Listening
30 minutes
LanguageCert International ESOL B2 Communicator
Written (Listening, Reading, Writing) and Spoken (Speaking) exams in English, aligned to the B2 level of the CEFR*. Exams are delivered through our global network of Test Centres or online.
About LanguageCert International ESOL B2:
- Leads to two separate certificates: Written and Spoken
- Both exams can be taken together or independently of each other
Written exam:
- Paper-based/computer-based at approved Test Centres or Online with remote, live proctoring
- Duration 2 hours 40 minutes
Spoken exam:
- Face-to-face or Online with an interlocutor
- Duration 13 minutes
At B2 level, candidates can:
- communicate in detail, travel, live and work independently in an English-speaking country
- spontaneously interact with a degree of fluency without much strain on either party
- follow the news, TV and radio channels
- write emails, texts, letters, reports and stories etc.
*Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), developed by the Council of Europe, is widely used to describe levels of language proficiency.
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Two exams available at this level: Written and Spoken. Both exams can be taken together or independently.
Test Centre exams
Take an exam at a LANGUAGECERT approved Test Centre.
Exam format
Paper-based 2 hours & 40 minutes
Reading & Writing
2 hours & 20 minutes uninterrupted
Computer-based 2 hours & 40 minutes
Listening
30 minutes
Reading & Writing
2 hours & 20 minutes uninterrupted
Online 2 hours & 40 minutes
Listening
30 minutes
Reading & Writing
2 hours & 20 minutes uninterrupted
Listening
Part 1: 7 multiple choice questions (each with 3 options)
Task: • Listen twice to 7 unfinished conversations between 2 speakers
- 1 conversation is formal
Part 2: 6 multiple choice questions (each with 3 options)
Task: • Listen twice to 3 conversations each consisting of 2 speakers to identify: topic, purpose, context, speakers, gist, relationship between speakers, roles, functions, attitudes, feeling and opinions
- Choose the appropriate response to complete or continue each question
Part 3: 7 questions (write notes on the message pad based on information in the recording)
Task: • Listen twice to a radio broadcast, narrative, presentation, etc to identify specific information
- Jot down answers of 1 to 5 words
Part 4: 6 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: 6 multiple choice questions (each with 3 options)
Task: • 1 long text: news story, article, review or proposal
- Choose the appropriate response for each question
Part 2: 6 multiple choice options to fill in an incomplete text (1 is a distractor)
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 to each question)
Task: • Read the 4 short texts, e.g. email, article, advert etc. and choose which text answers which question
Part 4: 7 questions (requiring short answers of up to 5 words)
Task: • A continuous text: narrative, descriptive, explanatory, expository, biographical, instructive
Writing
Part 1: 100 - 150 words (produce a formal response for an intended public audience)
Task: • Respond appropriately to the intended reader using a clearly defined number of content points
Part 2: 150 - 200 words (produce a personal letter, a narrative composition/ story or a descriptive composition)
Task: • Produce an informal piece of writing for a specified reader on a general subject that does not require specialist knowledge but addresses a clearly defined number of content points
Exam format
Face-to-face
Speaking
13 minutes
Online
Speaking
13 minutes
Speaking
Part 1
Task: • Give and spell name
• State country of origin
• Answer 5 questions
Part 2
Task:
- 2 or 3 situations are presented by the interlocutor
- Candidates are expected to respond to questions and initiate interactions
Part 3
Task:
- Hold a short discussion to make a plan, arrange or decide something using written text as the prompt
Part 4
Task: • Candidates are given 30 seconds preparation time
• Talk about a topic provided by the interlocutor for 2 minutes
• Answer follow-up questions
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