How we write and review our articles

International English Test (IET) publishes articles about English levels, the CEFR scale, English tests and practical English. We are also the provider of an online English level test and certificate, and our articles link to our own test and certificate pages.

How an article is produced today

1. Topic. A topic and the question it answers are chosen by our team.
2. First draft with AI. The first draft is written with an AI model (currently Anthropic's Claude) from the brief our team prepares for the topic.
3. Second AI pass. The draft goes through a second AI editing pass that rewrites it for plain, natural English. This pass only changes the body text; the title, links, tables and summary box stay as they are.
4. Checks. Before publication, facts, sources, prices and links are checked.
5. Review. A new or changed article goes live only after a member of our team reviews and approves it.

Older articles

Many articles on this blog were written before this process existed. We are reviewing them: articles that did not meet our standard have been removed, merged into a stronger article or taken out of search results, and the rest are being reviewed and updated.

Translations

Translated versions are produced with AI from the reviewed English article.

Images

Cover images are stock photographs, mainly from Pexels and Unsplash, or a plain International English Test title card when no suitable photograph was available.

Prices and facts about other tests

Prices and formats of other tests (IELTS, TOEFL, Duolingo and others) come from the providers' own published information and are kept in one place, so every article shows the same figure.

Corrections

If you find an error, write to us at hello@internationalenglishtest.com.

Last updated: 8 November 2026