Zamira: Hi, Matluba. How did you take Proficiency
test for levels English? You took it two weeks ago,
didn’t you?
Matluba : Yes, Zam ira . It was certainly a new
experience for me. I didn’t do too well. It was quite a
long day and I was very nervous.
Zamira: Did you do any specific practice for the test?
Matluba: No, nothing special. I just studied
vocabulary by m yself in the university library.
Zamira: Maybe you should have taken a short course
like I did. The teacher was very helpful and gave us a
lot of practice tests. I felt quite confident when I took
the test.
Matluba: You always are. I often listen to you on the
university radio station. Your Proficiency test score
helped you to enter to the university , didn’t it? How
is it going on?
Zamira: It’s much more difficult than I expected. I
have to do so much reading, and the assignments 1
have to w rite are over 400 words long.
Matluba: I thought the proficiency test Writing Tasks
were extremely hard to understand.
Zamira: Yes, Matluba. But that’s why you should
have done a practice course.
Matluba: I didn’t know anything about the essay
topic. I had never thought about it before.
Zamira: What was the topic?
Matluba: You know, the topic was, let me think,
something to do with computers. But I know nothing
about computers.
Zamira: We studied possible topics like that in the
practice course. You only need to make 2 or 3 main
points about a topic, you know, because the Proficiency
test essay task is only 250 words long. You don’t have
to be an expert.
Matluba: I didn’t like the Listening Test either. It was
very fast and I couldn’t catch what they were saying
at all.
