depends on you and your abilities." Also, with the IELTS test, there's actually two different tests that you can take. And be careful, please. If you take the IELTS general test, this is for immigrating and working in Canada. If you take the academic test, it's a lot harder, and this is for going to university exclusively. Okay? So, the only thing that differs in these tests, the speaking part's the same, the listening part's the same, but the writing part is different. So, be careful and choose the correct test in the IELTS department, because if you're set down to do the academic test and your writing skills aren't university level, you're going to fail, you're going to waste your money. So both of these have them. The CELPIP has one that's LS, it's listening and speaking only, but for immigration, you need to do the full four-part CELPIP test. Again, the differences between the two, you're going to do the test, you're going to get your results, and depending on your grade and your score, it'll determine if you have enough points to apply for one of these beautiful things that you can get into Canada to immigrate. All right. My expertise-I'm an expert-my expertise in this area is, of course, the speaking component of the exam. So, I'm going to run through the differences of the speaking components with these two tests. And again, which one's easier? This will help you decide. The CELPIP one is all done in a computer. There's no humans there. So, if you like computers, if you're comfortable speaking to a computer on a screen for your speaking test, CELPIP's the way to go. The IELTS one, on the other hand, it's done by real humans, and I believe that you might be able to do a computer-generated one, but as it stands now, it's done human to human. […]