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Assessment of Language Competence (ALC)

Information for Parent Newsletter

Please feel free to copy this onto a school newsletter:

The 2011 Assessment of Language Competence Certificates will be held from August 9 to August 11. This is an international testing program developed annually by the Australian Council for Educational Research. The program consists of multiple choice tests in reading and listening offered at various levels in six languages. Participants receive a certificate and an analysis of their results. The competition is open to all students at a cost of $9 for Certificate 1 level (listening only test) and $12 for Certificate 2 and Certificate 3 levels.

Sample Questions

Sample materials for Certificates 1, 2 and 3 level tests are available to download below.

* NB All ALC Sample Questions are copyright © 2010 Australian Council for Educational Research.

Past Tests

ALC past tests are now available as Teacher Reference sets as follows;

  • Certificate 1 (listening only) - test and CD set from 2007-2010 (FR/GE/IT/JA) $55
  • Certificate 2/3 (listening and reading) - test booklet and CD set from 2007-2010 (FR/GE/IT/JA) $99
  • Certificate 2 (listening and reading) - test booklet and CD set from 2007-2010 (CH/IN) $75

Teacher Reference Set Order Form

Sample Questions Downloads

Chinese

Chinese Certificate 1

Chinese Certificate 2

French

French Certificate 1

French Certificate 2

French Certificate 3

German

German Certificate 1

German Certificate 2

German Certificate 3

Indonesian

Indonesian Certificate 1

Indonesian Certificate 2

Italian

Italian Certificate 1

Italian Certificate 2

Italian Certificate 3

Japanese

Japanese Certificate 1

Japanese Certificate 2

Japanese Certificate 3

 

 

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Documents

ALC Brochure and Registration Form

2011 ALC_Teachers'_Handbook

ALC poster Chinese

ALC poster French

ALC poster German

ALC poster Indonesian

ALC poster Italian

ALC poster Japanese

 

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