Announcement about the English Proficiency Exam (Online) on 5 October 2020

The English Proficiency Exam held by the School of Foreign Languages for students who apply to graduate programs of our university will be held online on October 5, 2020.

Bahçeşehir University English Proficiency Exam Components:

PART 1: WRITTEN EXAM

Number of questions: 45 (multiple-choice) +1 writing task

Duration         : 145 minutes

Weighting      : 60%

Description : The questions on the test have been designed to assess the following: vocabulary, use of English, reading, listening and writing

SKILLS TO BE TESTED

DURATION

QUESTION TYPES

NUMBER OF QUESTIONS

VOCABULARY

75 minutes

GENERAL AND ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

10 QUESTIONS

READING / USE OF ENGLISH

  1. READING COMPREHENSION
    • MAIN IDEA
    • INFERENCE
    • REFERENCE
    • GUESSING THE MEANING FROM THE CONTEXT

 

  1. PROFICIENCY TYPE QUESTIONS
    • CLOZE TEST (1 or 2 texts)
    • RESTATEMENT

20 QUESTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

15 QUESTIONS

 

 

 

TOTAL: 45QUESTIONS

WRITING

70 minutes

ESSAY WRITING (300 – 350 words)

1 Essay

PART 2: SPEAKING EXAM

Duration: 3- 5 minutes (per student)

Weighting: 40%

Description: In this section, the student is expected to speak about two different topics for about 3-5 minutes. The student’s performance is assessed according to the following criteria:

  • Relevance and expansion
  • Grammar
  • Vocabulary
  • Fluency
  • Pronunciation and intonation

Procedure: The student draws will answer two questions in detail.

THEMES: The student is expected to express his / her opinion about the following topics:

  • Society
  • Family
  • Work and Business
  • Current Affairs (wars, world economics, disasters, etc.)
  • Environment
  • Sports
  • Travel
  • Language
  • Advertising
  • Education
  • Arts
  • Media
  • Crime
  • Health