Sunny Academy Full CEFR Level Check

What the test measures

The Sunny Academy Full CEFR Level Check is a CEFR-aligned placement assessment. CEFR — the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages — is the six-level scale (A1 to C2) used across Europe and much of the world to describe what a learner can actually do in a language, rather than reducing ability to a single percentage score.

The check covers 5 separate skill areas. Language use tests grammar and vocabulary in context: verb forms, articles, prepositions, word choice and collocation. Reading measures how well you extract meaning, detail and inference from written texts of increasing density. Listening uses recorded audio at natural speed to test comprehension of gist, detail and speaker attitude. Writing asks you to produce a short piece of connected text appropriate to a prompt. Speaking records short spoken responses through your microphone and evaluates fluency, pronunciation clarity, range and accuracy.

Scoring each skill separately matters because most learners are uneven. It is common to read comfortably at B2 while speaking at B1, or to have strong listening from years of film and video but weaker productive grammar. A single overall number hides exactly the gap you most need to work on.

How the assessment is structured

The check opens with 24 language use questions: four for each CEFR level from A1 to C2, half grammar and half vocabulary. Together they give a first estimate of your level, which the rest of the assessment builds on. After that come three reading texts, three listening recordings, a writing task and a speaking task.

Plan for roughly 45–55 minutes for the full assessment — less if you choose fewer sections. You can skip any section during the test; skipped and unselected sections are shown as “Not assessed”, and one overall level is given only when all five sections are completed. Keep this page open while you take the test.

A working microphone is required for the speaking section. If microphone access is unavailable or denied, check your permissions and try again, or skip speaking. A skipped section is marked “Not assessed”, and the report will not include an overall English level.

How your answers are graded

Language use, reading and listening are marked against fixed answer keys. Writing and speaking are graded by an AI model against CEFR descriptors, looking at task achievement, coherence, grammatical range and accuracy, lexical range, and — for speaking — fluency and intelligibility.

Writing and speaking are graded by AI. AI grading of productive skills is useful for orientation and for tracking your own progress over time, but it is not equivalent to a trained human examiner. Treat the result as indicative guidance on where to focus, not as a certified measurement.

You receive a level report breaking down each of the 5 areas, so you can see where your skills sit relative to one another and which area is holding your overall level back.

What to do with your result

The most useful outcome is a study direction. If your productive skills (writing, speaking) sit a band below your receptive skills (reading, listening), the bottleneck is usually output practice rather than more input — you need to be producing language, not consuming more of it. If the reverse is true, targeted reading and listening at slightly above your current level will move you fastest.

The report links to course levels matched to your result, and to daily speaking practice if speaking is your weakest area. Retaking the check after a few months of consistent work gives you a like-for-like comparison rather than a subjective impression of progress.