The external assessment consists of two assessments: oral and written.

See the calendar for the date of the examination.

Oral exam

The 15-minute oral exam is designed to assess students' knowledge and skills in using spoken [Language]. The oral examination is approximately 15 minutes and has two sections:

• Section 1: Conversation
• Section 2: Discussion. 

Written examination

The 130-minute exam consists of two sections:

• Section 1: Responding to texts
• Section 2: Creating texts

Section 1: Responding to texts

Question 1: Listening in [Language] and responding in English

• Text 1 - one listening text in [Language]

Question 2: Listening and responding in [Language]

• Text 2 - one listening text in [Language]

Question 3: Reading and listening in [Language] and responding in English

• Text 3A - one reading text in [Language]
• Text 3B - one listening text in [Language]

Section 2: Creating texts

Question 4: Reading and responding in [Language]

• Text 4 - one reading text in [Language]

Students choose one of the following:

Question 5: Writing in [Language]

OR

Question 6: Writing in [Language].

The total length of one reading of the three listening texts will be 4 1/2 - 5 minutes

The total length of the two reading texts will be approximately 450 words

There will be one or two visual texts in the exam. The visual text(s) may appear in any of questions 3, 4, 5, or 6.