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CELPIP (Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program) is a language proficiency test designed to assess the English language skills of individuals who want to immigrate to Canada or for Canadian citizenship, professional designation, and for admission to universities, colleges, and vocational programs. It is an English Language evaluation test conducted by Paragon Testing Enterprises, a subsidiary of the University of British Columbia (UBC), in order to measure test-taker's English skills such as listening, reading, writing, and speaking through everyday situations.
CELPIP Test Components
1. Listening: Assesses ability to understand spoken English in various contexts.
2. Reading: Evaluates ability to comprehend written English texts.
3. Writing: Tests ability to write clear and effective English.
4. Speaking: Assesses ability to communicate effectively in spoken English.
CELPIP Test Types
1. CELPIP General: For immigration, citizenship, and other purposes.
2. CELPIP General LS: Focuses on listening and speaking skills.
| Test Type | CELPIP-General | CELPIP-General LS |
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| Time Duration | 3 hours | 1 hour and 10 minutes |
Time duration: 47-55 minutes
| Listening Part | Question Type | No of questions | Testing Skills |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice question | 1 | Various Question | |
| Part 1 | Listening to problem solving | 8 | Vocabulary and strategies |
| Part 2 | Listening to a Daily Life Conversation | 5 | Location, time based note-taking |
| Part 3 | Listening for Information | 6 | Location, time based note-taking |
| Part 4 | Listening to a News Item | 5 | Note-taking skills, lexical vocabs |
| Part 5 | Listening to a Discussion | 8 | Identifying correct information |
| Part 6 | Listening to a Viewpoints | 6 | Identify benefits, problems, facts, summaries |
Time duration: 55-60 minutes
| Focus Area | Question Type | No of questions | Testing Skills |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice question | 1 | Skimming and scanning | |
| Reading Part 1 | Reading Correspondence | 11 | Identifying reading passage |
| Reading Part 2 | Reading to Apply a Diagram | 8 | Logical reading, extracting read information from picture |
| Reading Part 3 | Reading for Information | 9 | Understanding paragraph skimming, ideas in given time |
| Reading Part 4 | Reading for Viewpoints | 10 | Identifying correct response, facts and opinion based reading |
Time duration: 53-60 minutes
| Focus Area | Question Type | No of questions | Testing Skills |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing Part 1 | Writing an Email | 1 | Formal, informal email writing skills and format based writing |
| Writing Part 2 | Responding to Survey Questions | 1 | Feedback based question answers, conclusion, opinion sentences. |
Time duration: 15-20 minutes
| Focus Area | Question Type | No of questions | Testing Skills |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice question | 1 | ||
| Speaking Part 1 | Giving Advice | 1 | Advice based Q&A in timed environment |
| Speaking Part 2 | Talking about a Personal Experience | 1 | Personal experience based questions |
| Speaking Part 3 | Describing a Scene | 1 | Describing image based information like direction, elements and contents |
| Speaking Part 4 | Making Predictions | 1 | Prediction from given information |
| Speaking Part 5 | Comparing and Persuading | 1 | Comparison based Q&A with valid reasoning |
| Speaking Part 6 | Dealing with a Difficult Situation | 1 | Explaining in difficult situation |
| Speaking Part 7 | Expressing Opinions | 1 | Opinion and reasoning |
| Speaking Part 8 | Describing an Unusual Situation | 1 | Describe situation with unusual condition |