PRODUCTS & SERVICES
BUSINESS Testing
Our testing products can help your HR team:
• Evaluate language skills for recruiting and hiring purposes
• Aid in training and development programs
• Determine qualifications for promotions, raises, or pay incentives
Tests offered:
AI-Rated Speaking Exam for Professionals (AI SOPI)
An Artificial Intelligence-Rated Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview
SLTI's AI SOPI uses cutting-edge deep learning technologies to assess the communicative language ability of candidates. While other AI-rated exams only measure the fluency, pronunciation, and vocabulary of your candidates, SLTI's AI SOPI is unique in that it also measures grammar and content relevancy.
- Isolates speaking skills
- Taken online via computer
- 20-minute exam
- AI-scored results returned within 30 minutes or less
- Available in English
Speaking Exam for Professionals (SOPI)
A Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview
SLTI's SOPI uses professional, authentic tasks to determine the language proficiency of your candidates. This exam is ideal for critical testing scenarios like hiring, promotions, or pay increases.
- Isolates speaking skills
- Taken online via computer
- 20-minute exam
- Human-rated results within 1 to 3 business days
- Available in over 30 languages
- Validation study: https://bit.ly/SOPI-Validation
Spoken Communication Exam for Business (General IS SOPI)
An Integrated Skills Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview for Business
SLTI's General IS SOPI assesses the listening and speaking proficiency of candidates through simulated interactions in an office environment, such as virtual meetings and face-to-face interactions. This exam is ideal for critical testing scenarios like hiring, transfers, promotions, pay increases, or placement in training programs within a general business context.
- Integrates listening and speaking skills
- Taken online via computer or mobile app
- 20-minute exam
- Human-rated results within 1 to 3 business days
- Available in English
Spoken Communication Exam for Customer Service (CS IS SOPI)
An Integrated Skills Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview
SLTI's CS IS SOPI immerses candidates in authentic and communicative customer service-related tasks. The exam integrates listening and speaking and emphasizes social appropriateness in customer interactions. This exam is ideal for critical testing scenarios like hiring, promotions, or pay increases.
- Integrates listening and speaking skills
- Taken online via computer or mobile app
- 20-minute exam
- Human-rated results within 1 to 3 business days
- Available in English, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, and Spanish
- Validation study: https://bit.ly/IS-SOPI-Validation
Spoken Communication Screener
SLTI's screener integrates the assessment of listening and speaking skills in a shorter four-item test.
- Integrates listening and speaking skills
- Taken online via computer
- 15-minute exam
- Human-rated within 1 business day
- Available in English
Spoken Communication Exam for Law Enforcement Personnel (LEO IS SOPI)
An Integrated Skills Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview for Law Enforcement Personnel
SLTI's LEO IS SOPI assesses the listening and speaking proficiency of candidates through simulated interactions with the public, such as phone conversations and face-to-face interactions. This exam is ideal for critical testing scenarios like hiring, transfers, promotions, pay increases, or placement in training programs within the law enforcement field.
- Integrates listening and speaking skills
- Taken online via computer
- 15-minute exam
- Human-rated results within 1 to 3 business days
- Available in Spanish
Writing Exam for Customer Service (CS WPE)
A Writing Proficiency Exam
SLTI's CS WPE assesses the writing proficiency of candidates through customer service-related tasks, such as emails and customer inquiries.
- Isolates writing skills with some reading involved
- Taken online via computer
- 60-minute exam
- Human-rated results within 1 to 3 business days
- Available in over 20 languages
Written Communication Exam for Law Enforcement Personnel (LEO IS WPE)
An Integrated Skills Writing Proficiency Exam for Law Enforcement Personnel
SLTI's LEO IS WPE assesses the reading and writing proficiency of candidates through simulated interactions with the public, such as emails, social media, and more. This exam is ideal for critical testing scenarios like hiring, transfers, promotions, pay increases, or placement in training programs within the law enforcement field.
- Integrates reading and writing skills
- Taken online via computer
- 50-minute exam
- Human-rated results within 1 to 3 business days
- Available in Spanish
Listening and/or Reading Exam for Professionals (PLRE)
The PLRE can be taken as combined or separate skills.
