CAEL Practice – Integrated Listening Test
For CAEL practice on this part of the test, scroll down to the link in the middle of this page.
What’s on the Listening Test?
On the integrated listening part of the CAEL CE, you will listen to passages and reply to questions.
You will be able to preview the questions briefly before each recording begins.
This part of the test is between 25 to 35 minutes in length.
Short Listening Tasks
There will be one or two short listening passages on academic topics or situations, and there will be 3 questions on each short passage.
Long Listening Tasks
There will also be one or two long listening passages with 11 questions each.
Speaking Task
Finally, there will be one speaking task based on information from one of the long listening passages.
For free CAEL practice for listening, please click on the link below.
Go to the Free Sample Listening Test
Listening – Academic Units
For the CAEL Listening Tests in Academic Units A & B, you will hear a recorded lecture or talk.
The lecture or talk will be on the same topic as in the reading test in the Academic Unit.
You will hear the recordings only once.
Time will be allowed at the start of the section for you to preview the questions before the recording starts.
Answering Questions & Note-taking
You can answer the questions on your test paper while you listen to the recording.
You may also want to take notes as you listen to the recordings on the CAEL listening sections.
Question Types
The questions on the CAEL listening test are in different formats, including multiple choice.
You may have to select the main points, fill in gaps with specific points, or complete charts or diagrams with information from the lectures or talks.
The lecture or talk is at the level of a university course for first-year students.
Specialist knowledge of particular academic subjects is therefore not necessary in order to take the CAEL listening test.