The ICE TEST at Levels 1 and 2 was trialled and statistically evaluated with a group of 375 candidates. The decision on the final test format was made after the trialling. We would like to thank all those who supported us in the trialling:

► Munich University of Applied Sciences: Prof. Dr. Patricia East
► Fremdspracheninstitut der Landeshauptstadt München: Renate Will
► Saarland University of Applied Sciences:  Prof. Dr. Christine Sick
► Max-Weber-Vocational Training School Düsseldorf: Sabine Krause
► Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences: James Chamberlain

The Test includes six written and three oral sub-tests.


Time              
Part       Item-Type      No of Items       Rating Criteria
10 min. 1Critical Incidents 10
10 min.2Listening Comprehension 10cf. ICE-Test Manual
10 min. 3Structured Responses 10
10 min. 4Proof Reading 10
10 min. 5Country Specifics 30
10 min. 6Written Production 1
60 min.


Time     Part         Task-Type         What is tested?      Rating Criteria
5 min.1Dialogue on personal background and international / intercultural experience. Building rapport

5 min. 2Discussion of input (text, picture, diagram etc.) Ability to discuss aspects affecting culture-bound behaviour and intercultural communication and to reflect on one's own culture and experience a. communication
b. intercultural competence
c. language

cf. ICE Test Manual

5 min. 3Discussion of critical incident or text Ability to discuss critical incidents and to give realistic explanations and pragmatic suggestions

15 (+10) min.

For the preparation of your learners we will be delighted to provide you with a MOCK-TEST plus an audio-file for the listening comprehension part and the answer key.


The ICE-TEST REGULATIONS [German] can be downloaded from here (pdf).

The ICE-MANUAL provides an extensive documention of the test rationale, the test format, the rating criteria and test procedures as well as sample items for each sub-test.
The ICE-TESTHANDBUCH [German] can be downloaded here (pdf). 

Download the ICETest Manual [English] here (pdf).

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