How to prepare for the NAATI CCL test?

To prepare for the NAATI CCL exam, the first thing is to understand the latest syllabus and exam pattern set by official NAATI.

The exam is of 90 marks, in which you will have to get 63 to pass the test. Two dialogue sets are given each of 45 marks and you need to get at least 29 in each to pass.

It is based on a deductive marking system so any mistakes you make will lead to negative marking.

The practice is the key to pass any exam. One should be well prepared to give the NAATI CCL exam for which practice is essential. The more you practice the more you will gain proficiency.

This will also increase your fluency which is a must in giving such verbal exams.

Try practising a lot of dialogues and also record the answers so that you can analyze yourself if you make any mistakes like missing dialogues or distortion of meanings and improve more in such places.

As the performance in the CCL test is evaluated using a deductive marking system, you should always be alert of what answers are you giving. You should be careful as omitting or adding the dialogues can give you a negative marking.

There should not be any distortion in the meaning of the given dialogues set. Also, avoid taking any kind of pauses, hesitation and self-correction while giving the exam. Since these are the places where your marks can get deducted even though your vocabularies are perfect.

You will only get 2-3 seconds before you can give your answer. Hence, it’s better that you take the notes of important keywords in each sentence so that it will be easier for you to give answers.

You can practice this by listening to the audio clips from TV, Radio, news or Youtube and take notes which will help you in the exam. Moreover, it is better to create your own abbreviation during the practice time which will save your time in the actual exam.

Vocabulary is an essential part of this exam. You need to enhance your vocabulary in both English and LOTE. This can be done by practising a lot of dialogue sets along with understanding socio-cultural scenarios of Australia.

Also reading literature related conversations in different fields like legal, health, community, immigration, settlement, education, social services, finance, business, insurance, customer affairs, etc.

Speaking too slow or too fast can be a negative point in this exam. Practice speaking at an even speed without any hesitation or pauses.

You should have a great memory power to ace the test. Even though you can take notes, you may not be able to write to each and everything during the exam.

You should be capable of translating the dialogues without losing the actual meaning. Also, all the sentences in the dialogue set should be covered as missing any sentence can deduct your marks. Hence, it is better to have good memory skills.

The candidate has to interpret the dialogue immediately after listening to the audio recording. To keep the interpretation of natural and in-flow, one needs to develop public speaking skills.

This helps you to avoid long pauses, hesitation and frequent self-correction. It also helps you build up your confidence level and language delivery skills to give NAATI CCL test.