Changes in Scoring Mechanisms
| Module | Question Type | Changed Mechanism | Existing Mechanism | Updated Mechanism |
| Speaking | Read Aloud | Score Contribution | Speaking & Reading | Speaking |
| Describe Image | No. of Questions | 3-4 | 5-6 | |
| Retell Lecture | No. of Questions | 1-2 | 2-3 | |
| Answer Short Questions | Score Contribution | Speaking & Listening | Listening | |
| Summarise Group Discussion | Newly Added | N/A | Newly Added | |
| Respond to a Situation | New Added to Academic | Only for Core | New Added to Academic | |
| Writing | Summarise Written Text | No. of Questions | 1-2 | 2 |
| Content score | 2 | 4 | ||
| Human Rater | No Human Rater | Human Rater | ||
| Essay | No. of Questions | 1-2 | 1 | |
| Content Score | 3 | 6 | ||
| Development, Structure and Coherence | 2 | 6 | ||
| General Linguistic Range | 2 | 6 | ||
| Human Rater | No Human Rater | Human Rate | ||
| Reading | Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) | Score Contribution | Reading & Writing | Reading |
| Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers | No. of Questions | 1-2 | 2-3 | |
| Multiple Choice, Single Answers | No. of Questions | 1-2 | 2-3 | |
| Listening | Summarise Spoken Text | No. of Questions | 1-2 | 1 |
| Content Score | 2 | 4 | ||
| Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers | No. of Questions | 1-2 | 2-3 | |
| Fill in the Blanks | Score Contribution | Listening & Writing | Listening | |
| Highlight Correct Summary | No. of Questions | 1-2 | 2-3 | |
| Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers | No. of Questions | 1-2 | 2-3 |