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Details KET is the first level Cambridge ESOL exam, at level A2 of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages,. KET recognises the ability to cope with everyday written and spoken communications at a basic level.
Do you have basic English skills? Can you understand simple texts? Can you communicate in familiar situations? Can you understand short notices and simple spoken directions? If so, then KET is the exam for you.
Why take KET?
KET uses language from real life situations and covers the four language skills - reading, writing, listening and speaking. It provides an assessment of practical skills, and encourages the development of abilities which can be used while travelling, as well as in study and working situations.
Although the KET exam is at a basic level, it helps you to find out your strengths and weaknesses. You can then plan further study and go on to take PET (Preliminary English Test) and the other Cambridge ESOL exams.
If you are successful, you will receive a certificate awarded by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations. You will also receive a statement of results, showing how you have performed in each of the three papers.
KET has three papers:
Paper 1: Reading and Writing (1 hour 10 minutes)
The Reading and Writing paper assesses your ability to read and understand factual texts from signs, brochures, newspapers and magazines. You need to be able to understand the main messages, and have ways of dealing with unfamiliar words and structures.
You are assessed on your ability to complete gaps in simple texts, transfer information to forms, and complete an everyday writing task, such as writing a short note or message of around 20-25 words, to show you can use structure, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation.
Paper 2: Listening (about 30 minutes)
The Listening paper assesses your ability to understand recorded material such as announcements and monologues, delivered at a moderate pace, and to understand factual information in the recordings.
Paper 3: Speaking (8-10 minutes)
The Speaking Test assesses your ability to interact in conversational English with an examiner and with another candidate. You need to be able to answer and ask questions about yourself and to talk freely about your likes and dislikes. You normally take the Speaking Test in pairs.
How to register
To register for the exam, you need to contact an authorised Cambridge ESOL exam centre - entries cannot be made directly to Cambridge. The centre will give you full information about the fees for taking KET, the dates of the tests and other arrangements.
Our course will thoroughly prepare you for all aspects of this exam. Your teacher will take you through each of the five papers, one step at a time, and advise you when you are ready to take the exam.
If you have a disability or a specific learning difficulty (such as dyslexia) it may be possible to ask for Special Arrangements to be made when taking the exam.
Results
Reading and Writing carries 50% of the total marks, Listening and Speaking both carry 25% of the marks each. There are two pass grades (Pass with merit and Pass) and certificates are awarded to candidates who achieve these grades. Candidates who achieve a grade Narrow Fail or Fail are judged not to have reached the required standard for KET.
Exam scripts are sent to Cambridge ESOL for marking and grading and the results are sent back to the centres. If you have any questions about your results, you should contact the centre where you took the exam.
Once awarded Cambridge ESOL KET certificates are valid for life.
