ESOL B2 Communicator

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 minutes
• Answer follow-up questions