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The Michigan-EPT is a computer-based placement and progress test used successfully by organizations since 1973 to quickly and reliably place students, job applicants, new hires, and employees into homogeneous ability levels (CEFR level A1-C1).
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The Michigan-EPT is used around the world to quickly and affordably assess the English language skills of new students in English language programs or new hires in both corporate and governmental organizations.
The Michigan-EPT advantage
- Michigan-EPT is a versatile, multi-level test for educational institutions, government agencies, and businesses to accurately determine English proficiency or monitor language progress over time.
- Evaluates key language skills, including listening comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.
- Delivers a comprehensive evaluation in just 60 minutes, with 80 multiple-choice questions designed to accommodate a range of ability levels.
- Provides instant results, making it easy to inform placement decisions or track progress.
- User-friendly registration and simple system requirements ensure seamless implementation in any organization.
Test format
The Michigan-EPT is a computer-based test that provides an accurate assessment of a test taker’s general receptive language proficiency by reliably measuring listening and reading skills. The results are intended to be used by the administering institutions for internal purposes only.
Listening
The Listening Section has two parts and a total of 25 questions. Audio for each test question is played once.
- Part 1: Test takers hear a question or statement that requires a response. Test takers choose the answer from 3 options.
- Part 2: After listening to the conversation between two people, test takers answer a question about the conversation by choosing the answer from 3 options.
Questions: 25
Time: 25 minutes
Reading
The Reading Section evaluates grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.
Grammar
There are 20 grammar question and each represents a short conversation between two speakers with part of the exchange omitted. Test takers select from four answer choices to provide the word or phrase that correctly completes the exchange.
Vocabulary
The vocabulary section presents 20 sentences, each with one missing word. Test takers complete each sentence by selecting from four answer choices.
Reading Comprehension
There are 15 reading comprehension questions. For each question, test takers select an answer from four options. The first 5 questions assess sentence-level reading comprehension. Each question consists of a sentence followed by a question concerning its meaning. Following the sentence-level questions, test takers are presented with 2 reading passages of different lengths, and 10 reading comprehension questions that assess a range of reading skills.
Questions: 55
Time: 35 minutes
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