OLBI offers language assessment to administrative staff to determine their proficiency in their second language by evaluating their listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills. Administrative staff members may be asked to complete a language assessment to demonstrate their proficiency in their second language.

Description of the test components

Listening comprehension test - includes 3 to 4 test passages with multiple-choice questions. Each passage is played twice. The test lasts about 60 minutes.

Reading comprehension test - includes 3 to 4 passages of 400 to 700 words with multiple-choice questions and a 20 to 30 item multiple-choice cloze test, in which words are deleted from a passage (candidates select the correct words to complete the text). This test lasts 60 minutes.

Writing test - involves writing a composition of approximately 250 to 350 words about one of the three topics provided. Candidates have 45 minutes to complete this test.

Speaking test - involves recording short spoken responses to a number of questions. The candidate will be given 1-2 minutes to prepare their response before recording. The recordings will be 2-3 minutes long.