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Assessing Receptive Skills PDF
Assessing Receptive Skills PDF
Assessing Receptive Skills PDF
Candidates The Reading and Use of English test is taken by all Form 3 students.
Paper Format Five sections, all aimed at the A2-B1 CEFR range.
Number of Items 40
Number of Tasks 5
Task types 3-option multiple choice (short texts), error correction, information transfer/note
completion, short answer questions and matching (gapped text).
Input Reading texts of varying lengths, with a total reading input of approximately 1500
words.
Instructions Instructions for the tasks are given on the question paper.
Answer Format Candidates write their answers on the answer sheet. There is a mix of multiple-
choice and short answer text responses required.
Time Allowed 1 hour 15 minutes
Weighting Each item carries one mark.
Marking The paper is clerically marked.
Task focus Tasks cover a range of language-relevant foci. It should be assumed that the
relevant CEFR descriptors for the A2-B1 levels will be referenced throughout the
test material production process. The descriptors referred to are derived from the
curriculum learning standards.
Let’s look at the sample test
Input decoding
Lexical search
Syntactic parsing
Discourse
construction
PT3 Listening
Paper 4: Listening