EXAVER 3 Guide for Candidates

Exámenes de Certificación de la Lengua Inglesa
EXAVER 3
GUIDE FOR CANDIDATES
GENERAL INFORMATION
The performance expectations of a candidate for the Exaver Level Three exam correspond to
ALTE 3 which, in turn, derives from the Council of Europe’s B2 or upper intermediate level as
expressed in documents such as The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages:
Learning, Teaching, Assessment (latest edition, September 2008) and Vantage (J.A. van Ek and J.L.M.
Trim, published by the Council of Europe & Cambridge University Press, 2001). At this level
learners are able to cope with transactional situations in everyday life, and are able to deal with
these when they are problematic or take an unexpected direction. They are thus able to ask for
repetition, clarification and explanation in these unpredictable transactions. They can also analyse
people’s opinions and argue for or against them, summarise discussions, express conclusions and
explain reasons for maintaining or altering their own arguments, on the basis of reading or
discussion.
THE EXAMINATION PAPERS FOR EXAVER 3

There are three examination papers for the Exaver Three exam.
PAPER 1
Skill: Reading and Writing Comprehension
Description:
Paper One consists of five parts. Candidates need to demonstrate comprehension of the main ideas
and/or specific details of a variety of written texts, as well as their understanding of and use of
vocabulary and grammatical structures within a text.
Number of Questions: 60
Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
PAPER 2
Skill: Listening Comprehension
Description:
Paper Two consists of four parts. Candidates need to demonstrate comprehension of the main
ideas and/or specific details of a variety of spoken texts, as well as the mood(s), opinion(s) and/or
attitude(s) of the speaker(s) in a spoken text. In some instances they may also need to deduce the
meaning of something from the specific context of a spoken text.
Number of Questions: 25
Time: approximately 30 minutes
PAPER 3
Skill: Speaking (Comprehension and Production)
Description:
Paper Three consists of three parts. Candidates take this part of the exam with another candidate
or, in some instances, with two candidates. Candidates need to demonstrate their ability to speak
about a range of topics with the candidate(s) they are paired with, with an examiner and by
themselves.
*Note: While, the actual Speaking Test takes approximately 15 minutes per pair, candidates should
nevertheless plan to wait up to 2 hours to take the test, depending on the total number of
candidates taking the Exaver 3 exam that day.
Tel: (228) 842-17-00 Ext: 12121 www.exaver.com contact: exaver@uv.mx

A) LANGUAGE PURPOSES
Topics  Public and private services
 Personal information  Weather
 House and home
 Ecology and environment Transactions
 Daily activities, including work and  Contacts with officials
study  Arrangements for accommodation
 Leisure activities  Arrangements for meals
 Cinema and theatre  Shopping: buying consumer goods
 Travel and holidays  Using public transport
 Family, friends and other relationships  Using private transport
 Health  Using information services
 Education  Visiting public places
 Food and Drink  Using public services
 Clothing  Educational services
 Shopping  Finding the way
 Giving directions to places  Communicating at work
 Language  Private hospitality
B) LANGUAGE STRUCTURES
 VERB FORMS (includes

affirmative, negative and Auxiliary Verbs
interrogative forms unless o Non-modal (BE, DO, HAVE): all
otherwise stated) forms (includes “tenses”)
Lexical Verbs o Modal Verbs
o Present Tense
Simple: for states and habits Other Verb Forms
Continuous: for present actions and o Passive voice structures: all
future plans tenses
o Past Tense o Reported statements and
Simple: for past events questions using a full range of
Continuous: for interrupted actions, reporting verbs
parallel past actions o Conditional structures
o Simple Future: for offers, o Gerunds and infinitives
promises, predictions o Wish/it‟s time/I‟d rather/as
o Going To (Idiomatic Future): if/though
for future plans / intentions o Causative have
o Future Perfect and Future o Word order – adverbs and
Continuous adjectives
Present perfect: recent past, general o Adjectives/nouns/verbs/followed
experience, unfinished past by prepositions
Simple o Prepositions preceding nouns
Continuous and adjectives
o Past perfect: for narrative, o Linkers
reported speech o Phrasal Verbs
Simple / Continuous

Summary: ALL USES OF TENSES LISTED
 PRONOUNS Pre-determiners Cardinal and ordinal

Subject pronouns Post-determiners numbers
Object pronouns Possessive adjectives
Reflexive pronouns  PREPOSITIONS Quantitative some / any
Possessive pronouns Time / many / much/ a few / a
Indefinite pronouns Place lot of / all
Relative pronouns Distance Comparative forms of
Demonstrative pronouns Direction adjectives
Impersonal pronouns: Origin Superlative forms of
there is / there are Arrangement adjectives
Duration Participial
 DETERMINERS Manner
Definite Instrumentality  ADVERBS
Indefinite Inclusion Manner
Demonstrative Similarity Frequency
Possessive Time
Relative  ADJECTIVES Degree
Interrogative Color, size, shape, Direction
Quantitative quality, nationality Sequence
Identifying Comparative and
superlative forms
C) LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS FOR EXAVER 3

Candidates at this level are able to converse on a variety of topics related to their own lives and
experiences, opinions, views, attitudes, emotions and wishes. They are also able to negotiate joint
action.
General categories of interaction

 Giving and getting factual information (identifying, stating, correcting, asking, answering)
 Expressing and finding out attitudes (agreeing, disagreeing, expressing knowledge, expressing
degrees of probability & certainty, expressing and asking about likes, dislikes, preferences
and intention, expressing and asking about emotions: regret, sympathy, satisfaction,
dissatisfaction, fear, surprise, disappointment, approval, gratitude)
 Getting things done (suggesting, advising, warning, instructing, asking for help, inviting,
accepting and declining invitations)
 Socialising (greeting, addressing people, introducing, taking leave)
 Structuring and repairing communication (asking for clarification, introducing a topic,
correcting oneself, summarising, exemplifying, asking for help, paraphrasing, asking for
spelling, closing a conversation)
Some specific examples of interaction

 language learning  traveling
 personal life/activities  shopping & consumer products
 living conditions and household  eating out
activities  social relations
 professions, trades and occupations
 education

For more information about the language purposes, structures and functions that
candidates should expect to encounter in the Exaver Level Three exam, please see
below. For a more complete list, please see Vantage and The Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (specifically,
the descriptors for level B2).
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THE EXAMINATION PAPERS FOR EXAVER 3

Tel: (228) 842-17-00 Ext: 12121 www.exaver.com contact: exaver@uv.mx

 VERB FORMS (includes

Tel: (228) 842-17-00 Ext: 12121 www.exaver.com contact: exaver@uv.mx

Summary: ALL USES OF TENSES LISTED

 PRONOUNS Pre-determiners Cardinal and ordinal

C) LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS FOR EXAVER 3

General categories of interaction

Some specific examples of interaction

Tel: (228) 842-17-00 Ext: 12121 www.exaver.com contact: exaver@uv.mx

Summary of Functions for EXAVER Level 3 Speaking Test

Tel: (228) 842-17-00 Ext: 12121 www.exaver.com contact: exaver@uv.mx

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