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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Levels
Cambridge ESOL Levels Council of Europe Levels
VantageBEC Vantage B2
Effective ProficiencyBEC Higher C1CAE
FCE
B1 ThresholdBEC Preliminary PET
MasteryC2CPE
A2 WaystageKET
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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
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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
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Grades
• one overall grade
• each skill counts for 25%
• profile of performance
• Preliminary: two pass grades
• Vantage and Higher: three pass grades
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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
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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)
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• 5 tasks
• variety of ‘input’ and ‘output’
• tests different types of reading
Vantage Reading
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Vantage Writing
Part 1
• Internal company communication
Part 2
• Piece of business correspondence, report or proposal
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• instructions printed and on CD
• all texts heard twice
• 30 minutes Listening
• 10 minutes ‘transfer time’
• 3 tasks
Vantage Listening
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Speaking
• 2 candidates
• 2 examiners
– interlocutor
– assessor
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Vantage Speaking• Part 1 Conversation with interlocutor
• Part 2 Mini-presentation
• Part 3 i) Two-way conversationbetween candidates
ii) Further prompting from interlocutor
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• 6 tasks
• variety of ‘input’ and ‘output’
• tests different types of reading
Higher Reading
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Higher Writing
Part 1
• Report based on graphic input
Part 2
• Report or proposal or correspondence(candidate chooses)
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• instructions printed and on CD
• all texts heard twice
• 30 minutes listening
• 10 minutes ‘transfer time’
• 3 tasks
Higher Listening
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Speaking
• 2 candidates
• 2 examiners
– interlocutor
– assessor
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Higher Speaking
• Part 1 Conversation with interlocutor
• Part 2 Mini-presentation
• Part 3 i) Two-way discussionbetween candidates
ii) Further prompting from interlocutor
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