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CEFR
Listening🎶
Test 4- Listening
The Listening paper comprises of 4 sections and includes a mix of soliloquy and conversations taken from different sources, such as news or radio programs, lectures, and public statements or notice. In this paper, Candidates need to exhibit their listening skills required for daily uses.
Total Duration: 40 minutes
Section 1: Consists of a series of short, distinct recordings of about 30 seconds apiece. The candidate is asked to listen to the recordings and answer one multiple-choice question, which has three choices, for each recording. One mark is given for each right response.
No. of questions: 8
Section 2: Consists of a monologue or a recording with two or more speakers of about 3 minutes. Candidates are required to listen to the recordings and complete the sentences using information from the recordings. One mark is given for each correct response.
No. of questions: 8
Section 3: Consists of a series of statements and brief monologues interconnected of about 30 seconds each. Candidates are required to listen to the recordings carefully and choose the statement that best matches what each speaker says.
No. of questions: 5
Test 4-
Section 4: Consists of a monologue or recording with two or more speakers lasting about 3 minutes. Candidates are required to listen to the recordings carefully and answer multiple-choice questions having 3 choices.
No. of questions: 7
Speaking🔊
Test 5- Speaking
The Speaking paper is divided into 4 sections including a face-to-face conversation or discourse with two examiners. Candidates need to take part in discussions, state their point of views, exchange thoughts and arrive at a decision.
Total duration: 14 minutes
Section 1: Includes a little talk with the examiner. The examiner will ask the candidate few questions about their lives, concentrating on matters such as job, leisure activities and future plans. Candidates are required to answer to the examiner’s questions, thereby giving basic personal information about themselves. Time allotted for this section is 3 minutes
Section2: Candidates are required to speak for 1 minute without gap or interference. Each candidate is required to compare two colour photographs and make a statement or opinion about the photographs in response to a task read out by the examiner and a prompt question written above the photos. The listening candidate is required to provide his/her opinion after their teammate’s long-turn.
Section 3: Includes a two-way conversation of about 3 minutes between the candidates. The candidates are given verbal instructions and pictures, which are applied in a decision-making task. They are required to talk with other candidates, express and defend their point of views, and reach to a decision.
Section 4: Includes a discourse of about 4 minutes between the candidates and the examiner on topics associated to the collective task in section 3. The examiner asks questions which boost the candidates to expand and talk around the topics presented in section
Readingđź“š
The Reading test has three sections and its worth is 20% of the total marks. It includes texts of about 550-700 words. Candidates are asked to read and interpret the texts taken from variety of sources such as magazines, newspapers, reports, fiction, advertisements, websites and information booklets and exhibit their reading skills. They are required to abstract the meaning of the text and extract the important and appropriate information out of it.
Total Duration: 1 hour
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Section 3: Consists of multiple-matching tasks which call for finding specific information in a long text or several short texts to answer a few questions
Writing✍️
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Section 1: Includes one compulsory question. Candidates are asked to compose a letter or an email of about 120-150 words, using the information from an input text such as an article, notice, booklet, or letter
•Section 2: In this section, candidates are given 5 choices and are asked to write on one of the given choices. They need to frame an article, letter (formal or informal), report, or a review in about 120 to 180 words. Two of the texts choices are taken from a book/script or film that the candidate has already studied.
Total Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes