English Language Skills Assessment (ELSA)

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Australian Council for Educational Research

19 Prospect Hill Rd, Camberwell, VIC, Australia 3124

T: +61 3 9277 5502
F: +61 3 9277 5757

ELSA takes approximately 45 minutes to complete and provides a comprehensive evaluation of 4 different English language skills:

Reading:

• separate reading comprehension units
• topics cover a range of difficulties and subject areas

Test Time: 20-35 minutes

Writing:

• student types text onto a screen
• student report provides printout of writing
• students writing is compared to a sample of more than 300 exemplars within a scale ranging from low to intermediate levels 
• the piece of writing is scored immediately by the system

Test time: 10-15 minutes

Listening:

• audio soundbites delivered via the web 
• candidates will listen to different accents encountered in the real world

Test time: 10-15 minutes

Grammar:

• cloze exercises assess key grammatical structures

Test time: 5-10 minutes