Gateway English Assessments

Gateway English Assessments partners with schools and institutions worldwide to deliver English language proficiency exams.

The exams follow the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and test children during the first six to eight years of their own language learning.

What is Gateway English Assessments

Gateway English Assessments evaluates English language proficiency in children during the early stages of language acquisition. Our exams enable learners to showcase their level of foreign language acquisition as they engage in progressively complex linguistic acts throughout their language journey. The exams also enhance learner motivation by recognizing and rewarding the candidate’s progress, while offering a modern, positive, and supportive test-taking experience.

What our Customers can expect

Students talking outside their English language institute

Seven levels of English language assessment aligned with the CEFR and evaluating five language skills

An empty classroom with laptops on every desk

Assessments administered fully online at your premises on a date/time of your choice

Students taking an English language assessment on their classroom computers

Two practice tests per candidate which can be taken multiple times

Detailed reports of candidates’ performance with language skill breakdowns

Young student receiving English language certificate

Certificates for candidates who complete the assessment

Seven Levels

The seven Gateway English Assessments levels fall within the Basic and Intermediate levels of the CEFR framework, a framework that informs current approaches to teaching, learning, and assessing world languages. CEFR expands on the Communicative Teaching approach, recognizing the language user as a “social agent” with empowerment and autonomy. Gateway English Assessments aligns with the CEFR approach in promoting a “can do” perspective of language proficiency–and in fostering an expectation that language users express themselves in real-life situations of various natures.

Candidates who successfully complete Level 7 of Gateway English Assessments should proceed with the preparation of university entrance exams, such as IGCSE, TOEFL, and IELTS.

Five Language Skills

Oral Production – Speaking
Oral Reception – Listening
Written Production – Writing
Written Reception – Reading
Linguistic Elements – rudimentary language elements, such as grammar and syntax

Administration of Exams

Exams are accessible fully online anywhere in the world, and administration is undertaken by the individual institution. Candidates should gather at a single location where they are either provided with or bring headphones and a computer with embedded microphone and camera. Exams may also be accessed on tablets..