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[[File:ECL LOGO.jpg|thumb|''European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages'']]

The international ECL examination system provides a standardizedstandardised test-system customizedcustomised to the languages of the [[Member state of the European Union|EU member states]] and the [[Future enlargement of the European Union|EU candidate countries]]. The test-system is based on the recommendations of the [[Common European Framework of Reference]] (CEFR) and is operated by the European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages (ECL). The ECL is an association of institutions representing European languages.

The ECL examination system was developed by an international team of language testing experts, between 1983-921983–92. Since 1999 the International Centre of the ECL Exams operates at the Foreign Language Secretariat, at the University of Pécs, Hungary.

== General information on the ECL language exam ==

* The ECL language examination system offers monolingual tests. It is designed to test the candidates’candidates' oral and written skills in various everyday situations as well as in professional/work-related and personal/private situations.

* As part of the ECL testing four skills are tested: oral communication, listening comprehension, written communication and reading comprehension.

* The development of tests in all 15 languages is subject to strict quality standards to ensure that the various tests are reliable, valid and comparable.

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| a) Formal accuracy (morphology and syntax) || 0-50–5 points

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|b) Oral accuracy (pronunciation, prosody, fluency) || 0-50–5 points

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|c) Vocabulary (range and fluency) || 0-50–5 points

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| d) Style (pragmatic and sociolinguistic aspects) || 0-50–5 points

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| e) Communicative effectiveness (task completion) || 0-50–5 points

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| a) Formal accuracy (morphology and syntax) || 0-50–5 points

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| b) Written accuracy (text structuring and orthography) || 0-50–5 points

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| c) Vocabulary (range and fluency) || 0-50–5 points

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| d) Style (pragmatic and sociolinguistic aspects) || 0-50–5 points

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| e) Communicative effectiveness (task completion) || 0-50–5 points

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| Number of tasks || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2

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| Number of words || 400-600400–600 || 500-700500–700 || 800-1000800–1000 || 1000–1300

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| Correct answers || 20 || 20 || 20 || 20

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| Number of words || Total 150

(ca. 75-7575–75)

|| Total 250

(ca. 125-125125–125)

|| Total 400

(ca. 200-200200–200)

|| Total 600

(ca. 300-300300–300)

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! Listening comprehension !! !! !! !!

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| Time (minutes) || 15-2015–20 || 20-2520–25 || 25-3025–30 || 30-3530–35

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| Number of tasks || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2

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| Number of words || 400-600400–600 || 500-700500–700 || 800-1000800–1000 || 1200–1500

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| Correct answers || 20 || 20 || 20 || 20

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| '''Pass mark''' || '''30 points -– 60%'''

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| Minimum number of points per skill || '''10 points -– 40%'''

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| '''Pass mark''' || '''30 points – 60%'''

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| Minimum number of points per skill || '''10 points -– 40%'''

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