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The Michigan ECPE exam
The Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE) is an advanced (C2) academic EFL exam. The language used in the test is American-English.
Who is it for?
The ECPE is a test of advanced English language proficiency, reflecting skills and content typically used in university or professional contexts.
What is the Michigan ECPE test like?
Section Time Description # of items
| Writing | 30 minutes | Examinees write an essay based upon one of two topic choices. | 1 task |
| Listening | 35-40 minutes | Part I A short recorded conversation is accompanied by three printed statements. Examinees choose the statement that means about the same thing as what was heard, or that is true based upon the conversation. | 50 |
Part II A recorded question is accompanied by three printed responses. Examinees choose the appropriate response to the question. | |||
Part III Three recorded talks, such as those that might be heard on the radio, are each followed by recorded comprehension questions. Examinees choose the correct answer from the printed answer choices. | |||
| Grammar, Cloze, Vocabulary, Reading | 75 minutes | Grammar An incomplete sentence is followed by a choice of words or phrases to complete it. Only one choice is grammatically correct. | 40 |
Cloze After reading a passage from which words have been removed, examinees must choose one of four words that best fills a missing word slot in terms of grammar and meaning. | 20 | ||
Vocabulary An incomplete sentence is followed by a choice of words to complete it. Only one word has the correct meaning in that context. | 40 | ||
Reading Four reading passages are followed by comprehension questions. | 20 | ||
| Speaking | 25-35 minutes | A face to face oral interaction between two candidates and two examiners | |
The Michigan ECCE exam
The Examination for the Certificate of Competency in English (ECCE)
is a high-intermediate-level (B2) general EFL exam. The language
used in the test is American-English.
Who is it for?
The ECCE emphasizes communicative use of English rather than a
formalistic knowledge of English, and it is aimed at students who are
able to function and perform communicative transactions in all four
skill areas of the language (speaking, listening, reading, writing).
The language tested is 'general', rather than 'academic'.
What is the Michigan ECCE test like?
| Section | Time | Description | # of items |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listening | 30 minutes | Part I A short recorded conversation is followed by a question. Answer choices are shown as pictures. | 30 |
Part II A recorded radio interview broken into segments. Groups of questions follow each segment, with brief printed answer choices. | 20 | ||
Grammar Vocabulary Reading | 80 minutes | Grammar An incomplete sentence is followed by a choice of words or phrases to complete it. Only one choice is grammatically correct. | 35 |
Vocabulary An incomplete sentence is followed by a choice of words to complete it. Only one word has the correct meaning in that context | 35 | ||
Reading Part I: A short reading passage is followed by comprehension questions. | 30 | ||
| Writing | 30 minutes | Choice of a letter or an essay. | 1 task |
| Speaking | 10-15 minutes | A face-to-face oral interaction with an oral examiner on topics set by the ELI-UM. |
- The three first parts (Listening, GVR, and Writing) consist of the
the same day. The fourth part, the Speaking Test, is administered
before, after, or even at the same day of the written examinations.
- The format and the content of the test of the examination reflect
material used for the learning of English as a foreign language.
- Standard American accents are used in the recording for the listening
- Candidates are not exposed to dialects or background noise.
- Candidates hear only the speakers' voices and thus they do not risk
