ECL task and text types
| LEVEL | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | |||||
| READING COMPREHENSION | |||||||||
| Type of tasks | Possible task types for task no. 1:
· multiple choice (3 options) · matching short texts with titles/statements/questions/pictures · gap filling: placing words/parts of sentences back into a text from a set | Possible task types for task no. 1:
· multiple choice (3 options) · matching short texts with titles/questions · gap filling: placing words/parts of sentences back into a text from a set
| Possible task types for task no. 1:
· multiple choice (3 options) · matching short texts with titles/questions · gap filling: placing words/parts of sentences back into a text from a set
| Possible task types for task no. 1:
· multiple choice (3 options) · matching short texts with titles/questions · gap filling: placing words/parts of sentences back into a text from a set
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| Possible task types for task no. 2:
· questions requiring short answers | Possible task types for task no. 2:
· questions requiring short answers | Possible task types for task no. 2:
· questions requiring short answers
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· questions requiring short answers
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| Type of text | advertisement, comment, article, operation manual, description, letter, brochure, short news | blog post, advertisement, personal letter, information brochure, newspaper article | blog post, advertisement, comment, personal letter, information brochure, newspaper article | report, blog post, comment, information brochure, newspaper article
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| WRITTEN COMMUNICATION | |||||||||
| Type of texts to be composed | writing a comment (website, forum), an e-mail, a message on the basis of four bullet points (the bullet points may also be pictures) | writing a comment (website, forum), a report, an e-mail, a personal message on the basis of four bullet points | writing a comment/post (website, forum), a report, an e-mail, an essay/composition on the basis of four bullet point | writing a comment/post (website, forum), a report, an article, an e-mail, an essay/composition on the basis of four bullet points
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| LISTENING COMPREHENSION | |||||||||
| Type of tasks | Possible task types for task no. 1:
· multiple choice (3 options) · matching short texts with titles/statements/questions/pictures | Possible task types for task no. 1:
· multiple choice (3 options) · matching short texts with titles/statements/questions | Possible task types for task no. 1:
· multiple choice (3 options) | Possible task types for task no. 1:
· multiple choice (3 options)
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| Type of tasks | Possible task types for task no. 2:
· questions requiring short answers | Possible task types for task no. 2:
· questions requiring short answers | Possible task types for task no. 2:
· questions requiring short answers
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· questions requiring short answers
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| Type of tasks | announcement, conversation, interview, information report on radio, portrait, advertisement, short news | conversation of native speakers, report, news, interview, information report on radio | conversation of native speakers, report, news, interview, information report on radio, short lecture, | conversation of native speakers, report, lecture, news, interview, information report on radio
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| ORAL COMMUNICATION | |||||||||
| Type of tasks | Warm-up conversation (not assessed)
Task 1: guided conversation between the two candidates on the basis of four bullet points given to them orally – dialogue Task 2: individual talk on the basis of a montage consisting of four pictures – monologue | ||||||||