Full (B1) Speaking & Listening Skilled Worker Visa || ISE 1 Trinity College London

Speaking & listening – consists of three tasks and is 18 minutes long

1. Topic (4 minutes long)

You will choose a topic to prepare before the test, for discussion with the examiner.
You must complete a Topic Form in advance and bring it with you to the exam.
Here is an example of a completed Topic Form.
2. Conversation (2 minutes long)
You will have a short conversation with the examiner about one subject area chosen by the examiner.

With a SELT test, there are two types offered by Trinity College London; GESE (Graded Examinations in Spoken English) and ISE (Integrated Skills in English).

Skilled Worker visa
Level of English
You must prove you can read, write, speak and understand English to at least level B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) scale.
Prove your English language abilities with a secure English language test (SELT)
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).

Applications that require an English language test
There are 2 types of test as different immigration routes require different levels of English language ability. The test you will need to take depends on what you are applying for.

For the following application routes, you will need to take a test that assesses your reading, writing, speaking and listening abilities:

Health and Care Worker
High Potential Individual
Innovator Founder
Minister of Religion
Scale-up Worker
Skilled Worker
Start-up
Student
For the following application routes, you will need to take a test that assesses your speaking and listening abilities:

citizenship
International Sportsperson
parent
partner
Representative of an Overseas Business
settlement (also known as indefinite leave to remain)
The level of test you will need, known as the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) level, will depend on the route you are applying for. To find out which level you need, see the specific guidance for your immigration route.

Approved test providers
If you are in the UK
You can only take a SELT with one of the following providers:

IELTS SELT Consortium
LanguageCert
Pearson
Trinity College London
If you are outside of the UK
You can only take a SELT with one of the following providers:

IELTS SELT Consortium
LanguageCert
Pearson
PSI Services (UK) Ltd – Skills for English (UKVI)
Find an approved test
For your results to be accepted, your test must:

be on the list of approved English language tests
have been sat at an approved test location
have been awarded in the two years before the date of your application
The list of approved English language tests has been assessed as meeting Home Office requirements under the secure English language testing arrangements. Only those tests and test levels specified are approved. If you intend to use an English language test in your immigration or nationality application, you must take one of the tests on the list.

You should make sure the test that you book is the one approved for SELT:

IELTS SELT Consortium: ‘IELTS for UKVI’ or ‘IELTS Life Skills’
LanguageCert: ‘LanguageCert International ESOL SELT’
Pearson: ‘PTE Academic UKVI’ or ‘PTE Home’
PSI Services: ‘Skills for English UKVI’
Trinity College London: ‘Secure English Language Tests for UKVI’ – Integrated Skills in English (ISE) or Graded Examinations in Spoken English (GESE)
It is for you to decide which test to take.

The list of approved tests gives the CEFR level and minimum grade requirements for each level.

Where 2 or more components (reading, writing, speaking and listening) of a test are examined and awarded together, for example a combined exam and certificate for reading and writing skills, you must show that you achieved the required scores in all the relevant components during a single sitting of that examination, unless you were exempt from sitting a component on the basis of a disability.

Exam format and timings
Reading & Writing - 2 hours

2 x Reading tasks:
Long reading
Multi-text reading
1 x Reading into writing task
1 x Extended writing task
Speaking & Listening - 18 minutes

2 x Speaking tasks:
Topic discussion task
Conversation task
2 x Independent listening tasks