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This is a Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) of English. This means that the first questions will be easier, but will get more difficult.

You will have 15 seconds to answer each question. The test length varies, but is usually between 6 - 15 questions long. At the end of the test, you will be told your level, from Beginner to Advanced (see the descriptions of the levels).

Don't worry if you get nervous, accidental mistakes usually do not affect the final result. It will not benefit you if you ask a friend or search the internet for correct answers.

The level is only an approximation based on your responses during this simple test. It does not evaluate your ability to write, speak or understand speech.

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Beginner

This level provides the foundation of the structure of the language, gradually building students’ understanding of the basic grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and functions of English. The course is aimed at students who have little knowledge or experience with English and are not yet ready for Elementary-level tasks and material. Upon completing this level, students should be able to accomplish basic life tasks in English (e.g., ordering food, asking for simple directions).

Elementary

The Elementary level expands on the functions previously studied at the Beginner level, adding a greater variety of vocabulary and grammar to negotiate each speech event. Students entering this level should have a basic understanding of simple sentence grammar and introductory vocabulary circles (e.g. food, travel, self, activities). By the end of this course, students should be able to express simple ideas with a much greater degree of completeness by accurately using an array of function (e.g., quantifiers, determiners) and content (e.g., adverbs, nouns) words.

Pre-Intermediate Basic

Pre-Intermediate Basic level gives students linguistic tools to express and understand ideas more complex than those at the Elementary level. Here is where students begin to not only broaden their knowledge of grammars and vocabulary, but also delve deeper into English linguistic patterns (e.g. prefixes, ordinal discourse markers). Students entering this level should be comfortable with simple sentence grammar with adverbial clauses and a functional vocabulary in the most common areas (e.g. food, travel, hobbies). By the end of this course, students will have been exposed to every major grammatical (e.g., relative clauses, conditionals) and lexical (e.g., phrasal verbs) category in English.

Intermediate Basic

At the Intermediate Basic level, students seek to understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, and cultivate technical vocabulary in his/her field of specialization. Students entering this level should have fundamental knowledge of and ability with complex sentence grammar (e.g. relative clauses, reported speech) and be able to talk about most common topics without difficulty. By the end of this course, students should able to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

Upper-Intermediate Basic

With a solid command of major grammatical structures, lexical items, and communicative ability, Upper-Intermediate Basic students begin to refine their English ability with common idiomatic expressions and more technical vocabulary. The gradual shift from adapted to authentic texts provides more learning opportunities of figurative language use, cohesion of discourse, and expansion of technical vocabulary (e.g., fitness and nutrition vs. health). Furthermore, Upper-Intermediate Basic students begin to dip into contemporary issues of the target speech community (e.g., marital health, sexism).By the end of this course, students should have command over enough English to flexibly shift between social and technical/academic registers and produce cohesive and coherent text.

Advanced Basic

At the Advanced level students begin to approach study of the target language more like a native speaker would. They engage progressively more authentic texts, replacing common vocabulary and grammars with those found in academic and technical circles. As such, grammatical studies recede, while discourse, genre, pragmatics(particularly the use, not form, of grammars in context), and vocabulary become the building blocks of the level. These elements are addressed as they appear in the texts. The texts themselves reflect contemporary or historical social issues in the target culture (e.g., generational gaps, effects of technology on modern life) and may take into account students’ personal interests. Students entering this level must be fully communicative in oral and written communication so that they may study nuanced features of English.