CAEL Assessment
Practice Test
Topic: Rainforest
Total time allowed for the test: 2 hours
Teachers should tell their students (test takers) to:
| 1. |
Use
the Question Booklet
(PDF) for the Reading Section and the Listening Section of the test.
Read the questions before you read the articles. |
| 2. |
Read the two
articles in the Reading
Booklet (PDF) on the topic of Rainforests. Use the information
to answer the questions on Reading 1 and Reading 2 in the Question
Booklet. (Note: Use Reading 1 to answer the questions for Reading
1; use Reading 2 to answer the questions for Reading 2.) |
| 3. |
Read the questions
for the Listening Section in the Question Booklet before you begin
the lecture. (Note: The lecture is played only once in the test
so be sure to practice writing while you listen.) |
| 4. |
Use the information
from the Reading Section and the Listening Section to write your
essay in the Writing
Booklet.(PDF) (Note: The essay prompt is given to you at
the beginning of the test so that you can think about the issues
while you read the articles and listen to the lecture. When you
write your essay, you must take a position and support your answers
with information from the readings and the lecture.) |
| 5. |
When you have
completed the practice test, use the Answer
Key (PDF) to check your answers. |
Listening
Sound Files
Rainforest (4.4M)
Complete the sample Oral
Language Test
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