Recognition
Is Linguaskill accepted by your university or employer?
No single list says who accepts Linguaskill. This guide shows how to check your own university or employer, what to ask and how long a certificate stays valid.
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Recognition
No single list says who accepts Linguaskill. This guide shows how to check your own university or employer, what to ask and how long a certificate stays valid.
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Linguaskill General and Linguaskill Business have the same modules and timings. The topics change and so does the second Writing task. This guide shows what differs and how to pick the right version.
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Linguaskill is an online English test from Cambridge English with Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking modules. This guide explains who takes it, how it is scored and how to practise for free.
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What Malaysia's Ministry of Higher Education recognised in 2020, what that does and does not cover. Then how Linguaskill differs from MUET.
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Cambridge publishes free sample tests, answer keys, advice PDFs and two practice tools for Linguaskill. This guide lists each one, what it does and does not give you and how to combine them with a full timed practice test.
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Which Linguaskill sample tests come with answers, what each Cambridge answer key contains, why none of them gives a score and how to check your own Writing and Speaking.
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The Linguaskill Speaking test lasts 16 minutes and has five parts after an unmarked warm-up. This guide shows what each part asks, with example questions and model answers we wrote ourselves.
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The Linguaskill Writing test has two tasks in 55 minutes. This guide explains the email and the essay, how Cambridge suggests splitting your time and shows model answers we wrote ourselves.
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Your Linguaskill certificate shows a score and CEFR level for each module you took. This guide explains each line, what ‘Not taken’ and ‘Not reported’ mean and how an organisation checks it online.
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