• It shows good knowledge of the language

• It checks ones ability to use language skills in the real world

• Helps to apply for visas to work or study abroad (in the UK or Australia) 

Global acceptance

• University of Cambridge, UK• University of Oxford, UK• King’s College London• University of Toronto, Canada• University of Tokyo, Japan• ICN Business School, France• Universita Roma Tre, Italy• Universidad Carlos III de Madrid,

Spain

Paper Content TimeMarks (%

of total)

Reading4 parts/34

questions1 hour 15

minutes20%

Writing 2 parts1 hour 30

minutes20%

Use of English5 parts/50

questions1 hour 20%

Listening4 parts/30

questionsabout 40 minutes 20%

Speaking 4 parts15 minutes per

pair of candidates

20%

• Time allowed:1 hour 15 minutes

• Number of parts:4

• Number of questions:34

• Texts may be from:newspapers and magazines, journals, books (fiction and non-fiction), promotional and informational materials.

• Part 1 - Multiple choice

• Part 2 - Gapped text

• Part 3 - Multiple choice

• Part 4 - Multiple matching

• Time allowed:1 hour 30 minutes

• Number of parts:2

• Task types: Article, competition entry, contribution to a longer piece, essay, information sheet, letter, proposal, report, review.

• Part 1 Some material to read which may include material taken from advertisements, extracts from letters, emails, postcards, diaries, short articles, etc. You may have to write an article, a report, a proposal or a letter.

• Part 2 A choice of four questions. You have to read some input material which describes a situation, and write one of the following: an article, a competition entry, a contribution to a longer piece, an essay, an information sheet, a letter, a proposal, a report, or a review.

• Time allowed:1 hour

• Number of parts:5

• Number of questions:50

• Part 1 - Multiple-choice cloze

• Part 2 - Open cloze

• Part 3 - Word formation

• Part 4 - Gap sentences

• Part 5 - Key word transformations

• Time allowed:about 40 minutes

• Number of parts:4• Recordings may be from:

monologues: announcements, radio broadcasts, speeches, talks, lectures, anecdotes, etc. or interacting speakers: radio broadcasts, interviews, discussions, etc.

• Part 1 - Multiple choice

• Part 2 - Sentence completion

• Part 3 - Multiple choice

• Part 4 - Multiple matching

• Time allowed:15 minutes per pair of candidates

• Number of parts:4

• You will have to talk:with the examiner with the other candidate on your own

• Part 1 (Interview) Conversation between the candidates and the interlocutor. The examiner asks questions and you may have to give information about your interests, studies, careers, etc.

• Part 2 (Long turn) You are given from two to five photographs and asked to talk about them. You have to speak for one minute without interruption. Then the candidates receive a different set of photographs and you have to listen and comment when they have finished speaking.

• Part 3 (Collaborative task) Conversation with a candidate. You are given some pictures and a task to do. You have to talk with the candidate and make a decision.

• Part 4 (Discussion) Further discussion with a candidate based on the topics or issues raised in the task in Part 3. The interlocutor asks each of you some questions and you discuss them with the candidate.

• ScoreIs based on your total score in all five papers and is shown as a number between 0 and 100.

• GradeThere are set scores for each grade:

• 80–100 C2

• 75–79 C1

• 60–74 C1

• 45–59 CEFR Level B2

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