C2 MASTERY - KEY FEATURES


LanguageCert International ESOL C2 Mastery

  

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).

 

*Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), developed by the Council of Europe, is widely used to describe levels of language proficiency.

 

 



WRITTEN

 

  • EXAM LEVEL C2
  • FORMAT Paper-based, computer-based or Online with remote, live invigilation
  • PASS MARK 50% (75/150)
  • SKILLS Written (Listening, Reading, Writing)
  • TIMING 
    • Listening 30'
    • Reading & Writing - 2hs 40'
  • GRADE BOUNDARIES
    • Candidates are awarded High Pass, Pass or Fail

High Pass 101-150 / 150

Pass           75-100 / 150

Fail              0-74 / 150

 

SPOKEN

 

  • EXAM LEVEL C2
  • FORMAT Face-to-face or Online with a live interlocutor
  • PASS MARK 50% (25/50)
  • SKILLS Spoken (Speaking)
  • TIMING 
    • Speaking 17'
  • GRADE BOUNDARIES
    • Candidates are awarded High Pass, Pass or Fail

High Pass 38-50 / 50

Pass          25-37 /50

Fail           0-24 / 50