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Linguaskill English Test online: format

Linguaskill English Test: Format 

Linguaskill is a modular online test which assesses all four language skills: reading, listening, writing and speaking. This gives you choice about the skills you want to assess. You can also take the full test assessing each skill in one go.

Linguaskill is available as two options, General and Business. This gives you the ability to choose the sort of language that will be tested, based on your objectives.

Linguaskill General
Linguaskill General tests language used in daily life, making it ideal for university admission or exit and recruitment for roles in a non-business-specific environment. For example, where the employee needs strong English skills to perform their role effectively, but will not need corporate-level terminology. This makes the test suitable for a broad spectrum of organisations. Test topics include studying and working, making future plans, travel, and technology.

Linguaskill Business
Linguaskill Business tests language used in a corporate setting. It is most suitable for business-specific courses or for recruitment in organisations where employees would be expected to be familiar with the language of business. Linguaskill can be used by big or small organisations, who may be operating on an international level. Test topics include the buying and selling of products or services, the office, business travel, and human resources.

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Linguaskill Modules

The Reading and Listening test takes 60–85 minutes, the Writing test 45 minutes and the Speaking test 15 minutes to complete.

Module

Reading and Listening

Adaptive module with no fixed number of questions

60-85 minutes
 

Reading tasks

Read and select
Candidates read a notice, diagram, label, memo or letter containing a short text and choose the sentence which most likely matches the meaning of the text. There are three possible answers.

Gapped sentences
Candidates read a sentence with a missing word (gap) and choose the correct word to fill the gap. There are four choices for each gap.

Multiple-choice gap-fill
Candidates choose the right word or phrase to fill the gaps in a text. There are four choices for each gap.

Open gap-fill
Candidates read a short text in which there are some missing words (gaps) and write in the missing word in each gap.

Extended reading
Candidates read a longer text and answer a series of multiple-choice questions.

Listening tasks

Listen and select
Candidates listen to a short audio recording and answer a multiple-choice question with three options.

Extended listening
Candidates listen to a longer recording and answer a series of multiple-choice questions about it.

 

Module 

Writing

Module with 2 parts to answer (both count 50% of the mark)

45 minutes

Writing tasks

Part one
Candidates read a short prompt, usually an email. They use the information in the prompt and the three bullet points to write an email of at least 50 words to a private audience.

Part two
Candidates read a short text outlining a scenario and respond using the information in the scenario and the three bullet points. Candidates will write at least 180 words to a wider audience and may be asked to produce a variety of text types (e.g. review, article, web post).

 

Module 

Speaking

Module with 5 parts to answer (each count 20% of the mark)

15 minutes

Speaking tasks

Part 1 (interview)
The candidate answers eight questions about himself.

Part 2 (reading aloud)
The candidate reads eight sentences aloud. 

Part 3 (long turn 1)
The candidate talks about a topic for one minute.

Part 4 (long turn 2)
The candidate is given one or more graphics (diagram or information sheet) to talk about for one minute.

Part 5 (communication activity)
The candidate gives his opinion in the form of short responses to five questions related to one topic.