Hello everyone and welcome I wanted to make this video in order to introduce you to the official
guide for the Duolingo test takers. I have noticed that many students are looking for
the answers to their questions from outside resources other than the official resources
but I would like to bring your attention to this official Duolingo English test taker guide,
if you don't already know about this or if you haven't tried exploring it yet. I want to
tell you that this is a really valuable guide for the test takers and I will tell you why.
This guide has all the information about the requirements test steps types of question their
length their frequency and at the end you also get an access to the practice questions
and they are all with their answers so i will just walk you through some parts of this guide
the rest you can explore yourself one really important thing i need to mention is that you
need to have an account on the Duolingo English test website as a test taker so register with
the website if you haven't already done so now let's see what the test taker guide looks like
So here we have the Duolingo English test official guide for the test takers we are
looking at the table of contents you can see in production get ready for the test test structure
understanding the test questions prepare your environment test security understand your scores
share your results conclusion appendix and last of all are the practice questions if you want to see
the introduction you can find details about the test over there for example it tells you that the
test is convenient fast affordable interested then how it works and who accepts the test so there is
a list of institutions and you can find the link to the names of these institutions in this guide
next we have the links to how to prepare for the test or get ready for the test so
it's about test readiness how to learn about the test practice it how to do your best etc
here you can see some detailed tips on how to practice your english
and it gives you details about how to practice your speaking your writing and your reading
for example it would ask you to take advantage of time alone or at home to do a little
talking to yourself in English narrate whatever you're doing think out loud about
plans or challenge yourself to describe favorite traditions or childhood memories
watching movies or videos and then there are the same kinds of tips for reading writing and
listening as well and you can explore all these tips when you get into this guide next we have how
to do your best how to pace yourself and there are important tips about what to do before the test
during the test and after the test again there is emphasis on not looking away from the screen
and then waiting for your test to upload completely before you leave the
english test desktop app after the test it says you'll receive your results in 48 hours and
you can start you're sending your scores to the colleges or universities where you want to apply
next is understanding the test questions and this is what you really need to see because it
tells you general tips about the question types graded section ungraded section and often
test questions appear and how they are scored so there are tips and strategies for each question
and then there are diagrams of each question type with a lot of detail on how it looks like
in the test there are directions sub scores and tips so you know that
on what area of your language skill you are being tested on is it literacy comprehension
production or comprehension for the picture description task the guide recommends you
to go beyond the simple labeling and describe the image in detail another similar question
is speaking about an image and this will judge your production or conversation skills
and the important thing about this type of question is that you only have 20 seconds to
look at the photo and after that the recording will begin automatically so the list goes on
and it has all question types with tips sub scores directions etc another question what the students
always ask me and they ask on other forums as well is that how often the questions appear in the test
for example how many times a speaking test appears in the test or how many times
a listening or writing tasks appear in the test so here is the detail so in the first section read
and complete read and select listen and select listen and type read aloud all these exercises are
repeated three to seven times six on average they can appear in any order
then write about the photo or describe an image question type it appears three times
speaking about the photo appears just one time read and write is the write at least 50 words on a
given topic question and you will see it just one time reading a topic and then speaking about it
will be two times in the test then listening and then speak is also one time so you will listen
to a prompt and you will answer it verbally the last two tasks are the writing sample and speaking
sample and they are not graded in the test you can find details about how a question type is graded
in this guide so it gives you a list of questions that are graded automatically and it also tells
you that if your question is not completely correct you still get a partial credit for that
another interesting thing in this guide is the list of questions and answers for practice
there is a list of all types of questions and you can choose what question type you want to
practice first i would recommend you to go through this as well you have the option to
learn more about the questions you are doing on your practice page for that you need to hit
the learn more about this question button and then you will find more about it
lastly you will have a link to the frequently asked questions
on the delinquent english test website if you scroll through it you will find answers to many
of your questions you can even watch videos on how to fix your browser or your windows
to be able to take the test without interruptions because there are troubleshooting guides as well
on this page for example you can see on this page there are examples on how to close all background
applications there are videos about how to enable camera and mic microphone permissions
and then how to uninstall third-party softwares so you can consult this guide not only for the
test preparation tips but also for any technical difficulties that you might be having during your
test the end i would recommend all test takers to take a look at this as well so that they can have
a better daily english test experience good luck for your test and see you in another video bye now
you