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EF SET English Certificate (50-minute, 2 skills)
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EF EF SET English Certificate (50-minute) License: Complete Roadmap
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Exam Mechanics & Adaptive EngineYou are here
Learn test timing, the two 25-minute sections, the three-stage adaptive routing panel, Rasch scoring, and CEFR band mapping.
Reading Comprehension & Contextual Vocabulary
Master contextual vocabulary deduction, grammatical structures, cohesion markers, main-idea skimming, and scanning for details.
Listening Comprehension & Spoken Features
Train on American, British, and Australian audio varieties, fast connected speech, pragmatic function, best-response dialogs, and lecture gist.
Timed Practice & Pacing Execution
Drill section pacing under strict 25-minute timers, budget the two permitted playbacks of each recording, eliminate subtle distractor choices, and review CEFR target-band descriptors.
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What You'll Study
7 chapters covering the exam topics in this guide
Chapter 1: Exam Architecture, Adaptive Testing & CEFR Scoring
3 sections
Chapter 2: Reading Skills: Lexical & Syntactic Foundations
3 sections
Chapter 3: Reading Skills: Comprehension, Inference & Task Formats
4 sections
Chapter 4: Listening Skills: Phonology, Accents & Task Formats
4 sections
Chapter 5: Listening Skills: Details, Gist & Spoken Inference
3 sections
Chapter 6: Listening Skills: Pragmatics, Function & Conversational Exchanges
3 sections
Chapter 7: Test Strategy, Pacing & Score Maximization
4 sections
EF SET Exam Details
EF SET English Certificate (50-minute, 2 skills)
Administered by EF Education First
Exam Content Breakdown
Based on the official EF Education First content outline
Written texts of one to five paragraphs carrying six questions on average (range one to twelve), with multiple-choice questions on vocabulary, grammar in context, gist, major ideas, specific detail, inference, cohesion and rhetorical organization across CEFR levels A1 to C2.
Recorded passages of 20 seconds to 5 minutes in American, British and Australian English, each playable twice, delivered as monologue, dialogue and speaker-match tasks with multiple-choice questions on gist, detail, speaker function and intention, and inference across CEFR levels A1 to C2.
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What's Next After the EF SET?
After passing the EF SET, you can pursue these career paths
Global Corporate Professional
Demonstrate advanced CEFR C1 or C2 English proficiency on CVs and LinkedIn for multinational enterprise roles.
International Study & Exchange
Benchmark receptive English reading and listening comprehension readiness for university exchange programs and academic study.
Bilingual Customer Operations & Support
Certify CEFR B2 working proficiency for global technical support, client services, and cross-border account management.
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