British Examinations KET (Key English Test) • KET es el más elemental de los cinco niveles de inglés general. • Los alumnos que aprueben este nivel podrán satisfacer sus necesidades básicas de comunicación en situaciones cotidianas, viajes y otros casos en que sea necesario un inglés 'de supervivencia'. • El examen evalúa todas las habilidades lingüísticas y consta de tres partes: Reading and Writing, Listening y Speaking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PET (Preliminary English Test) • PET es un examen de nivel intermedio. • Los alumnos que lo aprueben podrán manejarse a nivel lingüístico en una serie de situaciones cotidianas que requieran un uso previsible del idioma. • Estas situaciones pueden darse también en el campo turístico y laboral, siempre y cuando se trate de una interacción simple y de rutina. • El examen evalúa todas las habilidades lingüísticas y consta de tres partes: . Reading and Writing, Listening y Speaking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FCE (First Certificate in English) • FCE es un examen de nivel intermedio superior. • Los alumnos que obtengan el certificado FCE pueden manejar con seguridad las principales estructuras del lenguaje, demostrar amplio conocimiento de vocabulario y usar estrategias comunicativas adecuadas en una variedad de situaciones. • Pueden asimismo comprender textos tanto orales como escritos y producir textos escritos de distinto género (narrativo, argumentativo, etc.) • El examen evalúa todas las habilidades lingüísticas y consta de cinco partes: Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening y Speaking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CAE (Certificate in Advanced English) • CAE es un examen de nivel avanzado. • Los alumnos que lo aprueben deben poder usar el idioma con fluidez y facilidad, y conocer la relación entre la lengua y la cultura en que se la utiliza. Deben poder adaptar el uso del idioma a una variedad de situaciones, expresar opiniones y tomar parte en conversaciones y debates de acuerdo a pautas culturales adecuadas. Asimismo pueden leer y producir todo tipo de textos de distinto género y con diversos grados de formalidad. Pueden usar el idioma de manera creativa y flexible, así como manejar situaciones donde los temas son más abstractos. • El examen evalúa todas las habilidades lingüísticas y consta de cinco partes: Reading, Writing, English in Use, Listening y Speaking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPE (Certificate of Profiency in English) • CPE es un examen de nivel avanzado superior. • Los alumnos que lo aprueban tienen aproximadamente la misma habilidad lingüística de un nativo, y puede usar el idioma de diversas maneras culturalmente adecuadas. • En este nivel la utilización de la lengua puede ser refinada mediante la adquisición de vocabulario y el uso específico de sutilezas lingüísticas y de estilo. Tal manejo del idioma permite acceso a áreas culturales como el teatro, el cine y la literatura, así como a actividad académica de nivel superior. • El examen evalúa todas las habilidades lingüísticas y consta de cinco partes: Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening y Speaking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CELS (Certificate in English Language Skills) • En CELS se evalúa individualmente cada competencia lingüística. • Existen tres niveles para cada competencia: Preliminar, Intermedio y Superior. (CELS Preliminary, Vantage y Higher). Equivalentes a PET, FCE y CAE. • Cada módulo (Reading, Writing, Listening y Speaking) puede ser rendido separadamente o combinado con uno o más módulos del mismo o diferente nivel. • Al aprobar un módulo los postulantes obtienen un diploma individual que certifica sus habilidades en esa área específica. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IELTS (International English Language Testing System) El examen IELTS es ampliamente reconocido como requisito inmigratorio (Australia y Nueva Zelanda) o con fines académicos, especialmente en el nivel de educación superior. Es solicitado por universidades en el Reino Unido, Australia, Nueva Zelanda, los Estados Unidos, Canadá y países de la Unión Europea. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BEC (Business English Certificate) Los exámenes BEC en sus tres niveles ofrecen a los alumnos capacitación para utilizar el idioma inglés en el ámbito de los negocios internacionales. Son exámenes prácticos que apuntan a la aplicación del idioma en situaciones reales en el mundo de los negocios. BEC Preliminary • Este es un examen para alumnos de nivel elemental e intermedio, equivalente al nivel de inglés general PET. • Los alumnos de este nivel deben manejar un conjunto específico de temas gramaticales y utilizar con soltura una variedad de estructuras, así como ciertos vocablos. Los alumnos de BEC Preliminary están capacitados para: - extraer información de conversaciones simples sin necesariamente comprender todas las palabras. - dar y recibir información; tomar apuntes para completar formularios y memos. - leer y comprender textos relacionados con los negocios. - interpretar gráficos y diagramas. - escribir una variedad de textos que transmitan información o expresen actitudes. BEC Vantage • Este es un examen de nivel intermedio superior, similar al nivel de inglés general FCE. • Los alumnos de este nivel deben poder manejar las principales estructuras del idioma y demostrar conocimiento de una amplia variedad de vocabulario. Los alumnos de BEC Vantage están capacitados para: - comprender el significado general y puntos principales de una presentación . o conversación no especializada. - participar en conversaciones, dando información personal, intercambiando . información y expresando opiniones. - extraer información de conversaciones telefónicas y anuncios públicos. - comprender cartas de negocios, informes, artículos y folletos. - escribir cartas, memos e informes simples. BEC Higher • Este es un examen de nivel avanzado, similar al nivel de inglés general CAE. • Los alumnos de este nivel deben poder manejar estructuras complejas y demostrar conocimiento de un amplio vocabulario. Los alumnos de BEC Higher están capacitados para: - sostener conversaciones prolongadas - participar en reuniones y seminarios. - escribir informes y bosquejar instrucciones. - comprender el contenido de correspondencia, artículos e informes. - utilizar el teléfono en cualquier situación. - negociar adecuadamente en casi todas las circunstancias. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ICFE (International Certificate in Financial English) What is Cambridge ICFE? Cambridge ICFE is an exam which tests candidates’ ability to understand written and spoken English in a number of realistic contexts that accountancy professionals are likely to encounter in their daily working lives. The exam consists of four papers – Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking which are designed to provide a comprehensive approach to developing financial English skills. It has been developed in partnership with ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), which is the largest and fastest-growing global accountancy body. Who is the exam for? Cambridge ICFE is an ideal qualification for anyone thinking of, or already pursuing a career in accountancy or finance. It is also suitable for qualified accountants and finance professionals who wish to validate their financial English language skills and provide proof of their linguistic skills and expertise. Cambridge ICFE is also intended to help employers in the international finance arena with the hiring and training of personnel, and to assist finance faculties and course providers with selection, placement and graduation of students. What does the exam involve? Cambridge ICFE has four papers: Test of Reading, Test of Writing, Test of Listening and Test of Speaking. The exam assesses candidates' ability to understand spoken and written English in a number of realistic contexts of the kind accounting and finance practitioners are likely to encounter in their daily working lives; spoken texts including accounting and finance presentations, lectures, discussions and interviews, and written texts such as international accounting and auditing standards, corporate documentation, financial reports and sets of financial accounts. The Writing tasks are based on the kinds of skills needed in the accounting and finance working environment, e.g. the ability to write letters, reports and proposals in an accounting and finance context, while the Speaking tasks assess speaking skills in relation to the accounting and finance working environment and will be conducted by trained oral examiners. Which topic areas of finance and accounting appear in Cambridge ICFE question papers? The examination texts and topics are set in the context of finance and accountancy. The following list is an illustration of some of the areas featured in Cambridge ICFE: - Financial Reporting - Company financial strategy - Risk assessment and analysis - Investment Banking - Ethical standards within Accounting - Accounting standards - Debt recovery - Accounting software packages and IT - Auditing - Assets and company valuations - Budgetary processes - Economic factors/conditions/forecasts in certain markets/sectors - Forensic Accounting - Banking and Insurance How many papers does ICFE have? ICFE has four papers: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. The papers assess candidates’ ability to understand spoken and written English in a number of realistic contexts of the kind accounting and finance practitioners are likely to encounter in their daily working lives. The sample papers have been trialled on a range of candidates from twenty different countries and exemplify the format of each individual paper. Reading: there are six tasks in this paper: three are tests of Reading and three are tests of English in Use. The texts included on the paper come from journals, books and articles related to finance and accounting. There are fifty four questions. The paper lasts for one hour and fifteen minutes. Writing: the Cambridge ICFE Writing Test has two tasks. The first task is a letter of 120 to 180 words which the candidate writes in response to a piece of correspondence received. The second task is a report or proposal of 200 to 250 words which the candidate writes for a client or another department within the company he/she works for. The first task is worth 40% of the marks on the paper and the second task is worth 60%. The paper lasts for one hour and fifteen minutes. Listening: the Cambridge ICFE Listening paper has four parts. Each part is heard twice. There are thirty questions on the paper and each question carries one mark. Part One consists of three short extracts (eg part of a news report or presentation) with two multiple choice questions about each. Part Two is a discussion or interview between two people about an aspect of their work in finance or accounting about