Aptis Test: Juan Esteban Estrada

APTIS TEST
JUAN
ESTEBAN
ESTRADA
APTIS TEST
INTRODUCTION
Aptis is an innovative multilevel English language test from
the British Council.
Aptis has been developed by British Council experts in the
field of linguistic evaluation and is informed by current
research findings in applied linguistics.
There are 4 version of APTIS
APTIS General APTIS Advanced APTIS Teachers APTIS
Teens
Aptis General is the It tests language Aptis for Teachers is Aptis for Teens is a
foundational assessment competency in cases designed specifically for general English language
test. This can be adapted where higher levels of those working in test aimed at 13-15 year
to your business or English (CEFR* B1-C2) education to help raise olds. It has been
organisational needs, need to be tested. the teaching quality in designed to meet the
depending which skills your organisation. needs of younger
you want to test. language learners in
developing their English
language skills.
What does it
test?
*142 minutes in total*

•Aptis tests grammar, vocabulary and
language skills (speaking, writing, reading
and listening). Each test taker completes a
grammar and vocabulary test followed by
HOW IS THE TEST the English language skills of your choice.
STRUCTURED? •Tests start with general questions and then
progress to more demanding tasks. Each
section of the test assesses English levels
from A1-C.
APTIS CORE TEST
Grammar and Vocabulary
The first part assesses your knowledge of English

gramar and the second part focuses on your knowledge of
English vocabulary
In this part of the test, you will answer 25 questions.

Most of the questions test formal written English.
Sample of
gramar test
There are two question types. The
first focuses on written English
grammar, and the second focuses
on the use of English grammar
when speaking.
Sample of
Vocabulary
In the first question
type, you need to
match words with
similar meanings from a
list of options.
Aptis Reading test
The test assesses your reading ability. The tasks become more difficult as the test progresses.
1. Sentence comprehension
2. Text cohesion
3. Opinion matching
4. Long text comprehension
Reading part 1: Sentence comprehension
I N T H I S PA RT, Y O U M U S T S E L E C T T H E A P P R O P R I AT E W O R D F R O M A D R O P - D O W N L I S T.
Reading part 2: Text cohesion
In the second part, you must sort the sentences into the correct order so that the text makes
sense.
Reading part 3: Opinion matching
In the third part, you match four people’s opinions to seven statements by selecting the correct
person from the drop-down list
Reading part 4: Long text
comprehension
For the final part, you must scroll the reading text to see all of it. You can do this by clicking on
the side bar and moving the bar up and down
Aptis listening test
The Listening test has four task types. You can choose to listen to the audio once or twice.
1. Information recognition
2. Information matching
3. Opinion matching
4. Monologue comprehension
You listen to a short monologue or dialogue and identify
specific information such as a phone number, a time, or a place.
Listening part
1:
Information
recognition
You listen to four different people and match
the person to the information.
Listening part 2:
Information matching
Listening part 3: Opinion
matching
You listen to short conversations with two speakers to
identify the attitude of the speaker, their intention or
opinion.
Listening part 4: Monologue
comprehension
You listen to a monologue to identify the attitude of the speaker, their intention
or opinion
Aptis Writing test
There are four parts to the writing test. You will interact in a
social media-type written conversation and write emails. All
writing tasks are marked by an examiner.
Make sure you fully understand the questions. Plan what you
are going to write and then edit your writing before clicking to
the next question.
Writing part 1: Word-level writing
You need to write ﬁve pieces of information. This part is not worth many marks so don’t
spend too much time on it.
Writing part 2: Short text writing
There may be one or two questions. The areas assessed are how completely and
relevantly you have answered the question, grammatical range and accuracy, punctuation,
vocabulary range and accuracy, and cohesion.
Writing part 3: Three written parts of
text, all of which require responses
In part 3, you will answer three social media-type questions.
Writing part 4: Formal and informal writing
The areas assessed are task fulﬁlment and register, grammatical range and accuracy,
vocabulary range and accuracy, and cohesion.
Aptis speaking test
For each question, you are given a maximum amount of time
to speak, but you can end the recording early by clicking on a
stop button
Speaking part 1: Personal information
In this part, you answer some questions about yourself. Listen to the instructions and
speak clearly into your microphone when you hear the signal.
Speaking part 2:
Describe, express
opinion and
provide reasons
and explanation
In this part, you will see a photo and
answer three questions. You have 45
seconds to respond to each question.
Describe this picture.
Tell me about a time when you visited

a museum.
Do you thnk people should pay to visit

museum or should they be free?
Speaking part 3: Describe, compare and provide reasons and explanations
In this part, you will see two photos and answer three questions. You only have 45 sec.
Speaking part 4: Discuss personal
experience and opinion on an
abstract topic
You have one minute to prepare a structured response. A timer
on the screen will show
how long you have left. When preparation time is over, the
message appears at the bottom
'You now have two minutes to talk'.
Where can you take this test?
You can take thes test on computer or an institution.
Where?
El Centro Cultural Colombo Americano
El Centro Colombo Americano de Bogotá
https://www.colombobogota.edu.co/examen-aptis/
https://colomboworld.com/examenes-estandarizados/aptis/
Certificate: No expiry date is provided on the face of Aptis Certificate,
for this reason,
depending on circumstances organization, school, or
university might not accept
Aptis Certificate after 2 years from date of issuance.
Where is it accepted Aptis is used by a variety of organisations like universities, schools

and governments in more than 85 countries. It is also recognised
as a valid proof of English proficiency by ministries, educational
institutions and regional governments across the world.
Cost and result: Your results will be available 48 to 72 hours after the test has
been taken. The costs are $116.500,$182.000, $255.000
and $276.000, that is depending the skills you want to
evaluate.
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APTIS TEST

142 minutes in total

The first part assesses your knowledge of English

In this part of the test, you will answer 25 questions.

Describe this picture.

Tell me about a time when you visited

Do you thnk people should pay to visit

Where is it accepted Aptis is used by a variety of organisations like universities, schools

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