1.Who can participate in the the CAEL exam?

A: The high school students and college students who take English as a second language and want to study in Canada or to the the institutions which recognize CAEL scores are eligible to participate in the CAEL exam.

2.How long is the CAEL test? Which questions the test covers?

A: The whole test has the same topic, having listening, speaking, reading, writing . The topics in the exam generally from introductory courses in university . And taking CAEL test is a process of learning English as well. Candidates who know little about these new topics don't need to have according background.
Compared with other English tests, CAEL is simple and easy to prepare. In this flexible test process, students can check the answer at any time. The test takes only 2.5 hours, much shorter than other tests.

3.The CAEL test is by iBT or written ?

A: listening, reading, writing need candidates to write ,but speaking test is by iBT.

4.When and where the CAEL test takes?

A: Currently, Hangzhou CAEL educational Center (Hangzhou xueyuan Road, No. 218, Building 1,Room 408) organize CAEL test every month.If you want to know more information about test time, please pay attention to this website .

5 How to registrate the CAEL test?

A: You can visit any of the following websites (year-round):
www.llihangzhou.com
www.llicael.com
www.cael.ca
www.caelchina.com

6.How much about the CAEL test?

A: Application fee: 235 CAD / time
If change the test date : 60 CAD / time
Payment method: credit cards, debit cards and checks
[Note: Canadian currency are according to the exchange rate every day. ]

7.How to send candidates the test score transcripts ?

A: 10 to 15 working days after the test,we will inform the candidates by e-mail , the test score is valid for two years. In the valid period ,candidates can request the CAEL test center to sent score transcripts at any time to the university which they want to apply , and the score transcripts can be sent to less than 10 universities.

8.How to tranfer the CAEL scores and IELTS, TOEFL scores?

A: CAEL scores TOEFL score IELTS score
10-40 45-61 5.0
50 72-80 5.5-6.0
60 81-100 6.0-6.5
70 101-108 6.5-7.0
80 109-113 7.0-8.0
90 115-120 8.0-9.0
[The above data is a only rough comparison, for reference only]

9. Needn't to take CAEL test ,IELTS or TOEFL if the candidates complete the ESL program ?

A: The ESL program is divided into nine levels. Students who are in a certain level can pass the last two levels ,then according to attendance and performance in doing home work, they may don't need to take CAEL, IELTS, TOEFL ,directly enter to some famous university in Canada which have cooperation with LLI , that is the LLI pathway project.