Course Details

The computer-based test has four sections, all of which are required:

Listening – tests your ability to understand English as it is spoken in North America. This section includes listening materials such as dialogues, short conversations, academic discussions, and talks. All listening materials relate to academic topics and situations.

Structures – measures your ability to recognize language used in standard written English. You are therefore being tested in your knowledge for formal rather than conversational language.

Reading – measures your ability to understand short passages similar in topic and style to academic texts used in North American colleges and universities. This section tests your comprehension on main ideas, factual information, inferences, and vocabulary.

Writing – measures your ability to generate, organize, and develop ideas, and to support those ideas with examples of evidence. This section evaluates your command of written English, and complements the information obtained from the structure section. You can either write your essay or type it on the computer. Please note that your scores will be delayed if you choose to hand-write your essay.