My CELPIP Experience at Bayswater Calgary: Lessons and Tips

I recently took the CELPIP test at Bayswater in Calgary.

Scores:

• Listening: 9

• Reading: 8

• Writing: 10

• Speaking: 10

In my experience, it’s impossible to succeed in the CELPIP Reading section without practice. I attribute my relatively lower Reading score to this, as I hadn’t solved even one practice question before the exam. Some questions are challenging to answer without prior practice, even for native speakers (it feels more like solving puzzles than a language test😃).

However, I’ve been practicing language skills in various ways for a long time (talking with native friends, writing different official letters, watching movies and clips, especially short Instagram videos, using ChatGPT, taking John Green’s crash courses, watching CNN and Fox News, and watching movies and series in the original language). Additionally, I’ve studied many of my university course materials in English.

I can confidently say that achieving a top CELPIP score (above 10) is not possible without practice. The Reading questions, in particular, require solving sample questions. The more you practice, the better your score will be.

Consistency is much more important than intense, infrequent study sessions. It’s better to practice consistently for half an hour every day than to study intensely, say for six hours, just once a week.

Shared by Shahrokh Karbalaei Saleh