You can enhance your portfolio of services with LANGUAGECERT ESOL, now eligible for the TrustEd Ireland International Education Mark. This is an exciting opportunity for language schools in Ireland to partner with one of the world’s fastest growing assessment providers!

LANGUAGECERT is a trusted Awarding Organisation developing and delivering high stakes English tests, with LANGUAGECERT ESOL already approved for study visas by the Department of Justice in Ireland and accepted by around 2,500 institutions worldwide.

Providers who use LANGUAGECERT tests can show that they demonstrate Quality & Qualifications Ireland's principles of Access, Transfer, and Progression.

LANGUAGECERT ESOL is a suite of English tests that assess English communicative skills. Exam tasks are suitable for ensuring students can use all four language skills in academic and social environments. LANGUAGECERT ESOL is level-based and mapped to the Common European Framework of Reference.

Level	Listening	Reading & Writing	Speaking
A2	20 mins	1 hour 20 mins	9 mins
B1	30 mins	2 hours 10 mins	12 mins
B2	30 mins	2 hours 10 mins	13 mins
C1	30 mins	2 hours 40 mins	15 mins
C2	30 mins	2 hours 40 mins	17 mins

Listening: 4 parts – 26 questions Multiple choice/gap filling

Reading: 4 parts – 26 questions Multiple choice/gap filling/multiple matching

Writing: 2 tasks – Formal/informal Varying word counts (up to 300 words)

Speaking: 4 parts

The Written and Spoken exam components for each level can be taken together on the same day or independently, leading to two separate certificates. The total assessment time covering all four skills is approximately 3 hours (depending on the exam level). The Speaking test is a 1:1 interactive session delivered by a trained interlocutor from your team who records the exam on the LANGUAGECERT Interlocutor app for marking by LANGUAGECERT examiners. The use of interlocutors for face-to-face exams provides a much more authentic and realistic approach to speaking skills assessment.

Candidates receive a score out of 50 for each skill: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking. We also report an overall Grade for each exam, which appears on the Statement of Results and Certificates. Overall Grades are reported as High Pass, Pass, or Fail. Most institutions set a minimum score requirement for each skill, e.g. LANGUAGECERT C1 Expert with a minimum of 25/50 in each skill.

The table below illustrates how the scores align within each CEFR level, showing the bottom, middle, and top range within each CEFR level.

Exam Level	Score per skill	CEFR Level	IELTS score band
C2 Mastery	33–50 / 25–32	C2	9.0 / 8.5
C1 Expert	39–50 / 33–38 / 25–32	C1	8.0 / 7.5 / 7.0
B2 Communicator	39–50 / 33–38 / 25–32	B2	6.5 / 6.0 / 5.5
B1 Achiever	39–50 / 33–38 / 25–32	B1	5.0 / 4.5 / 4.0
A2 Access	39–50 / 33–38 / 25–32	A2	—
A1 Preliminary	39–50 / 33–38 / 25–32	A1	—