What does A2 Key for Schools involve?A2 Key for Schools is an elementary level assessment of English. It consists of three papers:
Reading & Writing, Listening and
Speaking. The Speaking test uses a face-to-face test with two candidates and two assessors.
This creates a more realistic and reliable measure of your ability to
use English to communicate.
A2 Key for Schools has three papers:

  | Reading & Writing: 1 hour The A2 Key for Schools Reading & Writing paper has seven parts
and different types of texts and questions. Parts 1-5 are about reading
and Parts 6 and 7 are mainly about writing. Candidates are required to
show that they can understand simple written information such as signs,
brochures, newspapers and magazines. This paper accounts for 50% of the total mark.
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 | Listening: about 30 minutes (+ 8 minutes transfer time) The A2 Key for Schools Listening paper has five parts (25 questions).
For each part candidates have to listen to a recorded text or texts and
answer some questions. Each part of the recording is heard twice.
Candidates are required to be able to understand announcements and other
spoken material when people speak reasonably slowly. There are some
regional British accents and occasionally Irish, American or Australian
speakers and recordings are delivered clearly at slightly slower than
natural speed. This paper accounts for 25% of the total mark.
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 | Speaking: 8-10 minutes per pair of candidates The A2 Key for Schools Speaking has two parts
and will be conducted face-to-face with one or two other candidates.
This makes your test more realistic and more reliable. There are two
examiners. One examiner talks to you and the other examiner just
listens. Both examiners decide your grade. Examiners may use their mobile phones for entering marks using an app. The Speaking test accounts for 25% of the total mark.
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