Structure of the examination

Proficiency level / target group	Duration of written test	Components of the written examination (skills tested)	Duration of the oral examination	Threshold for passing the examination
A1 adults	no longer than 120 minutes	listening comprehension reading comprehension written expression	no more than 10 minutes	at least 50% marks in the written part and 50% marks in the oral part of the examination
A2 adults	no more than 160 minutes	listening comprehension reading comprehension with recognition of grammatical structures written expression	no more than 10 minutes	at least 50% marks in the written part and 50% marks in the oral part of the examination
B1 adults	no longer than 190 minutes	listening comprehension reading comprehension grammatical correctness written expression	no longer than 15 minutes	at least 50% marks in each part of the examination
B2 adults	no more than 250 minutes	listening comprehension reading comprehension grammatical correctness written expression	no longer than 15 minutes	at least 60% points in each part of the examination
C1 adults	no more than 250 minutes	listening comprehension reading comprehension grammatical correctness written expression	no longer than 20 minutes	at least 60% points in each part of the examination
C2 adults	no longer than 290 minutes	listening comprehension reading comprehension grammatical correctness written expression	no longer than 30 minutes	at least 60% points in each part of the examination
A1 children and adolescents	no longer than 120 minutes	listening comprehension reading comprehension written expression	no more than 10 minutes	at least 50% marks in the written part and 50% marks in the oral part of the examination
A2 children and adolescents	no more than 160 minutes	listening comprehension reading comprehension with recognition of grammatical structures written expression	no more than 10 minutes	at least 50% marks in the written part and 50% marks in the oral part of the examination
B1 children and adolescents	no longer than 190 minutes	listening comprehension reading comprehension with recognition of grammatical structures written expression	no longer than 15 minutes	at least 50% marks in the written part and 50% marks in the oral part of the examination
B2 children and adolescents	no more than 250 minutes	listening comprehension reading comprehension grammatical correctness written expression	no longer than 15 minutes	at least 50% marks in the written part and 50% marks in the oral part of the examination

* Currently, the examinations can be taken at A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2 level in the group adapted to adults and at B1 and B2 level in the group adapted to children and young people.

Written examination

Listening comprehension

In this part of the examination, candidates listen to the recordings once or twice. While listening, they solve tasks: marking the correct answers or filling in gaps in the text or answering questions. The tasks test your understanding of the text.

Reading comprehension

In this part of the examination, candidates read texts. The task is to read the texts (single-sentence texts, paragraphs, longer texts) carefully and mark or give the correct answer to the questions on each text. The tasks test general and selective reading comprehension.

Grammatical correctness

Tasks in this part of the examination involve either identifying and marking the correct form (choice task) or creating and writing down the correct grammatical form. The aim of this part of the test is to test the ability to use correct grammatical forms in practice, which is why the tasks usually take the form of short texts which form a logical whole.

Written statement

The task for the candidates is to choose one of the task sets and write the texts as instructed. The topics are formulated in such a way that they do not require specialist knowledge. The aim of this part of the examination is to test the ability to formulate a written statement and not to test the candidates' knowledge of a specific topic.

 

Oral examination

In this part of the examination, the task is to create an oral statement based on a variety of material - textual and iconographic. Candidates draw one of three sets, each consisting of two or three tasks, and then perform the tasks in front of a panel.