ENGLISH TESTS

APTIS GENERAL

LISTENING

READING

SPEAKING

WRITING

VOCABULARY

ONLINE DICTIONARIES

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TEACHER´S CORNER

martes, 31 de octubre de 2017

APTIS ADVANCED TEST


The test consists of a core component (grammar and vocabulary), which is combined with Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.

SPEAKING:

- part 1: you are asked to compare two pictures and then answer two questions related to the topic.
- Part 2: you are asked three questions about an abstract issue. You are given one minute to prepare an answer, and you can take notes.
- Part 3: you have to speak on a topic for one and a half minutes. You will have one minute to prepare it. After your presentation, you will be asked a question about the issue and ask to speak for 45 seconds.

LISTENING:

- part 1: you will listen to five recording monologues or dialogues and answer one question for each recording.
- part 2: you will hear three recordings of monologues or conversations, and you will have to answer two questions for each recording.
- Part 3: you will listen to a discussion between a man or a woman. On the screen you will see a number of opinions, You will have to identify who expresses which opinion the man, the woman or both. You will only hear this once, and you will have 20 seconds to read through the options.
Part 4: you will hear to separate monologues and need to select the correct option from a table. You will only hear each monologue once. You have 20 seconds to read the options in the table.

READING:
- Part 1: you have four people´s opinions on one topic. You need to real all their views and then choose who said what for seven questions.
- part 2: matching headings
- Part 3: You have a text of about 300 words. You must select the correct word or phrase from the drop-down to complete the gaps.
- part 4: you have two short texts on the same topic, and you have to fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrase.

WRITING: 
- Part 1: you will have a social network interaction. You will receive three questions to answer.
- Part 2: you will receive an email from an authority. You need to respond to the email in 120/150 words using the notes provided.
- Part 3: you will write an article for a website. Notes about the topic are provided. You will have to write between 180 and 220 words.

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
- part 1 grammar: you will have to answer 25 questions.
- Part 2 vocabulary: you will have to answer 25 questions- These are presented in sets of five words. You have different kinds of exercises: word matching, word definition, word usage and word pairs or word combination.





TEST COMPONENTSLENGTH (MINUTES)SCORINGTASKS
Grammar and Vocabulary250 - 5060
Speaking12CEFR B1 - C2 /0-503
Writing50CEFR B1 - C2 /0-50 3
Listening50 CEFR B1 - C2 /0-50 28 (+/- 4) 
Reading60CEFR B1 - C2 /0-504

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