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We offer a flexible and comprehensive assessment solution that evaluates all four core language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Each skill is assessed independently through targeted tasks designed to reflect real-world language use and aligned with international standards like CEFR.
Clients can choose to administer the full four-skills comprehensive test or select individual skill assessments (e.g., only speaking and listening or just writing). This modular approach allows organizations to tailor the assessment to fit specific role requirements or learning objectives.
Our language assessments evaluate a wide range of other proficiency criteria as well, including fluency, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, coherence, organization, relevancy, typing speed, and other key communication skills.
We offer 60+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Hebrew, Croatian, Czech, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, and more.
The typical duration for completing our language assessments varies by test type, and there are time limits for individual sections.
Here’s a general breakdown of our assessment durations:
– Speaking Test: ~10 minutes
– Writing Test: ~20 minutes
– Reading & Listening Tests: ~15 minutes each
Each section is designed to be time-efficient while still capturing the depth of insight needed to evaluate key competencies. Time limits can be customized based on your organization’s preferences and the nature of the role being assessed.
Our comprehensive score report encapsulates essential details regarding the assessment outcome.
It encompasses overall scores such as the Hallo Score, CEFR level as well as the time and duration of the assessment. Additionally, it provides detailed insights into proficiency across five key criteria: fluency, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and coherence. The report includes access to test questions, audio recordings, and actionable feedback tailored to individual performance.
Our language proficiency assessments are scored using advanced AI-powered evaluation methods and are aligned with globally recognized standards such as CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). This ensures consistency, accuracy, and international credibility in measuring a candidate’s language skills.
We use a criterion-referenced (CR) assessment approach, meaning each candidate’s performance is evaluated against clearly defined criteria, not compared to other test takers. This ensures fair and objective scoring based on the individual’s ability to meet specific language benchmarks.
Key features of our scoring system include:
- CEFR Alignment: Proficiency levels are mapped from A1 to C2 (CEFR).
- Scoring Scale: We use a 1–10 scoring scale with a decimal point to provide clear, actionable insights across key language domains.
- Floor/Ceiling Rating Methodology: Developed through research at Brigham Young University, this method identifies the test taker’s floor level (the highest level where all criteria are met) and ceiling level (the next level where not all criteria are met), offering a more nuanced view of proficiency.
You receive test results instantly upon completing the test.
We offer AI-based evaluations for our language assessments. Unlike traditional human-rated proficiency interviews, Hallo’s AI-driven assessment system significantly reduces human error and bias.
Our AI has been trained on hundreds of thousands of real-world language samples and is carefully aligned with international standards such as CEFR.
To ensure accuracy and fairness, we’ve implemented multiple layers of validation and quality control, including outlier detection and scoring safeguards, to prevent anomalies and ensure consistency across all test takers. As a result, our system delivers reliable, valid scores with a 95+% accuracy rate, making it both scalable and trustworthy.
Our pricing is designed to be approximately 5% of the standard exam fees, making it a cost-effective solution for global organizations to save both time and budget on a scalable basis.
We offer tiered pricing based on the volume of tests. As the volume increases, the pricing becomes more affordable. Many of our clients opt for annual contracts to enjoy even greater discounts.
To preview the cost of a plan specific to your organization size, please fill out the form below and our team will reach out in 1-2 business days.
Typically, a comprehensive language proficiency interview lasts for about 30 minutes, with an additional 30 minutes dedicated to reporting and communication, making it a one-hour commitment for the interviewer and 30 minutes for the candidate.
Our automated assessment system can eliminate the need for the interviewer entirely, saving a full hour per candidate and potentially reducing expenses by $10-20 per candidate, depending on their hourly rate.
Yes! We offer a free trial period.
Please fill out the form below and our team will reach out in 1-2 business days.
Rest assured in the accuracy of our results, backed by our robust cheating prevention protocols.
Hallo employs identity verification features alongside webcam usage to detect eye movement and authenticate candidates, providing recruiters assurance that the right individual is undertaking the test.
