Integrated Skills (Situational and Cross-Skill Tasks)
What this domain tests
Integrated Skills asks you to use more than one skill in one task. You may read a notice and write a reply, listen to a message and complete a form, or combine a schedule with a short email. The test is whether you can select relevant information, respect conditions, and produce a response that fits the situation. Accuracy in the final response matters as much as understanding the input.
Core rules
- Identify the role you are playing: student, visitor, club member, or host sibling.
- List the constraints before writing: time, place, cost, transport, and what to bring.
- Separate required information from interesting but unnecessary details.
- Use the same facts consistently across the task. Do not invent a new time or place.
- Check that the final message answers every part of the prompt.
Worked example
Notice: School trip bus leaves at 7:40. Meet at the east gate at 7:25. Bring a lunch and a water bottle. Task: Your friend Yuki missed the meeting. Write a short message telling her when and where to meet and what to bring. Model: Hi Yuki, the bus leaves at 7:40, so please meet at the east gate at 7:25. Bring a lunch and a water bottle. See you there. Reasoning: The message includes the meeting time, place, and two required items. It does not repeat the bus departure time as the meeting time, which is the common error. The tone is friendly and the details match the notice.
Traps that cost marks
- Confusing the departure time with the meeting time.
- Adding information not in the source.
- Writing a correct sentence that answers only half the task.
- Using an inappropriate tone for the reader.
- Copying the notice without turning it into a message.