Linguaskill | Cambridge

By Kenia Torales
  Overview of the Linguaskill test
 Listening and Reading module
 Example questions

Contents  Writing module

 Example questions
 Speaking module
 Example questions
  It is an online test which checks your level of English as an
individual or as a group of people.
What is  It has different modules and it tests Reading, listening, writing and
speaking.
Cambridge  The test is modular, it means you or an organisation can choose
Assessment which of the four áreas you want to test to find out your level of
English. For example, you can test all four main skills or only one
English or two of them.
Linguaskill?  There are two test options: General and Business. You can choose
the type of test you take based on your English needs or
objectives.
  Listening and Reading are
tested together in one module.
 This part of the test is
Test format adaptive: The computer will
adapt the questions to what
and you can do in order to evaluate
your level of English.
approximate  This means that the questions
time you answer will become easier
or more difficult based on the
answer you gave to a question
you answered before.
 General English
Business English
 This tests English in a business
 This tests English in daily context and topics may include
life and topics may include buying and selling different
studying, future plans, products or services, situations
travel, technology and in the office, business travel
Test options work. and human resources, etc.
 You don’t need to know any  If you are going to apply for a
specific language about the specific job or you are ready
world of work or business. working and your
 If you are a genereal English company/organisation wants
to test your level of English,
student or planning to this test is the best option for
study at university, this test you.
is the best option for you.
 Linguaskills gives you fast
and accurate results. You
can get your results for the
Listening and Reading
module as son as you finish
the test and results for all
other modules within 48
How is the test hours – although in most
cases it can be sooner than
graded and this.
Instead of a printed
how do I get certificate you will get a Test
my results? Report Form which is
generated automatically.
Linguaskill uses the
Common European
Framework of Reference
for Languages (CEDR) to
give you a grade from A1 or
below to C1 or above.
Listening and Reading
  This is an adaptive test so the tasks don’t come in a specific order.
 There is not fixed time for this module but it may take between 60
and 85 minutes.
 The test will finish when you have answered enough questions for
the computer to identify your English level.

Time
 This part of the test consists of short and longer recordings. You can hear each recording
twice.

1. Listen and select

Listening 2. 2. Extented listening

Listen and
select
Extended
listening
  Read and select: read a note, news, diagram, label, etc., with a
short text and choose a sentence of three (A, B or C) that most
closely resembles the meaning of the text. (Similar to B1
Preliminary Reading Part 1)
 Gapped sentences: read a sentence with a gap and choose the
best option (A, B, C or D) to fill in the gap. (Similar to Reading &
Use of English Part 1 in B2 First, but at phrase level)
Reading  Multiple-choice gap-fill: choose the correct word or phrase to fill
gaps in a text (A, B, C or D). (Similar to Reading & Use of English
Part 1 in B2 First)
 Open gap-fill: fill the gaps in a text. A single word can be written
in each hole. (Similar to Reading & Use of English Part 2 in B2
First)
 Extended reading: read a longer text and answer a series of
multiple choice questions.
Read and
select
Gapped
sentences
Multiple-
choice gap-fill
Open gap-fill
Extended
reading
Writing
  There are two parts of the writing test
 Part 1: write an email of at least 50 words (approximately 15 min.)
Tasks  Part 2: write a letter or report of about 180 words (approximately
30 min.)
Speaking
  There are 5 parts. It is done on a computer, the answers are
recorded and corrected by a Cambridge oral examiner.
 Part 1: answer 8 questions about yourself
 Part 2: read 8 sentences aloud
 Part 3 : Talk about a topic for 1 minute, with 40 seconds of
Tasks preparation.
 Part 4 : Talk about an image for 1 minute. The image has a graph,
table, etc., that the candidate must comment.
 Part 5: the candidate gives her opinion in the form of short
answers to 5 questions about a specific topic. You have 1 minute of
preparation.
Thank you ! 