LanguageCert SELT

Key features

EXAM LEVEL                       C2

FORMAT                              Computer-based

PASS MARK                        Listening: 25/50

                                                Reading: 33/50

                                                Writing: 33/50

TEST REPORT     Issued 5 business days after the exam 

Exam format

Listening

Part 1: 8 multiple choice questions (each with 3 options)

Task: 

• Listen once to 6 unfinished sentences
• Idiomatic expressions, colloquialisms, register shifts and use of stress and intonation to indicate attitude included
• Choose the appropriate option to complete or continue the conversation

Part 2: 8 multiple choice questions (each with 3 options)

Task: 

• Listen once to 4 conversations and identify: topic, purpose, context, speakers, gist, relationship between speakers, roles, functions, attitudes, feeling and opinions
• Choose the appropriate response to each sentence/utterance

Part 3: 7 questions (write notes on the message pad based on the information in the recording)

Task: 

• Listen twice to a dense factual lecture, radio broadcast, narrative, presentation, etc. to identify specific information
• Jot down answers of 1 to 5 words

Part 4: 7 multiple choice questions (each with 3 options)

Task: 

• Listen twice to a discussion to identify gist, examples, fact, opinion, contrast, purpose, key ideas, attitude, cause and effect
• Choose the appropriate response for each question

Reading

Part 1: 5 questions (sentences identifying true and false statements about the text)

Task:

• Text includes idiomatic language, narrative or academic ideas, arguments and opinions
• Determine whether the statements are true or false

Part 2: 6 questions (8 sentences to choose from to complete 6 gaps in the text. 2 sentences are distractors)

Task: 

• A text with 6 sentences removed, e.g. topic sentence, summarising sentence, developing idea, emphasising a point, opinion, contrast, sequence, forward and back reference, transition to new idea
• Choose the appropriate sentence for each gap in the text

Part 3: 7 questions (4 texts provide the answers)

Task: 

Read the 4 short texts, e.g. email, article, advert, etc. and choose which text answers which question

Part 4: 8 questions (requiring short answers of up to 5 words)

Task:

A continuous text: narrative, descriptive, explanatory, expository, biographical, instructive

Writing

Part 1: 200 – 250 words (respond appropriately to a given input in order to produce a formal response for an intended public audience)

Task:

• Write a letter, report, argument or article using a written, graphic or visual input for the intended reader expressing stance, opinion, justification, argumentation as appropriate

Part 2: 250 – 300 words (produce a personal letter, a narrative composition/ story or a descriptive composition)

Task:

• Write an informal piece for a specified reader in order to persuade, argue or hypothesise expressing mood, opinion, justification, evaluation etc.

Official practice material

Please note that the Listening section of the live exam, consists of four more items than those appearing in the practice materials below. Also, during a live exam, Listening Parts 1 and 2 are played once only.

• Practice Paper 1 
• Practice Paper 2
• Practice Paper 3
• Practice Paper 6
• Practice Paper 7 
• Answer sheet
• Qualification Overview

Qualification Handbook Listening, Reading & Writing

Key features

EXAM LEVEL                       C2

FORMAT                              Online interview with a real person

PASS MARK                        Speaking: 33/50

TEST REPORT     Issued 5 business days after the exam 

Exam format

Online interview with a live interlocutor 17 minutes

Part 1

• Give and spell name
• State country of origin
• Answer 5 questions

Part 2

• 2 or 3 situations are presented by the interlocutor
• Candidates are expected to respond to questions and initiate interactions

Part 3

• Hold a short discussion to make a plan, arrange or decide something using written text as the prompt

Part 4

• Candidates are given 30 seconds preparation time
• Talk about a topic provided by the interlocutor for 3 minutes
• Answer follow-up questions

Official practice material

Please note that the Listening section of the live exam, consists of four more items than those appearing in the practice materials below. Also, during a live exam, Listening Parts 1 and 2 are played once only.

• • • Practice Paper 1 
    • Practice Paper 2
    • Practice Paper 3
    • Practice Paper 6
    • Practice Paper 7 
    • Qualification Overview
    • Qualification Handbook Speaking