Business English Certificate
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Aims of the seminar
• to discuss the advantages of BEC
• to familiarise participants with the content of BEC
• to provide some guidance on candidate preparation
Outline of the seminar
• Introduction to Cambridge ESOL and BEC
• Overview of Cambridge ESOL business English
tests
• Why take BEC exams?
• Levels, grades and papers
• BEC skill by skill
• Questions and answers
Introduction to Cambridge ESOL
• largest testing agency for British English
• full range of examinations taken worldwide
• recognition of Cambridge ESOL certificates
• department of the university
• exams for learners of English since 1913
Cambridge ESOL Business English Provision - BEC
• internationally recognised, certificated exams
• three levels
• tests English language in four skills
• no specialist business knowledge
• set in context of international business
• working/preparing to work in international business
• ability to communicate for essential business needs
Why take BEC exams?
• strong growth
• rigorous quality control
• wide suitability
• wide business context
• value for study and business career
• international recognition for work and study
Levels
Cambridge ESOL Levels Council of Europe Levels
VantageBEC Vantage B2
Effective ProficiencyBEC Higher C1CAE
FCE
B1 ThresholdBEC Preliminary PET
MasteryC2CPE
A2 WaystageKET
Question Paper Production Process
Vetting and editing of material
Revision
Rejection
Question paper construction
Commissioning of material for question papers
Materials bank
Pretest construction
Item analysis
Pretesting
Benefits of Pretesting
• familiarises students and teachers with the exams
• provides students with exam practice
• teachers’ comments on content and difficulty
influence design and content of exams
• students receive scores and comments
• shows levels of students in relation to exam
Grades
• one overall grade
• each skill counts for 25%
• profile of performance
• Preliminary: two pass grades
• Vantage and Higher: three pass grades
Reference No
To be quoted on all correspondence
Business English CertificatesENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGEStatement of results
Session March 2002
Candidate Name
Place of entry
QualificationBusiness English Certificate - Vantage PAPER PROFILE Result B
Pass
Exceptional
Good
Borderline
Weak
Listening
Reading SpeakingWriting
8
PapersPreliminary Vantage Higher
Reading1 hr
30 mins*
1 hr 1 hr
Writing 45 mins 1 hr 10 mins
Listening 40 mins 40 mins 40 mins
Speaking 12 mins** 14 mins** 16 mins**
* combined Reading and Writing Test ** (2 candidates)
• 5 tasks
• variety of ‘input’ and ‘output’
• tests different types of reading
Vantage Reading
Vantage Writing
Part 1
• Internal company communication
Part 2
• Piece of business correspondence, report or proposal
• instructions printed and on CD
• all texts heard twice
• 30 minutes Listening
• 10 minutes ‘transfer time’
• 3 tasks
Vantage Listening
Speaking
• 2 candidates
• 2 examiners
– interlocutor
– assessor
Vantage Speaking• Part 1 Conversation with interlocutor
• Part 2 Mini-presentation
• Part 3 i) Two-way conversationbetween candidates
ii) Further prompting from interlocutor
• 6 tasks
• variety of ‘input’ and ‘output’
• tests different types of reading
Higher Reading
Higher Writing
Part 1
• Report based on graphic input
Part 2
• Report or proposal or correspondence(candidate chooses)
• instructions printed and on CD
• all texts heard twice
• 30 minutes listening
• 10 minutes ‘transfer time’
• 3 tasks
Higher Listening
Speaking
• 2 candidates
• 2 examiners
– interlocutor
– assessor
Higher Speaking
• Part 1 Conversation with interlocutor
• Part 2 Mini-presentation
• Part 3 i) Two-way discussionbetween candidates
ii) Further prompting from interlocutor
7Y04.BEC-I.002
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