Our anti-copy and paste system, coupled with tab-change detection, effectively identifies and prevents cheating attempts. If any cheating is detected, Hallo promptly notifies the client and clearly presents the information in the evaluation report.
During the test, Hallo transitions to full-screen mode, prohibiting students from exiting or switching tabs. Furthermore, the exam’s duration and time constraints per question significantly reduce the possibility of obtaining external assistance.
With these comprehensive measures in place, trust Hallo to maintain integrity and fairness throughout the assessment process.
For seamless integration into your systems, our enterprise API effortlessly incorporates assessment functionality and score reporting, ensuring smooth operation within your infrastructure.
Additionally, our optional white labeling feature allows you to brand the platform with your corporate identity, ensuring a tailored user experience for your clients.
Our assessments are aligned with globally recognized language proficiency frameworks, including CEFR. This ensures consistency, reliability, and international credibility in evaluating language skills.
For our English language assessment, we also provide score equivalencies to TOEFL and IELTS, making it easier for organizations and candidates to interpret results in the context of familiar benchmarks.
We offer a flexible and comprehensive assessment solution that evaluates all four core language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Each skill is assessed independently through targeted tasks designed to reflect real-world language use and aligned with international standards like CEFR.
Clients can choose to administer the full four-skills comprehensive test or select individual skill assessments (e.g., only speaking and listening or just writing). This modular approach allows organizations to tailor the assessment to fit specific role requirements or learning objectives.
Our spoken language assessments provide a detailed and objective evaluation of pronunciation and fluency, which are critical for communication-focused roles such as in the BPO industry.
We evaluate pronunciation using four key subcomponents:
- Accuracy: Assesses the correctness of individual speech sounds.
- Fluency: Measures the smoothness, pacing, and natural flow of speech.
- Completeness: Evaluates whether the expected words are fully and correctly pronounced.
- Prosody: Examines intonation, rhythm, stress patterns, and use of natural pauses (e.g., detecting monotone delivery or unnatural breaks).
Our AI technology evaluates language proficiency in both spoken and written formats, using clearly defined criteria to ensure accurate and consistent results.
For speaking, we assess key proficiency areas such as fluency, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and coherence.
For writing, we evaluate components including grammar, vocabulary, coherence, and typing speed.
Our AI delivers a high level of accuracy in scoring language proficiency, including more subjective aspects like pronunciation, tone, and fluency, by using advanced speech recognition models and linguistic analysis techniques.For pronunciation, our AI evaluates:
- Accuracy – the correctness of speech sounds
- Fluency – smoothness and naturalness of speech
- Completeness – how fully and correctly words are pronounced
- Prosody – proper use of intonation, rhythm, and stress, including detecting unnatural pauses, monotone delivery, and missing breaks
The system can automatically detect miscues such as omissions, insertions, repetitions, and mispronunciations, and provides detailed sub-scores along with an overall pronunciation rating.
To ensure accuracy and fairness, our system includes built-in checks to flag potential discrepancies in AI-generated scores. Each assessment is evaluated multiple times using our AI models, and if a result shows an unusual or significant deviation from expected scoring patterns, it is automatically flagged for human review.
In these rare cases, expert human raters step in to verify and correct the score if needed, ensuring that no candidate is unfairly evaluated due to technical anomalies.
Thanks to continuous model improvement and rigorous training data, such discrepancies are extremely infrequent, but our review process ensures accountability and quality assurance whenever needed.
Candidates can take the test on any device, including mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers.
Our platform is browser-based and optimized for compatibility across all major browsers and operating systems. We regularly test for cross-platform performance to ensure a consistent, smooth, and accessible experience for all candidates regardless of their device or location.
Our assessments can be fully customized to reflect your organization’s specific industry needs and requirements. With our built-in customization and topic features, clients can tailor assessments using industry-specific terminology, job-relevant scenarios, and real-world tasks. We offer pre-built topics such as customer service, sales, marketing, healthcare, and more, and clients also have the ability to create their own questions and custom topics. All custom content is automatically aligned with CEFR standards, ensuring both relevance and consistency with global language proficiency frameworks.
