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General
Informaon
Due to past incidents involving the unauthorised publicaon of NAATI test materials on the internet,
the following condions will apply:
• Candidates cannot use electronic communicaon funcons on any devices during the test ses-
sion (from the me you are admied to the waing room unl you exit the test venue), which
includes the me waing for your test to be conducted.
• Devices (including mobile phones, laptops, tablets and other smart devices) must be turned
o and will be stored securely before the test session starts. Any candidate using a device to
record or photograph test materials or communicate with a third party will have their test
cancelled.
• In order to be admied to the test session, candidates will need to provide proof of their
identy (i.e. the photo ID provided with your applicaon – normally your driver’s licence or
passport).
• Due to NAATI’s use of mulple tesng venues, candidates may be advised of other venue-spe-
cic condions on the day of the test.
• All candidates will be required to arrive for the test session at the me advised. If you are late
you will not be tested.
• All candidates will wait in a separate waing room unl they are required for their test.
• Candidates will not be able to leave the venue unl their test has been conducted. If you leave,
you will not be permied to return to complete your test. Some candidates may have to wait
an extended period of me, with tesng being conducted from 8.30 am unl 4.30 pm in some
locaons.
• Once your test is over, you must leave the test venue and are not permied to return for the
remainder of that day.
• All candidates should be prepared with food and drink. NAATI will ensure that candidates are
able to have a place to eat during the day. The waing room will have seang and access to
toilet facilies.
• The NAATI test supervisors in the waing room will have the nal say in relaon to acceptable
conduct within the room.
If any candidate is unsure if a behaviour is acceptable, they should discuss this with a NAATI test su-
pervisor. If you do not comply with the condions stated above, NAATI will not test you.
Test
Descripon
The CCL test involves two dialogue tasks delivered through recorded materials, with alternang
segments of a conversaon between an English speaker and a Language Other Than English (LOTE)
speaker.
The CCL test assesses the candidate’s ability to comprehend uerances (in English or the LOTE) and
convey the sense in the target language with a reasonable level of accuracy and following the linguis-
c norms and convenons of both languages.
Each of the dialogues will be from dierent situaons and sengs.
Domains
Real-life situaons which typically form part of Australian society: health, legal, community, immigra-
on/selement, educaon, social services, nancial, housing, business, employment, insurance and
consumer aairs.
Credentialed Community Language (CCL) Test
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CANDIDATES
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Equipment
Allowed
You may bring your own paper-based resources (e.g. bilingual diconary, glossary) for preparaon
while in the waing room. You will not have access to any of this material during the actual test.
You are not permied to use any electronic resources during the CCL test session, however you
may refer to any wrien notes made during your test.
Equipment
Provided
Pen and note paper for taking notes during the test. These materials must be returned to the test
supervisor at the conclusion of each task.
Resources
Policy
You are not permied to use any electronic resources during the CCL test session, however you
may refer to any wrien notes you make during your test, and you will have a pen and paper to
take notes.
Task
Instrucons
1. You will be greeted by the Test Supervisor and invited to enter the tesng room.
2. You will be seated for the test and the Test Supervisor will complete the necessary pre-test
administraon.
3. Once this administraon is completed the Test Supervisor will advise you that the test will
start.
4. During the dialogues you are required to convey the sense of what each speaker says into
the other language. This means that you should start your response immediately aer the
segment is nished.
5. At the compleon of the dialogue you need to leave any notes on the table and you will be
escorted from the tesng room by the supervisor. Your notes will be destroyed. You are not
permied to speak to any other test candidate.
Repeats
Policy
You may ask the Test Supervisor for any segment to be repeated. In such instances, the whole
segment will be repeated. The rst repeon in each dialogue may be requested without penalty;
however, any further requests for repeons will be penalised by the examiner.
Claricaons,
repeats,
pauses and
correcons
You are not allowed to ask for a claricaon of any part of a segment and the test supervisor cannot
provide any advice about the test content. Lengthy pauses and repeated rewording (self-checking)
of segments will be viewed as detracng signicantly from the dynamics of the test task.
If you realise, during the test that you have made an error, you are permied to insert a correcon
of that part before connuing. Any correcons should be prefaced by some suitable phrase (e.g.
Sorry, I’ll just say that part again).
Test
Supervision
During the test, a supervisor will be in the tesng room to handle all electronic equipment, man-
age start and nish mes of the tasks, and manage any unforeseen issues. The test supervisor is
not permied to engage in a discussion about the content of the task or comment on your perfor-
mance. You must follow the test supervisor’s instrucons at all mes. Failure to do so may result
in you being disqualied from parcipang in CCL tesng.
Test
Recording
Your test will be recorded by the test supervisor for assessment purposes. This recording will be
retained by NAATI aer the marking of your test is completed.
Condenality By parcipang in the tesng, you agree to maintain the condenality of the test materials.
