To learn about your strengths and weaknesses in English, you can use a software programme called ‘Dialang’. It offers self-assessment activities to help you find your current English level and provides a range of feedback and advice on how to improve your skills.
You can test yourself in:
| Reading |
Structure
(= Grammar) |
| Writing |
Vocabulary |
| Listening |
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(The test for each area takes around 30 minutes to complete.)
Steps for using Dialang
- Go to Language Learning Oasis (OEM707) or its website https://dialangweb.lancaster.ac.uk
- On the software start-up page, choose any one of the skill areas → Dialang Tests
- Choose ‘Instructions in English’
- Keep clicking on the button (at the top-left-hand corner) until you get to ‘Choose a Test’
- Choose the skill area you wish to test
- You may be asked to do a Placement Test & Self Assessment before the ‘Dialang Language
Test’ - if you want to skip these, click on the ‘fast forward button’
- When you have finished the test, click on ‘Your Level’ to see your level
Explanations of level scores
| C2 (Score: 901 - 1000) |
Near-Native - A very high score, typical of a native speaker or a person with near-native proficiency. |
| C1 (Score: 601 - 900) |
Advanced - People who score at this level are typically advanced learners, with a very substantial vocabulary. Learners at this level are usually fully functional, and have little difficulty with reading, though they may be less good at listening. |
| B2 (Score: 401 - 600) |
Upper Intermediate - People who score at this level typically have a good basic vocabulary, but may have difficulty handling material that is intended for native speakers. |
| B1 (Score: 201 - 400) |
Intermediate - People who score at this level have a limited vocabulary which may be sufficient for ordinary day-to-day purposes, but probably doesn’t extend to more specialist knowledge of the language. |
| A2 (Score: 101 - 200) |
Lower Intermediate - This level indicates a very basic knowledge of the language, probably good enough for tourist purposes or ‘getting by’, but not for managing easily in many situations. |
| A1 (Score: 0 - 100) |
Beginner - This level indicates a person who knows a few words, but lacks any systematic knowledge of the basic vocabulary of the language. |
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