My CELPIP Test at Impact North Shore: Highlights and Challenges

• Test Location:

  • City: Vancouver

  • Center: Impact North Shore

• Overall Impression:

  • I was very satisfied with the Listening and Writing sections.

  • The last part of Reading was particularly challenging, and I hope some of the questions were experimental ones.

  • Speaking went well overall.

• Writing Tasks:

  • Task 1: You are planning to move out of your current apartment, which doesn’t have an elevator. You also have a heavy piece of furniture to move. Write an email to your landlord explaining why you’re leaving, describing the furniture, and asking for help.

  • Task 2: Your employer is facing budget constraints and conducting a survey. The options are to move to a smaller office or reduce employees’ salaries by 2%. Which option do you choose, and why?

• Test Environment:

  • The test environment was very good, and the staff were friendly.

  • However, they didn’t provide water. If you needed water, you had to leave your seat during the test to drink it.

  • You were allowed to bring your own water bottle into the test room.

  • There were 15 people in the room, and while the noise level was noticeable, it wasn’t distracting for me.

  • Earplugs were available upon request.

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