01 — What the diagnostic is
The diagnostic is a two-and-a-half hour sitting under exam timing, followed by a written dossier. You do the same four papers you would face on test day, and we mark them the way a trained rater marks them: against published band descriptors, criterion by criterion, not against a feeling about your English.
What it measures, specifically:
It suits candidates who have studied for a while without moving, candidates booking a test date within three months, and anyone who has been told "your English is good" but needs a number to plan around. If you need a band within two weeks, the diagnostic is too slow for you and we will say so on the call.
03 — The deliverable
| Skill | Current | Target | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listening | 6.0 | 7.0 | ▼ 1.0 |
| Reading | 6.5 | 7.5 | ▼ 1.0 |
| Writing | 5.5 | 7.0 | ▼ 1.5 |
| Speaking | 6.0 | 7.0 | ▼ 1.0 |
One Task 2 response you wrote under timed conditions comes back with numbered margin notes. Each note names the band descriptor it fails, in Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource or Grammatical Range, and shows the rewritten sentence beside it. No note is allowed to say only “improve vocabulary”.
You send a 12-minute recording of Parts 1 to 3. We return a timestamped log: fluency pauses, repeated fillers, tense slips, and the point where an answer stopped developing. Each entry quotes the band descriptor it maps to.
04 — Turnaround and price
The diagnostic is a fixed-fee product, not an hourly service. You pay 1,200 UAH once and receive a marked dossier within five working days.
Working days run Monday to Friday in Kyiv and exclude Ukrainian public holidays. The count begins when payment clears and both uploaded tasks are complete: one speaking recording and one writing script.
If a band decision looks wrong, reply within 14 days naming the criterion you are challenging. We mark the same script again against the same band descriptors and send a written note stating whether the original band stands or moves. One re-mark is included; we do not run a second one.
05 — Booking
The diagnostic costs 1,200 UAH. You send two recent writing tasks and one recorded speaking set, and the score-band dossier comes back within five working days. Payment is confirmed only after we agree a return date in writing.
Book the diagnosticoarbmit.com is an independent coaching practice based in Kyiv. We do not administer, register for or represent any exam. We do not guarantee a band score, supply exam questions or produce written work on a candidate's behalf. Our feedback is anchored to published band descriptors and proposes a concrete rewrite for every note. Questions before booking: +380 689 183 9797.