LanguageCert B2 Communicator Writing

Listening

Response type

Task

Part 1

7 questions

A multiple choice of three options for each conversation to choose the appropriate ending or continuation

of the conversation

Listen twice to seven unfinished conversations between two speakers, being a formal conversation

Part 2

6 questions

Two three-choice multiple-choice questions for each of the three conversations.

Listen to twice three conversations each with two speakers to identify: Topic, purpose, context, speakers, GIST, the relationship between speakers, roles, functions, attitudes, feelings and opinions

Part 3

7 questions

A message pad with a header and seven messages and space to write the correct information for each request. Answers are one to five words.

Listen twice to a radio broadcast, narrative, presentation, etc. to identify specific information

Part 4

6 questions

Six three-choice multiple-choice questions

Listen twice to a debate to define the essentials, examples, fact, opinion, contrast, purpose, key ideas, attitude, cause and effect

Total:  26 questions

Reading

Response type

Task

Part 1

6 questions

Six three-choice multiple-choice questions

A long text: news, article, review or proposal.

Part 2

6 questions

Choice of seven sentences to choose from to fill in the six gaps. A prayer is provided as a distraction.

A text with six sentences removed, for example, topic sentence, short sentence, develop idea, emphasize a point, opinion, contrast, sequence, reference back and forth, transition to a new idea

Part 3

7 questions

Seven questions to indicate which text provides the answer to each question

Four texts, for example, email, article, advertisement, brochure, etc. with a linked topic, but with a different purpose

Part 4

7 questions

Seven open 'wh-' questions requiring short answers of up to five words

A continuous text: narrative, descriptive, explanatory, expository, biographical, instructive.

Total:  26 questions

Writing

Response type

Task

Part 1

100-150 words

Respond appropriately to a given text to produce a formal response for a planned public hearing

Instruction to respond formally using a written input with a clearly defined number of content points to be addressed and the intended reader specified

Part 2

150-200 words

Produce a personal letter, narrative / story composition, or descriptive composition.

Instruction to write an informal writing for a specific reader on a general topic that does not require specialized knowledge with clearly defined content points to be addressed