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| Listening | 30-50 questions | 40-60 minutes |
| Structure | 20-25 questions | 15-20 minutes |
| Reading | 44-55 questions | 70-90 minutes |
| Writing | 1 topic | 30 minutes |
The listening and structure sections are computer adaptive, which means that the
level of difficulty of a question is based on the test taker's response to the
previous one. The listening section consists of 11-17 dialogues with 1 question
each, 2-3 short conversations, up to a minute long with 2 or 3 questions each,
and 4-6 mini-lectures and discussions, up to 2 minutes long with 3-6 questions
each.
The reading section consists of 4-5 passages from academic texts, 250-350 words
each with 11 questions per passage.
The writing section consists of an essay where test takers state, explain and support their opinion on an issue.
Scores for each section range from 0-30. (Structure and writing are combined).
The average of the 3 scores is then taken and multiplied by 10, to give a total
score of between 0 and 300.
A minimum score of 137 corresponds to level B1 on the
Common European Framework (CEF). A minimum score of 220 corresponds to level
C1.
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