NAATI CCL
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100% online, on your own computer at home. Two dialogues, each 12–14 segments, about 300 words, no segment over 35 words, alternating between English and your language; a chime sounds at the end of each segment and you must start interpreting within 5 seconds. ProctorExam invigilates throughout (face check + ID + room scan + phone as a second camera). 90 marks in total; you pass with 63+ overall and 29+ in each dialogue.

2026–27 fee year: the test is $814; a review is $187; the official paid mock is $165. Fail and the resit is the full $814 again — which is exactly why "train until you are sure, then sit" saves more than anything else.

You qualify if you failed with 58 or more overall — that covers both ways of failing, "under 63 overall" and "63 overall but one dialogue under 29" — and you submit within 30 days of your result. A second examiner re-marks and the scores are then combined for the final decision (the algorithm is not published); pass and the $187 is refunded. The public forum successes cluster within 2.5 marks (60.5→63, 61→63, 62→63). Note: you cannot book the next sitting while a review is open (the FAQ says up to 3 weeks; the terms reserve up to 8). Do your own review maths in our review calculator →

No — no headphones of any kind, wired included. You must use your computer's speakers out loud plus a microphone. Plenty of old guides online still say "wired headphones are fine" — prepare that way and you come unstuck on the day. Only one screen is allowed; your phone sits to the side as the second camera.

Yes, but only with a pen and loose sheets of paper (no typing of notes, and no electronic resources — dictionaries, web browsing, live captions or transcription). One piece of real craft while we are here: in practice, how much you write has no relation to your score — in short segments you should only catch five high-risk things: numbers, proper names, lists, negations and logical connectors.

Yes, but it costs you: "Finish attempt → Start" replays the whole segment; only 1 is free per dialogue and any more loses marks. Strategically, save it for the longest, densest segment — but if what you missed is critical (a number, a party, a negation), use the second one anyway: missing critical information costs more.

Yes. The 5 points for a Credentialed Community Language are still in the 189/190/491 points test. That is also why CCL volume jumped 53% in 2024–25 (to 26,300 sittings) — the tighter the quota, the more each 5 points is worth. Note: the CCL is not a professional accreditation; passing it does not qualify you to work as an interpreter.

Officially 4–6 weeks, sent by email (in practice there are plenty of cases from 1 day to 3 weeks). The certificate is valid for 5 years; you can apply to resit up to 6 months before it expires, and the validity cannot be extended. If your name is wrong on the result letter, contact NAATI within 7 days.

No — it costs marks. NAATI's language policy states it plainly: Hindi-family candidates lose marks for English numerals, and "million" has to be converted into lakhs / crores. The other way round, English loanwords already common in your language community (Policy B) cost nothing. Every language has its own rules — which is exactly why our numbers drills are built language by language.

Two of them: ① a free practice pack in 55 languages (retired official papers, PDF + MP3, downloadable straight from the site); ② a free platform practice test linked in your booking confirmation email — it runs on the same player as the real test and you can use it unlimited times, but it is one dialogue only, with no invigilation and no marking feedback. "Nobody scores you against the official standard" is precisely why most people misjudge where they stand.