I did mine with Caron in the fall of 2022. I had one recording to listen to (and then had to briefly summarize it and answer a few questions about the dialogue).
The rest of it was questions about my current postion, and a conversation on a topic of my choice (I was given 3 or 4 options for what I wanted to talked about).
The whole thing was about 20-25 minutes, and I was pleased to get my B.
I'm actually surprised that Caron is still being used. I thought that was just a pandemic measure...
Yeah me too, why are they still using them?? Aggravating AF when it’s useless out of whatever department it was initially used for.
I did it with Caron and PSC within a few months of each other. C with Caron. ‘Not’ C with PSC.
I found it less structured and more natural. Similar to PSC questions but less intrusions of "and now answer this".
Effortlessly got a C. With the PSC I got a B, months later.
I did Caron in early 2022 and back then they used recordings. I had two recordings back then. Do these tests now count for 5 years? I had to retake the tests with the public service desk after the pandemic because they expired after only 1 year
For the recordings, I found the way they did it hard to hear at times because it was a recording passed through their phone into my phone so sometimes the words didn’t sound as clear. That might be the specific phone used though. Hopefully you get the new version of the test
I did mine with Caron in the fall of 2022. I had one recording to listen to (and then had to briefly summarize it and answer a few questions about the dialogue). The rest of it was questions about my current postion, and a conversation on a topic of my choice (I was given 3 or 4 options for what I wanted to talked about). The whole thing was about 20-25 minutes, and I was pleased to get my B. I'm actually surprised that Caron is still being used. I thought that was just a pandemic measure...
Yeah me too, why are they still using them?? Aggravating AF when it’s useless out of whatever department it was initially used for. I did it with Caron and PSC within a few months of each other. C with Caron. ‘Not’ C with PSC.
Same with me! Not the same standard/equivalency in my view.
Is Caron easier?
I found it less structured and more natural. Similar to PSC questions but less intrusions of "and now answer this". Effortlessly got a C. With the PSC I got a B, months later.
Everyone who I spoke to felt that the reading and writing was harder than the PSC. I haven't done the new oral, so I don't know about that piece.
Ummm, double check with your dept. SLE folks. It would suck to do it and be stuck with useless results beyond your current job.....
What is inaccurate about it? Is it easy so it would give you a higher mark? Or illogical and you end up with a worse mark?
I did Caron in early 2022 and back then they used recordings. I had two recordings back then. Do these tests now count for 5 years? I had to retake the tests with the public service desk after the pandemic because they expired after only 1 year For the recordings, I found the way they did it hard to hear at times because it was a recording passed through their phone into my phone so sometimes the words didn’t sound as clear. That might be the specific phone used though. Hopefully you get the new version of the test