Types of IELCA Test
Types of IELCA
Academic
Answering Questions related to personal life, expressing opinions on a given topic and answering questions related to given topic.
Texts are taken from a range of authentic sources sunch as: journals, newspapers, web articles, magazines, extracts from academic books and scientific articles.
Multiple choice; identifying the topic / function of the text; identifying information (True/False/Not Given); identifying the writer's views/claims (Yes/No/Not Given); matching information; matching headings; short-answer questions; error correction; matching; cloze; gap filling; sentence completion and open questions.
Texts are taken from a range of authentic sources such as: public announcements; recorded messages; weather forecasts; traffic information; tourist information; publicity texts; monologoues; conversations between 2 or more people; rouine commands and instructions; radio reports / interviews.
Multiple choice, completing notes/summary/diagram/flow chart/table, error correction, identifying the writer's views/claims, summarising, sentence, completion, matching and ordering.
General Training
Task 1: Letter/email writing (150-180 words)
Task 2: Essay writing (180-220 words)
Answering Questions related to personal life, expressing opinions on a given topic and answering questions related to given topic.
Texts are taken from a range of authentic sources sunch as: journals, newspapers, web articles, magazines.
Multiple choice; identifying the topic / function of the text; identifying information (True/False/Not Given); identifying the writer's views/claims (Yes/No/Not Given); matching information; matching headings; short-answer questions; error correction; matching; cloze; gap filling; sentence completion and open questions.
Texts are taken from a range of authentic sources such as: public announcements; recorded messages; weather forecasts; traffic information; tourist information; publicity texts; monologoues; conversations between 2 or more people; rouine commands and instructions; radio reports / interviews.
Multiple choice, completing notes/summary/diagram/flow chart/table, error correction, identifying the writer's views/claims, summarising, sentence, completion, matching and ordering.
The marking of reading and listening components of IELCA are completed by clerical markers using answer keys for each question paper. To ensure standardisation of each exam, the Reading and Listening clerical markers completed induction training followed by standardisation exercises prior to each paper (where required).
The speaking examination is conducted by one examiner, trained by LRN, and is recorded in a dictaphone. Marks are allocated for speaking and writing skill to each candidate in accordance with the IELCA mark scheme. IELCA is 100{7d225ccf507a6d4f5b653e56e75fa7a97d441d4ca0a5e67ad14788e2cb335863} externally assessed by an LRN examiner.