3 The Misinterpretation of Directions for the Questions in the Academic Reading and Listening Sub-Tests of the IELTS Test Gayle Coleman and Stephen Heap Institute of Continuing and TESOL Education The University of Queensland Publishing details International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Research Reports 1998 Volume Editor: Sandra Wood IELTS Australia Pty Limited ACN 008 664 766 Incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory Web: www.ielts.org ELICOS Association Limited ACN 003 959 037 © 1998 IELTS Australia This publication is copyright Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission Enquiries should be made to the publisher National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data 1999 ed IELTS Research Reports 1999 Volume ISBN 86403 021