CELPIP Exam 2024: Dates, Registration, Fees, Eligibility, Syllabus, Test Center, Results

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Express Rating – General LS Test

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Regular Rating – General Test and -- General LS Test

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Components

• Listening
• Reading
• Writing
• Speaking

• Listening
• Speaking

Test time

3 hours

1 hour and 10 minutes

1

• Listening Test, Part 1

• Question types
• Introduction to test-taking strategies
• Introduction to vocabulary-building

2

• Listening Test, Part 2
• Listening Test, Part 3

• Establishing context
• Note-taking strategies: Location and time
• Note-taking strategies: Main ideas and supporting details

3

• Listening Test, Part 4

• Using abbreviations for note-taking
• Synonyms
• Note-taking to record facts

4

• Listening Test, Part 5 

• Visual clues
• Relevant vs. irrelevant information

5

• Listening Test, Part 6 

• Recognizing facts and opinions
• Differentiating between summaries and paraphrases
• Identifying pros and cons

6

• Practice Listening Test
• Test review and error analysis
• Course review

• All Listening Test skills

1

• Overview of the Reading Test

• Active vs. passive readers
• Previewing, skimming, and scanning
• Getting meaning from context
• Eliminating wrong answers
• Improving your reading speed
• Introduction to vocabulary-building

2

• Reading Test, Part 1

• Skimming and scanning
• Synonym-matching pair work activity
• Timed reading

3

• Reading Test, Part 2

• Understanding coherence and applying logic
• Locating specific information
• Recognizing a writer’s purpose and tone
• Timed reading

4

• Reading Test, Part 3 

• Understanding paragraph components
• Identifying main ideas in paragraphs
• Timed reading

5

• Reading Test, Part 4

• Understanding meaning based on context
• Eliminating wrong answers
• Identifying viewpoints
• Fact or opinion
• Timed reading

6

• Practice Reading Test
• Test review and error analysis

• All Reading Test skills

1

• Overview of the Writing Test
• Precision and meaning
• Understand performance standards
• Identifying common errors
• Introduction to vocabulary-building

2

• Writing Test, Task 1

• Writing emails
• Email conventions: Greetings, openers, closers, and sign-offs
• Tone and register
• Indirect questions

3

• Writing Test, Task 1

• Introduction
• Email format
• Paragraphing
• Synonyms
• Avoiding repetition
• Time sequencers

4

• Writing Test, Task 2

• Note-taking
• Expressing an opinion
• Using conjunctions
• Supporting details

5

• Writing Test, Task 2

• Transitions
• Concluding sentences
• Timed writing
• Peer feedback: Identifying common errors

6

• Analysis of sample responses
• Practice and peer feedback
• Test and individual feedback sessions

• All Writing Test skills

1

• Overview of the Speaking Test 

• Review of speaking skills
• Understand performance standards
• Develop ideas
• Introduction to vocabulary building

2

• Speaking Test, Task 1
• Speaking Test, Task 2

• Giving advice
• Organize your thoughts
• Using WH questions for narratives
• Time expressions
• Transitions

3

• Speaking Test, Task 3
• Speaking Test, Task 4

• Describing details
• Prepositions of location
• Making predictions from a scene
• Practice: Describing and making predictions

4

• Speaking Test, Task 5
• Speaking Test, Task 6

• Inflection and intonation
• Choosing, comparing, and persuading
• Giving effective reasons

5

• Speaking Test, Task 7
• Speaking Test, Task 8

• Stating an opinion
• Weak vs. convincing reasons

6

• Analysis of sample responses
• Practice and peer feedback
• Test and individual feedback sessions

• All Speaking Test skills

12

Excellent proficiency in community contexts and workplace

12

11

Excellent proficiency in community contexts and workplace

11

10

Highly effective proficiency in community contexts and workplace

10

9

Effective proficiency in community contexts and workplace

9

8

Good proficiency in community contexts and workplace

8

7

Proficiency in community contexts and workplace

7

6

Still developing proficiency in community contexts and workplace

6

5

Need to acquire proficiency in community contexts and workplace

5

4

Adequate proficiency for day to day activities

4

3

Some proficiency in limited contexts

3

M

Minimum proficiency or insufficient information to assess

0, 1, 2

10-12

35-38

9

33-35

8

30-33

7

27-31

6

22-28

5

17-23

4

11-18

3

7-12

M

0-7

10-12

33-38

9

31-33

8

28-31

7

24-28

6

19-25

5

15-20

4

10-16

3

8-11

M

0-7

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