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CELPIP

CELPIP is Canada’s leading English language proficiency test for educational purposes, permanent residency, citizenship and professional designation. It allows the test takers to demonstrate their English abilities for proper functioning and easy living in Canada. This test assesses students’ abilities in a variety of everyday situations like interacting with friends and co-workers, interpreting & responding to written materials, etc.

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The CELPIP test scores are calibrated against the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB). Below is the chart of each CELPIP level and the corresponding CLB level equivalencies for better understanding.

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FAQ's

How and when do I access my CELPIP score?
CELPIP test scores are easily available online through students' CELPIP accounts within 4 to 5 calendar exams after taking the test. The test scores can be viewed for a period of 2 years.
What identification do we need on the test day?
Valid photo identification and test confirmation mail are what you need on the test day.
Can we cheat in the CELPIP exam?
“Cheating in the CELPIP exam may lead to cancellation of your test”. Any action that helps one gain an unfair advantage in the CELPIP test is considered ‘cheating’ by Paragon.
Paragon reserves the right to report the suspected cheater to government agencies or other organizations for investigation and enforcement purposes.
What is the policy to cancel my test registration?
If you send a cancellation request 7 days prior to your exam day, you will be eligible to receive a fifty percent refund on the amount of registration.

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Listening

The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
to follow the development of ideas.

No. of questions: 40 Marks:

each question is worth one (1) mark

Total time: 30 minutes (+ 2 minutes review time )

Speaking

The IELTS Speaking test assesses your pronunciation, grammar, accuracy, fluency and lexical resources while speaking English. There are three (3) parts to this test, with each part fulfilling a specific function in terms of task input, interaction pattern and the test taker’s output.

Part 1: Introduction & Interview This part includes general questions about the test taker like residence, work,family, interests, etc.

Part 2: Long Run Cue cards are shared on a particular topic and one (1) minute will be given to prepare to speak for upto two (2) minutes on the topic.

Part 3: Discussion This part gives you the opportunity to discuss the topic from the cue card in further detail, in a more general and abstract way

Total time: 11-14 minutes

Reading

The IELTS Reading test is designed to test a wide range of reading skills including reading for skimming, details, gist, understanding arguments and writer’s opinions,attitude and purpose

IELTS Academic Reading – It includes three (3) reading passages (with a variety of questions) ranging from descriptive and factual to discursive and analytical. These passages are of general interest dealing with interesting and recognizably appropriate issues, with at least one passage containing a detailed logical argument

Note: The reading texts may contain non-verbal materials as well like graphs, diagrams or illustrations.

IELTS General Reading – It includes three (3) daily passages (with 2-3 short texts in the first passage, 2 texts in the second passage and 1 long text in the third passage), based on an English-speaking environment, from notices, newspapers, magazines or advertisements.

Reading passage 1: texts based on social survival, like advertisements, notices and timetables

Reading passage 2: texts based on workplace survival, like contracts, job descriptions, staff development & training material

Reading passage 3: texts based on general reading, involving more extended prose and a complex structure.

No. of questions: 40

Marks: each question is worth one (1) mark

Total time: 60 minutes (no additional transfer time)

Note: Please note that the question types in the Listening & Reading sections can include multiple choice answers, true or false answers, matching information/headings or sentence, table & flow-chart completion.

Listening

The IELTS Listening test consists of four recordings (four parts) from native English speakers with ten (10) questions in each recording (part).

Recording 1: an everyday social conversation between two people

Recording 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context

Recording 3: an educational conversation with upto four people

Recording 4: a monologue on an academic subject

Listening test scores will be based on your ability to understand the main ideas,
factual information, opinions, attitude and purpose of the speaker and your ability
to follow the development of ideas.

No. of questions: 40 Marks:

each question is worth one (1) mark

Total time: 30 minutes (+10 minutes transfer time)