Skills for English C1 case studies
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Skills for English: SELT is a Secure English Language Test delivered in a single computer-based test session at a PSI test centre. The suite is described by the provider as English proficiency tests used for work, study, travel and residency purposes, and the SELT route is aimed at people who need an approved test for UK visa and immigration purposes, including work, study and settlement. The Skills for English C1 case studies are 5 cases and about 2,531 words.
1Reading: A Policy Brief With Conflicting Evidence
An C1 candidate has 22 minutes to complete three items on a two-page policy brief about a city's 2023 cycle-lane expansion. The brief states that collisions fell 18% on treated roads, citing a city transport department report covering 2,400 cyclist trips over 12 months.
512 words, about 3 min2Listening: A Lecturer Who Qualifies a Claim
A candidate listens once to a six-minute recorded seminar on caffeine and memory consolidation. The lecturer says, 'Caffeine can improve consolidation in habitual users,' then 90 seconds later, after a question, says, 'I should qualify that: the effect appears only in sleep-deprived participants; in rested participants we see no reliable benefit.' The candidate's notes read: 'Caffeine improves memory consolidation - habitual users.' The recording also includes the phrase 'That said, the sample was small' after a student cites a 2019 trial.
502 words, about 3 min3Speaking: Joining a Dominated Group Discussion
Three C1 candidates have four minutes to discuss the motion 'Remote work has damaged workplace innovation.' Candidate A has 90 seconds of notes and has prepared three statistics. Candidate B speaks first and talks for 70 seconds without pause.
492 words, about 2 min4Writing: A Costed Proposal Under a Budget Cut
A candidate must write a 220-260-word proposal to a professional association's conference committee. The committee has cut the hybrid-format budget by 40% and asked for 'costed, realistic' proposals.
508 words, about 3 min5Listening: Indirect Tutorial Feedback
A C1 candidate listens to a five-minute tutorial recording. The student presents a plan for a presentation on 'the gig economy and young workers'.
517 words, about 3 min