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LanguageCert International ESOL
B2 Communicator

Written (Listening, Reading, Writing) and Spoken (Speaking) exams in English, aligned to the B2 level of the CEFR*. Exams are delivered through our global network of Test Centres or online.

About LanguageCert International ESOL B2:

  • Leads to two separate certificates: Written and Spoken

  • Both exams can be taken together or independently of each other

Written exam:

  • Paper-based/computer-based at approved Test Centres or Online with remote, live proctoring

  • Duration 2 hours 40 minutes

Spoken exam:

  • Face-to-face or Online with an interlocutor

  • Duration 13 minutes

At B2 level, candidates can:

  • communicate in detail, travel, live and work independently in an English-speaking country

  • spontaneously interact with a degree of fluency without much strain on either party

  • follow the news, TV and radio channels

  • write emails, texts, letters, reports and stories etc.

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Key features

Exam Level

Exam Format

Pass Mark

Skills

Grade Boundaries

B2

Written (Paper-based, Computer-based or Online with live proctoring)

Spoken (Face-to-face or Online with live interlocutor)

Written: 50% (75/150)

Spoken: 50% (25/50)

Written (Listening, Reading, Writing)

Spoken (Speaking)

Candidate are awarded High Pass, Pass or Fail

High Pass

101-150/150 (Written)

38-50/50 (Spoken)

Pass

75-100/150 (Written)

25-37/50 (Spoken)

Fail

0-74/150 (Written)

0-24/50 (Spoken)

Exam format

Listening: 30 minutes

Reading & Writing: 130 minutes

Speaking: 13 minutes

LISTENING

Part 1: 7 multiple choice questions (each with 3 options)
Task:

  • Listen twice to 7 unfinished conversations between 2 speakers

  • 1 conversation is formal

Part 2: 6 multiple choice questions (each with 3 options)
Task:

  • Listen twice to 3 conversations each consisting of 2 speakers to identify: topic, purpose, context, speakers, gist, relationship between speakers, roles, functions, attitudes, feeling and opinions

  • Choose the appropriate response to complete or continue each question

Part 3: 7 questions (write notes on the message pad based on information in the recording)
Task:

  • Listen twice to a radio broadcast, narrative, presentation, etc to identify specific information

  • Jot down answers of 1 to 5 words

Part 4:  6 multiple choice questions (each with 3 options)
Task:

  • Listen twice to a discussion to identify gist, examples, fact, opinion, contrast, purpose, key ideas, attitude, cause and effect

  • Choose the appropriate response for each question

READING

Part 1: 6 multiple choice questions (each with 3 options)
Task:

  • 1 long text: news story, article, review or proposal

  • Choose the appropriate response for each question

Part 2:  6 multiple choice options to fill in an incomplete text (1 is a distractor)
Task:

  • A text with 6 sentences removed, e.g. topic sentence, summarising sentence, developing idea, emphasising a point, opinion, contrast, sequence, forward and back reference, transition to new idea

  • Choose the appropriate sentence for each gap in the text

Part 3: 7 questions (4 texts provide the answers to each question)
Task: Read the 4 short texts, e.g. email, article, advert etc. and choose which text answers which question

Part 4: 7 questions (requiring short answers of up to 5 words)
Task: A continuous text: narrative, descriptive, explanatory, expository, biographical, instructive

WRITING

Part 1: 100 - 150 words (produce a formal response for an intended public audience)

Task: Respond appropriately to the intended reader using a clearly defined number of content points

Part 2: 150 - 200 words (produce a personal letter, a narrative composition/ story or a descriptive composition)
Task: Produce an informal piece of writing for a specified reader on a general subject that does not require specialist knowledge but addresses a clearly defined number of content points

SPEAKING

Part 1:

Task:

  • Give and spell name

  • State country of origin

  • Answer 5 questions

Part 2:
Task:

  • 2 or 3 situations are presented by the interlocutor

  • Candidates are expected to respond to questions and initiate interactions

Part 3:
Task:
Hold a short discussion to make a plan, arrange or decide something using written text as the prompt

Part 4:
Task:

  • Candidates are given 30 seconds preparation time

  • Talk about a topic provided by the interlocutor for 2 minute

  • Answer follow-up questions

For more detailed information, download the LanguageCert Qualification Handbook for International ESOL (Listening, Reading, Writing)

For more detailed information, download the LanguageCert Qualification Handbook for International ESOL Speaking.

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Centre ID: 4848

Operation Office

72M Hoang Quoc Viet Street

Phu My Ward, District 7

Ho Chi Minh City 756000

Vietnam

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