![]() While some of these rules might not seem relevant to the test, they are in place to help maintain the integrity of the test and to allow the institutions receiving your scores to have confidence in the results they receive. What are the rules?īecause this is a test that you’re taking at home and Duolingo needs to protect against cheating, there are quite a lot of rules! You have to be alone in a quiet, well-lit room your ears must be visible (not covered by hair, etc.) you can’t wear sunglasses or headphones and you can’t use any writing utensils or paper. If you’re curious how the DET scores compare to the TOEFL and IELTS, check out Duolingo’s Score Converter Chart. What do the adaptive questions look like? Performance on test determines what questions you’ll get for Writing Sample prompts and video interview While this section is ungraded, your responses will be sent to the institutions that receive your score. Video Interview & Writing Sample - Here, you’ll be asked to respond to a couple of open-ended prompts. (10 minutes)Īdaptive Questions - This is the bulk of the test - the graded section where your listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities are tested. Quick Setup - This includes an introduction that breaks down the rules and requirements put in place by Duolingo (not graded). The test can be broken down into three sections. The idea behind adaptive tests is to present you with questions that are at the right level of difficulty for your ability and therefore more precisely (and efficiently!) evaluate your proficiency than a traditional test. Whenever you answer a question incorrectly, the questions will return to an easier level of difficulty until you are able to answer them correctly again, and the process will continue until the end of the test. As long as you continue answering questions correctly, you will continue to see increasingly difficult questions. For instance, as you answer questions correctly, the test presents you with more difficult ones. In an adaptive test, each question you see is based on your performance on the questions prior. It all has to do with how the test moves along from question to question. ![]() If you’re using the DET to apply to college in the US, you may take this test as many times as you want as long as you don’t take it more than twice during a 30-day period. ![]() The DET is a computer-based, adaptive exam that measures non-native English speakers’ proficiency in English.
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