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 |
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Reading tasks |
Read and select Gapped sentences Multiple-choice gap-fill Open gap-fill Extended reading |
Listening tasks |
Listen and select Extended listening |
Module |
Writing Module with 2 parts to answer (both count 50% of the mark) 45 minutes |
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Writing tasks |
Part one Part two |
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Speaking Module with 5 parts to answer (each count 20% of the mark) 15 minutes |
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Speaking tasks |
Part 1 (interview) Part 2 (reading aloud) Part 3 (long turn 1) Part 4 (long turn 2) Part 5 (communication activity) |