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LanguageCert International ESOL
C2 Mastery

Written (Listening, Reading, Writing) and Spoken (Speaking) exams in English, aligned to the C2 level of the CEFR*. Exams are delivered through our global network of Test Centres or online.

About LanguageCert International ESOL C2:

  • 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 3 hours 10 minutes

Spoken exam:

  • Face-to-face or Online with a live interlocutor

  • Duration 17 minutes

At C2 level, candidates can:

  • communicate spontaneously, fluently and precisely in virtually any situation

  • understand almost everything heard or read

  • summarise and reconstruct arguments and accounts coherently

  • differentiate finer shades of meaning in complex situations

Candidates at C2 level have mastered English to an exceptional level, possessing the language skills needed to work in a senior professional or study in high-level academic environments (e.g. Master’s or PhD).

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Key features

Exam Level

Exam Format

Pass Mark

Skills

Grade Boundaries

C2

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: 160 minutes

Speaking: 17 minutes

LISTENING

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

  • Listen twice to 6 sentences 

  • Idiomatic expressions, colloquialisms, register shifts and use of stress and intonation to indicate attitude included

  • Choose the appropriate option to complete or continue the conversation

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

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

  • Choose the appropriate option for each question

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

  • Listen twice to a dense factual lecture, radio broadcast, narrative, presentation, etc. to identify specific information

  • Jot down answers of 1 to 5 words

Part 4: 7 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: 5 questions (5 sentences identifying true and false statements about the text)
Task

  • Text includes idiomatic language, narrative or academic ideas, arguments and opinions

  • Determine whether the statements are true or false

Part 2: 6 questions (8 sentences to choose from to complete 6 gaps in the text. 2 sentences are provided as distractors)
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 to7 questions)
Task

  • Read 4 short texts, e.g. email, article, advert, etc. and choose which text answers which question

Part 4: 8 questions (8 questions requiring short answers of up to 5 words)
Task

  • A continuous text: narrative, descriptive, explanatory, expository, biographical, instructive

  • Provide short answers of up to five words for each question

WRITING

Part 1: 200 - 250 words (respond appropriately to a given text to produce a formal response for an intended public audience)
Task: Write a letter, report, argument or article using a written, graphic or visual input for the intended reader expressing stance, opinion, justification, argumentation as appropriate

Part 2: 250 - 300 words (produce a personal letter, a narrative composition/ story or a descriptive composition)
Task: Write an informal piece for a specified reader in order to persuade, argue or hypothesise, expressing mood, opinion, justification, evaluation etc.

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 3 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

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Phu My Ward, District 7

Ho Chi Minh City 756000

Vietnam

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