Speaking Section: The CAEL Assessment Oral Language Test (OLT)

• The Oral Language Test is a tape-mediated test of spoken English in use for academic purposes.
  
  
• It takes approximately 25 minutes to complete.
  
  
• The test consists of five tasks which represent ways in which students talk about their academic work within colleges and universities.
  
  
• Speaking tasks include the following:
  
  
  • making short presentations
    
    
  • relaying information
    
    
  • explaining choices
    
    
  • summarizing main points
    
    
  • listening and responding to group discussions