▁English ▁( 3 ▁hours ) ▁ ▁d . ▁Trans lation ▁from ▁and ▁into ▁English ▁( 3 ▁hours ) ▁ ▁Or al ▁ ▁a . ▁D ict ation , ▁Reading ▁and ▁Con vers ation . ▁ ▁The ▁exam ▁continued ▁to ▁evol ve , ▁reflect ing ▁thinking ▁and ▁develop ments ▁in ▁communic ative ▁language ▁assess ment ▁and ▁second ▁language ▁ac quisition ▁( S LA ). ▁By ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁it ▁included ▁separate ▁listening ▁and ▁speaking ▁tests , ▁finally ▁adopt ing ▁a ▁format ▁familiar ▁to ▁modern - day ▁candidates ▁with ▁papers ▁in ▁Reading , ▁Use ▁of ▁English , ▁Writing , ▁List ening ▁and ▁Spe aking / Inter view . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁exam ▁time ▁was ▁reduced ▁to ▁less ▁than ▁ 6 ▁hours ▁– ▁half ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁exam . ▁ ▁Re vis ions ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁continued ▁to ▁reflect ▁develop ments ▁in ▁communic ative ▁language ▁assess ment , ▁as ▁first ▁ev iden ced ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁revis ions . ▁A ▁pa ired ▁speaking ▁test ▁was ▁introduced ▁following ▁research ▁into ▁the ▁relative ▁effect iveness ▁of ▁a ▁test ▁with ▁a ▁single ▁candidate ▁or ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁candidates , ▁with ▁the ▁latter ▁shown ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁wider ▁range ▁of ▁functional ▁language ▁use . ▁The ▁exam ▁also ▁introduced ▁wider ▁ranges ▁of : ▁sources ▁in ▁reading ▁and ▁text - based ▁tasks , ▁tasks ▁in ▁the ▁writing ▁paper ▁and ▁real - life ▁context s ▁in