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Grant awarded 2017.  \nPublishing details  \nPublished by the IELTS Partners: British Council, IDP IELTS, and Cambridge University Press & Assessment © 2024.  \nThis publication is copyright. No commercial re-use. The research and opinions expressed are of individual researchers and do not represent the views of IELTS. The publishers do not accept responsibility for any of the claims made in the research.  \nHow to cite this report  \nPhakiti, A. (2024) . Independent versus Integrated Writing Tasks for IELTS Writing: A Mixed Methods Study. IELTS Research Reports Online Series, No. 1/24 .  \nBritish Council, IDP IELTS, and Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Available at [https://ielts.org/researchers/our-research/resea](https://ielts.org/researchers/our-research/research-reports)[rch-reports](https://ielts.org/researchers/our-research/research-reports)  \nKeywords  \nIELTS Writing test, integrated writing, independent writing, online test, cognitive validity, scoring validity, raters, reading-to-write  \n‹‹  \n.  \n[IELTS.org](IELTS.org) IELTS Research Reports Online Series 2024/1  \ni  \nIntroduction  \nThis study by Phakiti was conducted with support from the IELTS Partners (British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia, and Cambridge Assessment English), as part of the IELTS joint-funded research program. Research funded by the British Council and IDP: IELTS Australia under this program complement those conducted or commissioned by Cambridge Assessment English, and together inform the ongoing validation and improvement of IELTS.  \nA significant body of research has been produced since the joint-funded research program started in 1995, with over 200 empirical studies receiving grant funding. Many of the studies have been published in academic journals, in several IELTS-focused volumes in the Studies in Language Testing series ([http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/silt](http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/silt)), and in the IELTS Research Reports series. Since 2012, for timely access, the reports have been published on the IELTS website immediately after the peer review and revision process.  \nIntegrated writing tests are tasks that involve other forms of language input (such as reading or listening) in producing written texts, and thus require a test-taker to use more than one language skill. Integrated writing tasks have become more common in high-stakes English language assessment and in classroom-based activities, but further research is needed to understand the nuanced differences between integrated and traditional writing tasks.  \nThe current project delves into understanding the perceptions and performances of test-takers and raters regarding integrated writing tasks in IELTS Writing exams. Adopting a mixed methods research design, the study encompasses various aspects, including the relationships between IELTS scores and writing performances, the processes involved in completing the integrated writing task, and the perceptions towards its usefulness and feasibility. The results show that the test-takers in this study generally performed better on independent writing tasks compared to integrated ones. 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