Written test
a / Written communication
Candidates must write two texts of a given length. They must adhere to the given bullet points and the given number of words. A mono- or bilingual printed dictionary may be used.
The subtest "Written communication" is evaluated according to the following five criteria:
| a) Formal accuracy (morphology and syntax) | 0–5 points |
| b) Written accuracy (text structuring and orthography) | 0–5 points |
| c) Vocabulary (range and fluency) | 0–5 points |
| d) Style (pragmatic and sociolinguistic aspects) | 0–5 points |
| e) Communicative effectiveness (task completion) | 0–5 points |
b / Reading comprehension
Candidates must demonstrate their ability to comprehend general texts at the given exam level and their ability to solve two different types of reading comprehension tasks without using a dictionary. The reading comprehension test consists of two different types of tasks (e.g.: matching, banked gap-filling, multiple-choice questions, short answer, table filling/putting an X to where it is appropriate, sentence completion, etc.) with 10 items each.
| A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 |
| Reading Comprehension | | | | |
|---|
| Time (minutes) | 35 | 35 | 45 | 45 |
| Number of tasks | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Number of words | 400–600 | 500–700 | 800–1000 | 1000–1300 |
| Correct answers | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Writing comprehension | | | | |
|---|
| Time (minutes) | 35 | 40 | 60 | 75 |
| Number of tasks | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Number of words | Total 100 (ca. 50–50) | Total 200 (ca. 100–100) | Total 300 (ca. 150–150) | Total 400 (ca. 200–200) |
| Listening comprehension | | | | |
|---|
| Time (minutes) | 15–20 | 20–25 | 25–30 | 30–35 |
| Number of tasks | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Number of words | 400–600 | 500–700 | 800–1000 | 1200–1500 |
| Correct answers | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
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