LANGUAGE CERT
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LANGUAGE-CERT Overview
- Multilevel test designed to assess your ability to understand, use, and communicate effectively in English.
- within an academic setting, including comprehending lectures, participating in discussions, reading and analysing academic texts, and writing research papers or essays.
LANGUAGE-CERT pattern
- Listening – 40 mins approx.
- Part 1: Listen to seven unfinished dialogues and choose the
- appropriate completion or continuation from the three-option
multiple-choice responses.
- appropriate completion or continuation from the three-option
- Part 2: Listen to five conversations in academic-related contexts and
answer two three-option multiple-choice questions for each one. - Part 3: Listen to a lecture or podcast on an academic subject and fill in
seven gaps in a notepad with no more than three words each time. - Part 4: Listen to a group discussion or debate on an academic subject,
such as a three-speaker discussion, and answer six three-option
multiple-choice questions - Reading – 50 mins.
- Part 1a: Read six sentences and choose the correct
word from a choice of three to replace the highlighted word(s) in each sentence. - Part 1b: Read a short text with five words missing. Choose the correct word from a choice of three to complete each gap.
- Part 2: Read a text from which six sentences have been removed. Match the correct sentences from a choice of eight to complete the text.
- Part 3: Read four short texts on a common theme and answer questions to identify information from the texts.
- Part 4: Read a longer text with academic argumentation and answer six four-option multiple choice questions.
- Writing – 50 mins.
- Part 1: Write a 150–200-word academic report or article in response to an
infographic stimulus. The response should express stance, opinion, justification, argumentation as appropriate. - Part 2: Produce a 250-word piece of discursive writing on an academic
subject to persuade, argue or hypothesise, expressing mood, opinion,
justification, evaluation, etc - Speaking – 14 mins approx.
- Part 1: Questions – give and spell name and give country of origin; answer
up to five questions on different topic areas. - Part 2: Role play – respond and initiate two role plays in academic-related
scenarios presented by the interlocutor. - Part 3: Read aloud – prepare for 30 seconds and read a short academic
text aloud and answer follow-up questions. - Part 4: Presentation – Prepare and deliver a two-minute presentation on an academic-related subject in response to a stimulus given by the
interlocutor; prepare for one minute and speak for up to two minutes and
answer follow-up questions
LANGUAGE-CERT Syllabus
- Listening
- Reading
- Writing
- Speaking
LANGUAGE-CERT Scoring
- Out of 340 For Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning.
- 0-6 Points for Analytical Writing Assessment.
LANGUAGE-CERT Training
- Online and offline both options are available.
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