Listening: You'll listen to four recordings (lectures, conversations). The first two deal with an everyday, social situation while the third and fourth recordings deal with educational and training situations. You will hear the recordings only once – and the recordings could be in any accent – British, Australian, North American etc.
Reading: This section tests your ability to understand complex academic texts. All the topics are of general interest to students at undergraduate or postgraduate level. You will encounter three long passages (narrative, descriptive or discursive / argumentative) and answer a variety of questions in 60 minutes.
Writing: This section evaluates your written English skills in an academic setting. You'll complete two tasks: Task 1 involves describing some visual information in your own words (a graph, table, chart or diagram), while Task 2 requires you to give a point of view, argument or problem which you need to discuss.
Speaking: In part 1 of the speaking interview, you are asked about yourself and about familiar topics, such as home, family or interests. In part 2, you are shown a card with a topic, given one minute to prepare and then asked to talk about it. In part 3, further questions will be asked about the topic in more detail.
