✓xEPT Oral Exam
Notes (strengths, weaknesses, observations):
A1 (New or rote user)
What do you do? Do you work
or are you a student? Do you
like it? ✓
Tell me about your family.
What do you do in your free
time?
What is your favorite place to
go on vacation?
When do you see your friends?
What do you do together?
Student understands individual
words/phrases, but cannot
consistently form simple and
complete sentences. Student
has difficulty understanding
basic questions and hesitates a
great deal. Lacks confidence
with English. Pronunciation
may impede comprehension.
Interviewer:
A2 (Developing user)
What are your favorite
classes/things about your job?
Why?
Where do you live? Tell me
about your home. ✓
Tell me about something you
can do well (sports, cooking,
etc). ✓ How did you learn it?
✓ years?
Why? Tell me about your visit.
What are you going to do this
weekend?
Student has some difficulty
conversing in English, but can
speak on basic, personal topics
using complete sentences,
with inaccuracies that may
occasionally impede
comprehension. Student may
require some repetition.
Pronunciation may be poor
Interviewee: Date:
B1 (Fundamental
communicative user)
Do you enjoy reading or
watching TV? ✓ What sort of
books or programs so you like?
✓ Why? ✓ (Ask for specifics)
Would you prefer to live in a
house or an apartment? ✓
Why? What are some of the
advantages or disadvantages of
each? ✓
How long have you been doing
it? ✓ Explain why you are good
at it. ✓
Have you ever been to an
English-speaking country? ✓
How would you compare it
with Ecuador? ✓
Tell me about something you
did with your friends/family
recently. Did you have a good
time? Why did you enjoy it? ✓
Characteristics of communication
Student understands and
speaks English fairly well, but
makes some basic grammar
and vocabulary mistakes that
do not impede comprehension.
Pronunciation may be awkward
at times, but it is
understandable. Student can
carry on a conversation on
Oral Level:
B1+ (Functional
communicative user)
Do you set goals for yourself?
When/how do you do this?
Tell me about an object that is
special to you. Why is it special?
How long have you been learning
English? How has the way you
learned English changed over the
Imagine that I am a visitor to your
country. What advice would you
give me?
Think about an interesting person
you have met. Describe this
person. What makes this person
especially interesting for you?
Student understands most
statements and questions
without repetition.
Pronunciation, speaking, and
fluency are good. Student can go
beyond basic responses and
elaborate thoughts using a full
range of simple and perfect
tenses. Student can talk their way
B2 (Detailed communicative
user
Where do you see yourself in
five years’ time? What will you
have to do to get there?
How important is the ownership
of things for a good life? What
do you think you need in order
to be happy?
If a foreigner wanted to learn
Spanish in Ecuador, what would
be the best way to go about this,
and why?
What image do other people
have of your country, its food
and its people? Do you think it is
accurate? Why/why not?
Do you think you have had a
positive influence on someone
else’s life? In what way?
Student has confidence and
fluency when speaking English,
making occasional mistakes with
complex grammatical structures.
Student comprehends
everything without clarification
or repetition, and can discuss
everyday and academic topics
using complex structures and a
C1 (Refined
communicative user)
Do you think society puts any
limitations on what people can
do? How? Do you agree with
these limitations?
Do you think life today is
easier or harder than it was
for you/ your parents/
grandparents? Explain why
you think so. (Examples)
How often do you use the
internet? Do you think
computer literacy is a
necessary characteristic for
being educated in the 21st
century? Why/why not?
Are you concerned about
climate change? What
evidence of it is there in your
country? What can people in
Ecuador do to address it?
How important is it to feel like
you are part of a community?
How is a sense of community
created? What hinders a sense
of community?
Student possesses near-native
proficiency. Structures are
nearly perfect, pronunciation
is good (can be accented).
There is no hesitation when
speaking and repetition is not
needed. Vocabulary is well-
developed and includes
abstract terms and concepts.
 Mistakes are common. but mostly understandable. everyday topics. around unknown vocabulary to range of vocabulary.
clarify responses.

EPT Oral Exam Procedure:

Start by assuring the individual in Spanish/English (whatever seems to put the interviewee at ease) that this is a conversation more than a test, that you are not looking for a specific right
answer, you just want to explore what you are able to talk about in English.

Use the questions on the sheet. Feel free to ask follow-up questions as appropriate (¨Why?¨ ¨And how old is your brother?¨).

Start with a question in the A1 category. If the interviewee answers easily at this level, proceed to the next level in the same line of questioning (moving horizontally across the page). When
the questions become difficult to understand and/or answer, move to the row below and ask a question at an easier level. For example, if the interviewee could not answer a B2 level
question, move to the line below and ask the A2 or B1 level question.

Repeat this process of moving across and down, asking as many questions as needed to complete an approximately 15-minute interview and to confidently select a level (A1 – C1).

During the interview, note in the question boxes if the interviewee answered the question successfully ( ), answered partially or somewhat successfully ( ), or could not answer ( X ). At
the bottom of the form, make notes on any details regarding characteristics of communication.

At the end of the interview, use your marks in the question boxes, the Characteristics of Communication descriptions, and your notes at the bottom to select the interviewee´s level (A1, A2,
A2+, B1, B1+, B2, B2+, C1).

It´s your choice if you wish to tell the interviewee the result, or tell them that the English department/Outbound Department will send the results. Return the form to the person who
coordinated the evaluation and let the participant know that they will hear from her about next steps.