LISTENING:

Task types - Multiple choice, Matching, Plan, map, diagram labelling, Form, note, table, flow-chart, summary completion, Sentence completion, Short-answer questions

ACADEMIC / GENERAL TRAINING READING:

Task types - Multiple choice, Identifying information, Identifying writer’s views/claims, Matching information, Matching headings, Matching features, Matching sentence endings, Sentence completion, Summary, note, table, flow-chart completion, Diagram label completion, Short-answer questions

ACADEMIC / GENERAL TRAINING WRITING:

Task achievement and response, Coherence and cohesion, Lexical resource, Grammatical range and accuracy

Task 1 -

Academic - Identify the most important and relevant information and trends in a graph, chart, table or diagram, and to give a well-organized overview of it using language accurately in an academic style.

General Training - Ability to follow English letter-writing conventions (i.e. what order to put information in, what style to use, how to start and finish a letter), to use language accurately and appropriately and to organize and link information coherently and cohesively.

Task 2 -

Academic - Ability to present a clear, relevant, well-organized argument, giving evidence or examples to support ideas and use language accurately.

General Training - ability to follow English discursive writing conventions (i.e. what order to put information in, what style to use, how to start and finish discursive writing, how to paragraph), to organize and link information coherently and cohesively and to use language accurately and appropriately.

SPEAKING:

Fluency and coherence, Lexical resource, Grammatical range and accuracy, Pronunciation.

Part 1 - Ability to communicate opinions and information on everyday topics and common experiences or situations by answering a range of questions.

Part 2 - Ability to speak at length on a given topic (without further prompts from the examiner), using appropriate language and organizing ideas coherently.

Part 3 - Ability to express and justify opinions and to analyze, discuss and speculate about issues.