which there are five multiple choice questions. Part Three features one person delivering a talk on a topic such as company performance. The task consists of nine sentences about the talk with gaps which the candidate must complete with no more than three words. Part Four consists of five different people talking about a part of their work or studies in finance or accounting. There are two tasks which focus on an aspect of what each speaker says, for example, a problem which arose at work and how the speaker solved the problem. The candidate matches a sentence or short phrase to each speaker for each task. The paper lasts for approximately forty minutes. Speaking: the Cambridge ICFE Speaking paper has four parts and has a paired format of two examiners and two candidates. Part One consists of an interview and tests the candidates’ ability to respond to questions and expand on responses. Part Two tests each candidates’ ability to speak for one minute without interruption on a finance-related topic. Part Three consists of a collaborative task which the two candidates complete together. Part Four tests the candidates’ ability to engage in a discussion based on the Part Three topic. The Speaking paper lasts for approximately sixteen minutes. How long is the exam? The duration of papers is as follows: Test of Reading: 1 hour 15 mins Test of Writing: 1 hour 15 mins Test of Listening: 40 minutes (approximately) Test of Speaking: 16 minutes (approximately) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILEC (International Legal English Certificate) What is ILEC? The International Legal English Certificate is a high-level examination designed to determine whether candidates whose first language is not English have an adequate level of English to function efficiently, in terms of language ability, in the international legal environment. ILEC is a Cambridge ESOL examination, developed in co-operation with TransLegal (www.translegal. com) – Europe’s leading firm of lawyer-linguists. The exam is a high-level legal-oriented language qualification for lawyers and law students set at levels B2 to C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The exam is based on realistic tasks of the kind that legal practitioners would be expected to encounter in their daily working lives. Successful candidates are able to use the language in practical situations, to participate in meetings, negotiations, and discussions of a legal nature, express opinions clearly are able to understand and produce texts such a legal correspondence and memoranda. ILEC exams are given twice a year, in May and November. The examination tests the full range of communications skills needed by legal practitioners, takes approximately four hours in total and consists of four papers: • Test of Reading • Test of Writing • Test of Listening • Test of Speaking The Test of Speaking takes place separately from the other papers and is conducted face-to-face by qualified oral examiners. Who is the test for? ILEC is for law students and practising lawyers who are seeking employment in an international legal setting. This includes law students who are: • seeking employment in an international commercial law context, e.g. law firms, company legal departments, and government agencies; • intending to study law where the course includes a significant English language content, either in their own country or abroad. It includes practising lawyers who are: • seeking new employment in an international commercial law context; • seeking promotion within their own organisations; • learning English as part of a training programme. Furthermore, it aids legal employers with the hiring and training of personnel, and law faculties and language schools with the selection, placement and graduation of their students. What is the level of ILEC? Lawyers operating in an international legal context require an advanced level of English and the test is designed allow candidates to demonstrate that they have the necessary level of language skills. ILEC is linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for Modern Languages (CEFR) and the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) frameworks of levels. The exam is set at CEFR levels B2-C1. Results at C1 level may be used as proof of the level of language necessary to work at a managerial or professional level or to follow a course of academic study at university level. What language skills are tested? The test covers the four language skills of Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking with separate papers measuring each skill. The Reading, Writing, and Listening papers are taken in one morning with the Speaking examination arranged to suit the requirements of the candidates and the centre. The exam assesses candidates' ability to understand spoken and written English in a number of realistic contexts of the kind legal practitioners are likely to encounter in their daily working lives; spoken texts including legal presentations, lectures, discussions, and interviews, and written texts such as contract clauses, corporate documentation, commercial statutes, legal opinions, etc. The Writing tasks are based on the kinds of skills needed in the legal workplace, e.g. the ability to write letters, memoranda, and proposals in a legal context, while the Test of Speaking will assess speaking skills in relation to the legal workplace and will be conducted by trained oral examiners. |
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