Speakout 2nd Ed Placement Test INSTRUCTIONS

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Placement Test Instructions

The Speakout Placement Test is designed It is important to note that the placement
as a diagnostic tool for use at the beginning test is not designed to test listening,
of a course. It will help the teacher to place speaking or writing skills. A short oral
students at the correct level in groups of interview, alone or in pairs, would give you
similar ability and/or to decide what pace a more realistic picture of the learners’
and approach to adopt. communicative ability and help you decide
The test has a multiple-choice format of if he/she should be placed at a slightly
200 questions and covers the grammatical higher or lower level than that indicated by
structures and vocabulary in the six levels the placement test. If feasible, a short piece
of Speakout. of writing would also help your final
evaluation.
If you have some idea of your students’
level, you could direct them to answer
specific parts of the test.

Suggested entry points are:


 For Starter and Elementary level
students, questions 1–50
 For Pre-intermediate level students,
questions 51–100
 For Intermediate level students,
questions 101–150
 For Upper Intermediate and Advanced
level students, questions 150–200

Scoring and placement


 0–15 = Starter level
 15–30 = Elementary Unit 1
 31–50 = Elementary Unit 7
 51–75 = Pre-intermediate Unit 1
 76–100 = Pre-intermediate Unit 7
 101–125 = Intermediate Unit 1
 126–150 = Intermediate Unit 6
 151–170 = Upper Intermediate Unit 1
 171–185 = Upper Intermediate Unit 6
 186+ = Advanced level

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