CELPIP Video Lessons: All Free Course Videos in Order
Every lesson from the CELTESTPIP YouTube channel, grouped by course and in the order the course teaches it. Watch here, open the written lesson, then practise.
CELPIP Writing Guide: How to Get a 10+ Without Big Words
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Writing · 10 videos · 2h 13m
CELPIP Writing video lessons
CELPIP Writing coursePlaylist: CELPIP Writing Course: Every Lesson for Task 1 and Task 2
CELPIP Writing Guide: How to Get a 10+ Without Big Words
Why plain, precise English outscores impressive vocabulary, and what a 10+ answer does instead
Orientation and diagnosticCELPIP Writing Scoring: 8 Official Rules Almost Nobody Teaches
The four rating dimensions and the eight things in Prometric's own descriptors that decide your level
How Writing is scoredCELPIP Writing Task 1 Email: The 5 Part Map That Scores 10+
The five-paragraph job list for the email, one job per paragraph, and how to fill each one from the prompt
Task 1 essentialsCELPIP Writing Task 1 Email Format: What Examiners Actually Mark
Greeting, sign-off, paragraphing and tone: the format points raters check before they read a word
Task 1 essentialsCELPIP Writing Task 1 Email Template + Full Sample Answer (Level 10)
The email template written out live against a real prompt, with the finished sample at the end
Task 1 templatesCELPIP Writing Task 1: Informal Email Template
What changes when the email goes to a friend or neighbour, and how to keep the structure while dropping the formality
Task 1 templatesCELPIP Writing Task 2: The 4 Part Survey Map That Scores 10+
Choose a side, give two reasons with a detail each, close: the four-part map for the survey response
Task 2 essentialsCELPIP Vocabulary: Stop Using Advanced Words (Score 10+)
Which words raters reward, which ones sound forced, and how to build range without a thesaurus
Writing vocabularyCELPIP Writing Errors: Complete Guide to All 17 Mistakes + How to Fix Them
The seventeen errors that cost points most often, each with the fix, in one long reference video
Common errors and how to fix themCELPIP Writing Time Management: How to Finish Both Tasks With Time to Edit
How to split 27 and 26 minutes so you always have an editing pass at the end
Timing drills and editing routines
Writing practice
Practise what you just watched
Write a Task 1 email or a Task 2 response and get it scored in minutes in CELPIP Writing practice.
Speaking · 11 videos · 2h 15m
CELPIP Speaking video lessons
CELPIP Speaking coursePlaylist: CELPIP Speaking Course: All 8 Tasks, Every Lesson in Order
CELPIP Speaking Score 9: Everything They Actually Score You On
The four Speaking dimensions and what a 9 sounds like on each, before you learn a single task
How Speaking is scoredCELPIP Speaking Task 1 Template (Giving Advice) + Full Answer
The advice structure for Task 1 and a full answer built from it, start to finish
Task 1: Giving AdviceCELPIP Speaking Task 2: The Part Almost Nobody Teaches You
How to tell a personal experience with a point, not just a sequence of events
Task 2: Personal ExperienceCELPIP Speaking Task 3: Describing a Scene + Full 60-Second Answer
Where to start in the picture, how to move through it, and a complete 60-second description
Task 3: Describing a SceneCELPIP Speaking Task 4: How to Predict the Same Picture from Task 3
Turning the Task 3 scene into predictions, with the language that signals probability
Task 4: Making PredictionsCELPIP Speaking Task 5 Template + Full Answer (Comparing and Persuading)
Choosing between two options in Part 1, then persuading someone in Part 2, with a full answer
Task 5: Comparing and PersuadingCELPIP Speaking Task 6 Dealing with a Difficult Situation: Sample
Picking a person to talk to, explaining the problem and asking for something, with a sample answer
Task 6: Difficult SituationCELPIP Speaking Task 7 Template: Full 90-Second Answer + Structure
Stating an opinion and defending it for 90 seconds without repeating yourself
Task 7: Expressing OpinionsCELPIP Speaking Task 8: The 3-Line Note That Fills 60 Seconds
A three-line planning note that carries a full description of an unusual object or situation
Task 8: Unusual SituationCELPIP Vocabulary: Stop Using Advanced Words (Score 10+)
The same vocabulary lesson as the Writing course, because the Speaking Vocabulary dimension rewards the same choices
Speaking vocabularyCELPIP Speaking: 18 Mistakes That Cost You Points on All 8 Tasks
Eighteen habits raters hear every day, task by task, and the fix for each
Common errors and how to fix them
Speaking practice
Practise what you just watched
Record a response to a real task prompt and get it scored in CELPIP Speaking practice.
Reading · 3 videos · 37 min
CELPIP Reading video lessons
New Reading lessons publish here part by part as they go live.
CELPIP Reading Score Chart: How Many Correct Answers You Need
How many of the 38 questions you need right for each level, and why one score can sit in two levels at once
Orientation and success targetsCELPIP Reading Part 1 Tips: 8 Techniques for Reading Correspondence
Four techniques for the email and four checks for the reply, each shown on a real Part 1 question
Part 1: Reading CorrespondenceCELPIP Reading Part 2 Tips: 5 Traps in Reading to Apply a Diagram
One move for every blank, a clue in the email and a fact in the picture, and the five traps that pull you to the wrong answer
Part 2: Reading to Apply a Diagram
Reading practice
Practise what you just watched
Answer real Reading questions, scored the moment you answer, in CELPIP Reading practice.
Listening · 3 videos · 32 min
CELPIP Listening practice episodes
These are practice audio, not lectures. Each episode is a short piece of Canadian general knowledge read at test pace, played once, so you can train for the one-play rule of the real test.
CELPIP Listening coursePlaylist: CELPIP Listening Podcast: Practice Real Canadian English
CELPIP Listening Practice: 3 Strategies for Single Play Audio
Preview, note by keyword, and keep moving: the three habits for audio you hear once
Orientation and success targetsCELPIP Listening Practice: The Klondike Gold Rush in 5 Minutes
A five-minute Canadian history piece at test pace, for active listening practice
Core listening skillsCELPIP Listening Practice: The Black Loyalists of Nova Scotia
Five minutes on the Black Loyalists and what they found in Nova Scotia, at test pace, for active listening practice
Core listening skills
Listening practice
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CELPIP Listening practice plays every clip once, the way the test does.
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