Issues in Testing Business English

The Revision of the Cambridge Business English Certificates

By: Barry O'Sullivan

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Paperback | 9 February 2006

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Demand is steadily growing for language tests with a specialized focus which will suit the needs of key professional domains as diverse as business, law, the airline industry, and teacher education. This book explores the testing of language for sepcific purposes (LSP) from a theoretical and a practical perspective, with a particular focus on the testing of English for business purposes. A range of tests - both past and present - is reviewed, and the development of business English testing at Cambridge ESOL is discussed. The description of the revision of the Business English Certificates (BEC) forms a major part of the book and offers a unique insight into an approach to large-scale ESP test development and revision.

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Non-Fiction Business & Management Business Communication & Presentation Teaching English (ELT)ELT Learning Material & Coursework Language & Linguistics Reference, Dictionaries & Guides Writing & Editing Guides Technical Writing ELT Background & Reference Material ELT Teaching Theory & Methods Applied Linguistics for ELT

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Series Editors' note	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xii
Introduction to the testing of language for business purposes	p. 1
The revision of BEC	p. 82
Major changes to the suite	p. 119
Changes in the BEC papers	p. 130
Conclusions and the way forward	p. 174
Appendices
JOCT Evaluation Criteria	p. 96
CEFLS Pilot Test	p. 197
CEIBT-Test of Reading and Writing-June and November 1992	p. 205
BULATS - Standard Test English	p. 225
BULATS - Speaking Test	p. 241
BULATS - Standard Test German	p. 244
ALTE Work Typical Abilities	p. 260
BEC 1 Sample Paper	p. 261
BEC 2 Sample Paper	p. 277
BEC 3 Sample Paper	p. 291
BEC Preliminary Sample Paper	p. 302
BEC Vantage Sample Paper	p. 328
BEC Higher Sample Paper	p. 353
Additional information on tests of language for business purposes	p. 378
References	p. 381
Index	p. 393
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