I’m scheduled to take the LANGUAGECERT Academic Exam at home on December 31. It’s worth sharing a few preliminary notes beforehand:
- Registration was somewhat challenging. Some sort of cookie problem (I presume) prevented my registration from being finalized. I was only able to complete the registration process in an incognito browser window.
- The test costs $165, which is very competitive in this category.
- As most readers know, the speaking section of this test consists of a live interview. As a result, test takers must schedule two test dates. I scheduled both for the same day.
- Test takers can indicate which language they want their proctor to speak. Eight choices are given. That’s neat.
- Test takers must use a phone as a secondary camera during the at-home test. As I’ve indicated a few times, I think all at-home tests should utilize this sort of system (more on that in a later post).
- As far as I can tell, online proctoring is handled in-house by LanguageCert.
- Apparently, test takers MUST use a headset and it MUST have a built-in microphone. And it MUST be wired. I’ll go shopping at my local Daiso tomorrow, I suppose.
- Guidelines for test takers are provided in a document which some may find overwhelming. Perhaps it could be simplified. I’ll post a link in the comments to show you what I mean.
Let me know if there is anything I should keep an eye out for during the test. My thanks to the LanguageCert team for providing a voucher.