PEIC - The Pearson English International Certificate is designed to assess and award for academic excellency in English learning. The test is meant for learner who English is not the mother tongue.
Test Level
Six levels of proficiency (A1, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) are well designed to assess General English ability.
Test Format
The test assesses all fours skills (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking) and contains two parts: a written test and a spoken test.
Test Levels
The test suite contains 6 tests: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, and uses fixed, linear forms. The total time of the test is approximately one hour and fifteen minutes at levels A1 and A2, and one
hour and forty-five minutes for levels B1 and up. Items and sections are individually timed, so the exact amount of time taken to complete a test at any level will vary between test takers.
At every level, the test has two parts:
- Part 1 assesses Speaking and Listening
- Part 2 assesses Reading and Writing
There is an optional ten-minute break between Part 1 and Part 2. Test takers can opt out of the break, take it in its entirety or take only a portion of the time.
Foundation
CEFR A1
- Exam Time: 1:15 hours Speaking Test: 3.5 mins
- 9-section written test
- 2-section spoken test
- For beginner with sufficient English for social survival, travels and everyday conversations.
Level 1
CEFR A2
- Exam Time: 1:35 hours Speaking Test: 3.5 mins
- 9-section written test
- 2-section spoken test
- For beginner with sufficient English for social survival, travels and everyday conversations.
Level 2
CEFR B1
- Exam Time: 1:35 hours Speaking Test: 5.5 mins
- 9-section written test
- 3-section spoken test
- For intermediate student with practical English for work, study and everyday purposes.
Level 3
CEFR B2
- Exam Time: 2 hours Speaking Test: 5.5 mins
- 9-section written test
- 3-section spoken test
- For intermediate student with practical English for work, study and everyday purposes.
Level 4
CEFR C1
- Exam Time: 2:30 hours Speaking Test: 6 mins
- 9-section written test
- 3-section spoken test
- For student with high level of English for post-education and advanced social, academic purposes.
Level 5
CEFR C2
- Exam Time: 2:55 hours Speaking Test: 6 mins
- 9-section written test
- 3-section spoken test
- For student with high level of English for post-education and advanced social, academic, professional purposes.
Test Format
Written Test - 75 points
Section | Skills | Score points |
1 | Listening | 10 |
2 | Listening and Writing | 10 |
3 | Listening | 10 |
4 | Reading | 5 |
5 | Reading | 5 |
6 | Reading | 8 |
7 | Reading | 7 |
8 | Writing | 10 |
9 | Writing | 10 |
Spoken Test - 25 points
Section | Item types |
10 | Discussion (only for Level 2-5) |
11 | Describe a picture |
12 | Role play |
Test Result
Test results will be available 5-7 weeks after the test date.