Supporting international admissions with a secure, reliable and fit for purpose English test
What makes LanguageCert Academic relevant for higher education?
Additional benefits to your institution
- Convenient and accessible testing supported by industry-leading security measures. Our strict security protocols, online and at test centres, throughout the examination process, ensure our tests are fair and deliver genuine results you can trust.
- Fast results verifiable through our secure verification platform to support application processing and turnaround times on student offers.
- Use of our extensive partner network to increase and diversify enrollments.
- Participation in our international scholarship programs.
How is LanguageCert Academic mapped to the CEFR and other tests?
LanguageCert Academic is directly calibrated to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference produced by the Council of Europe. This means that performance on LanguageCert tests is directly comparable to exams from other English language testing organisations. Extensive concordance studies with other tests are currently in progress and will be available later in 2023.
Note: Exact equivalences tend to be complex and challenging owing to differences in test design and purpose (Taylor, 2004). Concordancing evidence with other testing providers (indicative IELTS) are an illustration of the equivalencies, as verified both internally and independently by our external partners. In the middle of the scoring arrangements (LanguageCert Global Scale 60-80) evidence is more robust and scoring arrangements in lower and higher parts of the Global Scale should be interpreted with caution. Learn more.
The LanguageCert Global Scale is an easy-to-understand results system which reports scores on a 0-100 scale and links to the CEFR. It applies across all the LanguageCert tests and enables the setting of specific levels of attainment needed to fulfil certain requirements such as entrance into a university. The levels of attainment relate to overall test performance and performance by skill (e.g., speaking).
Test format and structure
LanguageCert Academic assesses 4 skills (Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking) through a Written and a Spoken component. Both the Written and Spoken components are available through the LanguageCertCert Secure Test Centre network and via Online Proctoring with enhanced security.
Start accepting LanguageCert Academic scores today!
LanguageCert exams are trusted by an ever-growing number of Higher Education Institutions, organisations and government bodies in more than 90 countries. They are designed to provide institutions with greater confidence in their applicants' English skills.
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