MICHIGAN - ECPE
General Information:
The ECPE is designed for individuals who have advanced proficiency sufficient to perform well in all skill areas: reading, writing, listening and speaking.
The examination may be useful as evidence of advanced proficiency in the English language for education, employment, career advancement, and business purposes.
Preliminary Examination for the ECPE
The Preliminary Exam is intended to give examinees who wish to take the ECPE an opportunity to become familiar with some of the types of test items that they will have on the ECPE.
It provides examinees with an estimate of their expected performance on the ECPE.
ECPE Preliminary (30 minutes): It contains 35 multiple-choice test items: cloze, grammar, vocabulary and reading items. The items are similar in format and content to items that appear on the Final ECPE.
Final ECPE
Format and Content:
Writing Section: (30 minutes)
The writing task tests the ability to express ideas in writing. (Argumentatory or expository essay: 1-2 pages; about 250-300 words)
Listening Section: (about 25 minutes)
This section tests the ability to understand spoken English.
There are 40 multiple-choice items, delivered via audio recording.
Cloze Reading Section: (25 minutes)
The cloze reading is intended to assess understanding of the organizational features of written text as well as grammatical knowledge and pragmatic knowledge of English, particularly knowledge about expected vocabulary in certain contents.
There are 40 multiple-choice items based on two reading passages.
There are 100 multiple-choice items in this section. These items test advanced grammar knowledge, advanced vocabulary knowledge and understanding of tests from publications of general interest to educated adults.
Speaking section: (about 15 minutes)
The oral interview assesses the ability to speak in English in a face-to-face interaction with an oral examiner
Certificates
ELI-UM reports examination results to the Test Centers a few months after the test. Each examinee’s performance on the various sections of the examination is reported to the appropriate Test Center.
Examinees who are successful receive a CERTIFICATE that is distributed by the Test Center.
Registration
Individuals who wish to take the ECPE register for the Exam at Test Centers in their home country that have been authorized to conduct Michigan Certificate Examinations.
The AUTHORIZED CENTER in Santiago del Estero (Argentina) is ASICANA (Test Center SAN311)
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