An Overview of ILEC Reading
Paper Format
The paper consists of a range of law-related texts and accompanying tasks. There are six Parts in all: Parts 1-3 focus on Use of English while Parts 4-6 focus on Reading.
Timing
1 hour and 15 minutes
Marks
Questions 1-36 (Use of English tasks) carry one mark each. Questions 37-54 (Reading tasks) carry two marks each.
Part |
Task Type and Focus |
Number of questions |
Text Type |
1 |
Multiple-choice cloze Lexis (e.g. semantic precision, collocations, fixed phrases and linking words/phrases) |
12 |
Two modified cloze texts each containing 6 gaps and followed by 6 four-option multiple-choice items. |
2 |
Open cloze Grammatical and lexico-grammatical |
12 | A modified cloze text containing 12 gaps. |
3 |
Word formation Lexical (affixation and compounding) |
12 | Two short texts, each containing six gaps. Candidates must form an appropriate word to complete each gap using the given base words. |
4 |
Multiple matching Reading for detail and gist |
6 | A single text divided into four sections, or four related short texts preceded by multiple matching questions. |
5 |
Gapped text Cohesion, coherence, text structure, global meaning |
6 | A text from which sentences have been removed and placed in jumbled order after the text. Candidates must decide from where in the text the sentences have been removed. |
6 |
Multiple-choice Reading for detail, gist, opinion, implication and referencing |
6 | A text followed by four-option multiple-choice questions. |