Skills for English

Skills for English Tests have been designed to make the process of organizing your test and achieving your English language testing goal intuitive and straightforward.

Skills for English tests have been conceived to focus first and foremost on the test taker’s needs. Whether they are working towards a new career, a university application, a new home or anything that requires confirmation of English Language capability, there is a Skills for English test that can help in the most simple, quick and accessible way possible.

Our robust and secure tests are created and assessed by experienced experts and are delivered
using top tier platforms and facilities.

Skills for English tests are designed to be as straightforward to teach as they are to take, and we have collected together materials and resources to help Tutors to get test takers the result they hope for.

Text Book Mapping

Skills for English Mapping for On-Point by Delta Publishing

• On-Point Beginners A1 
• On-Point Elementary A2
• On-Point Pre-Intermediate B1
• On-Point Intremediate B1 plus
• On-Point Upper Intermediate B2
• On-Point Advanced C1

Skills for English Mapping for Speak Out 2nd Edition by Pearson

Skills for English Mapping for English File 4th Edition by Oxford University Press

Introduction Skills for English tests assess candidates’ ability to use English in a variety of everyday situations and contexts. Where teachers and learning providers are using high quality EFL/ESL coursebooks, much of the practice activities in these coursebooks will be relevant to test preparation for the Skills for English tests. You will also be able to use the texts and listening scripts from these coursebooks by adapting these to reflect the task types in the Skills for English tests, such as filling a gapped sentence. You can also use texts and scripts in your coursebooks for many of the classroom activities suggested here. You do not necessarily have to find ‘new’ texts and scripts for development or extension activities. The tables below provide you with information about the tests at each of the CEFR levels and give examples of classroom and extension activities which can support test preparation. The list of topics provided for each level are indicative only. Similarly, the example classroom activities and extension activities are suggestions of activities that can be undertaken in any English language classroom and which can support test preparation. Activities which have been proposed for a given level can often be used or adapted for use at higher or lower levels. You should use your knowledge of your students and adapt suggested activities as appropriate. Similarly, some activities have been expanded to cover a variety of skills.

Candidates around the world take Skills for English tests to prove their English proficiency meets the requirements for UK Visa Applications, university admissions in English-speaking countries, English taught programs in non-English speaking countries and professional development opportunities.

Skills for English is currently expanding its partner network globally, in order to make its exams available to prospective candidates in your country or region.

Skills for English tests are an attractive option for candidates who do not want to take a complicated multilevel exam to demonstrate the required English proficiency level.

Skills for English tests are simple, quick, affordable and have been designed to provide many benefits to test takers, but there are various partnership opportunities to promote and distribute Skills for English tests to enable your candidates to prove their required English proficiency level.

Skills for English: Global provides an accurate measure of language proficiency through practical and realistic tasks which you would expect to undertake in an English-speaking environment.

You get to choose the test level you require, from beginner to proficiency, for either two skills, speaking and listening, or four skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing. That way you know you are preparing for, and taking, precisely the level of test you need for your chosen purpose – no more, no less.