- Isolates listening or reading skills
- Taken online via computer
- 60-minute (30 minutes per skill) exam
- Rated within 20 minutes
- Available in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish
ACADEMIC Testing
Our testing products can help your team:
• Level new students for admission
• Monitor overall program effectiveness
• Track learning progress of students
Tests offered:
Spoken Communication Exam for Academia (Academic IS SOPI)
An Integrated Skills Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview for Academic Contexts
SLTI's Academic IS SOPI offers authentic and communicative tasks related to academic life, such as listening and responding to conversations, podcasts, and more. The exam integrates listening and speaking. It is ideal for placement in university language programs, online courses, study abroad programs, and other academic purposes.
- Integrates listening and speaking skills
- Taken online via computer or tablet
- 20-minute exam
- CEFR score ranging from A1 to HB2
- Human-rated results within 1 to 3 business days
- Available in English and Spanish
Written Communication Exam for Academia (Academic IS WPE)
An Integrated Skills Writing Proficiency Exam for Academic Contexts
SLTI's Academic IS WPE offers authentic and communicative tasks related to academic life, such as reading and responding to text messages, class discussion boards, and more. The exam integrates reading and writing. It is ideal for placement in university language programs, online courses, study abroad programs, and other academic purposes.
- Integrates reading and writing skills
- Taken online via computer or tablet
- 45-minute exam
- CEFR score ranging from A1 to HB2
- Human-rated results within 1 to 3 business days
- Available in English
Services offered:
• Customized training sessions for instructors/administrators
INDIVIDUAL Testing
Our testing products can help you:
• Apply for bilingual positions
• Determine your language abilities
• Monitor progress of language learning
Tests offered:
Any of our business or academic exams can be taken by individuals. Contact us if you need help determining which exam is best for your situation.
Test development & Translation
Services we provide:
• Test development
Partner with clients to determine target language proficiency and skills, suggest an appropriate test design, and work with the client to create unique test content by training their staff to write the test or by doing the work in house.
• Test transadaptation & translation
Translate test content into target languages by collaborating with clients to determine translatability and develop new items where appropriate, and work with specialized linguists to deliver translations that meet the standards of the client.
• Language program design
Review the current program and its goals, then recommend activities that can be added to the curriculum to better meet these goals and provide training on how to implement them.
• Language program evaluation
Assess learners’ language abilities periodically and analyze how their abilities have improved over the course of the program to pinpoint areas in which the program is succeeding and/or needs improvement.
WORKSHOP
Our assessment workshops are designed to help you and your institution develop effective language assessment materials. We can provide training in the development of passages and multiple-choice items for reading and listening, prompts and rubrics for speaking and writing, and a variety of other off-the-shelf or customized workshops suitable for young learner, academic, or professional contexts.
Our workshop offerings include, but are not limited to:
• Multiple-choice item development for reading and listening
• Passage selection and development for reading and listening
• Prompt development for speaking and writing
SLTI Statement of Testing Accommodation and Accessibility
SLTI takes pride in offering language tests that are accessible to diverse populations; this includes test takers who may require accommodations due to disabilities, health-related needs, or other identified circumstances.
We have developed our test accommodation practices in accordance with ADA regulations to make our test materials more accessible to people with disabilities. We are continually improving our test administration practices, capabilities to offer test materials, and accommodations to better meet the needs of all our test takers.
For the tests that we develop, we work to ensure the highest possible levels of accessibility given the language construct being tested, and many of our tests can be further adapted for test takers who are deaf or hard of hearing (HoH), or have difficultly seeing or speaking.
For the tests that we administer, special arrangements can be made to allow for extra time or breaks for test takers with specific learning or health-related needs, for example infant feeding.
For more information about our accommodation guidelines, or to request accommodations for an upcoming test, please contact us at http://bit.ly/BerlitzTestingAccommodations. All submitted requests will receive a response within one business day. Please contact us as soon as possible if you know you will need an accommodation.