Proficiency (C1)

The Anglia English proficiency test certificate (Proficiency exam) is mapped to C1 on the Common European Framework of Reference and is an AIM Level 2 qualification on the UK National Qualifications Framework. This level of English tests coherent presentation skills and use of  language flexibly and effectively are hallmarks of candidates at this level. English language testing at this level means that the test taker is measured on the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking (optional).
A candidate at this English level will have a language ability enabling them to understand a wide range of vocabulary and express ideas spontaneously and with fluency. English speakers at the Anglia proficiency level are typically able to produce well-structured and complex text suitable for use in education institutions. Language assessment tested at level includes:

• evidence of wide vocabulary
• evidence of control of structures and organisation of language
• collocation - not just individual words
• control of style and idiom
• differentiation of style, variety and tone when necessary

What does the candidate have to do in their Proficiency test?

• write a formal academic composition (AcCEPT) or
• write a composition (General)
• write two forms of correspondence - formal and informal
• read texts of various types
• write a summary 
• multiple choice questions
• matching
• gap fill
• sentence transformation
• word transformation
• note-taking
• true/false/doesn’t say statements

Click on the cover to open the sample Step To Book.

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Performance Indicators
The student has a sufficiently extensive active vocabulary and structural understanding to:

• write clear, organised text on descriptive, narrative, or discursive topics, including giving opinion and explaining the advantages and disadvantages of a given issue
• write contrasting forms of correspondence - formal and informal
• read and respond to a longer text on any topic, concrete or abstract
• provide an accurate summary of a text or an aspect of the text
• use language to perform any function likely to arise in a normal social or learning context
• manipulate structures to create emphasis, and vary style and idiom
• listen and respond accurately to passages and questions in a variety of forms and contexts, delivered at a normal speaking pace.

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proficiency essay

Part of the Reading, Writing, Listening exam is to write an essay. A good example of an essay at Proficiency level can be found below.

GRAMMAR POINT	SUBJECT	GRAMMAR POINT	SUBJECT
GP1	Commands	GP7	Prepositions
GP2	Present Simple	GP8	There is / There are
GP3	Personal Pronouns	GP9	Modals
GP4	A, an, the	GP10	Demonstrative Pronouns
GP5	Present Continuous	GP11	Conjunctions
GP5b	Present Perfect Continuous	GP12	Interrogative words
GP5c	Past Continuous	GP13	Adverbs
GP6	Possessive Pronouns	GP14	Time Expressions

GRAMMAR POINT	SUBJECT	GRAMMAR POINT	SUBJECT
GP15	Singular / Plurals	GP25	The Passive Voice
GP16	Past Simple	GP26	The Conditional
GP17	Present Perfect Simple	GP27	The Gerund
GP18	Adjectives	GP28	Phrasal Verbs
GP19	Quantifiers	GP29	Concurrence
GP20	Future	GP30	Reported Speech
GP21	Would rather / Had better	GP31	Inversion
GP22	Question Tags	GP32	Deduction
GP23	Relative Pronouns	GP33	The Infinitive
GP24	Reflexive Pronouns