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v vii

Acknowledgementsix

Series Editors' notex

Abbreviationsxii

Chapter 1

Introduction to the testing of language for business purposes 1

Chapter 2 The revision of BEC 82

Chapter 3 Major changes to the suite 119

Chapter 4 Changes in the BEC papers 130

Chapter 5 Conclusions and the way forward 174

Appendices

Appendix 1.1: JOCT Evaluation Criteria 196

Appendix 1.2: CEFLS Pilot Test 197

Appendix 1.3: CEIBT - Test of Reading and Writing -

June and November 1992 205

Appendix 1.4: BULATS - Standard Test English 225

Appendix 1.5: BULATS - Speaking Test 241

Appendix 1.6: BULATS - Standard Test German 244

Appendix 2.1: ALTE Work Typical Abilities 260

Appendix 3.1: BEC 1 Sample Paper 261

Appendix 3.2: BEC 2 Sample Paper 277

Appendix 3.3: BEC 3 Sample Paper 291

Appendix 4.1: BEC Preliminary Sample Paper 302

Appendix 4.2: BEC Vantage Sample Paper 328

Appendix 4.3: BEC Higher Sample Paper 353

viii

Additional information on tests of language for business purposes 378

References381

Index393

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the many people at Cambridge ESOL who contributed to this volume. I was lucky enough to be able to interview many of the indi viduals who were involved in the development and administration of their tests o f English for business purposes, particularly the BULATS and BEC groups. I n particular, I am indebted to Hugh Bateman, without whom the book could n ot have been completed. Others I would like to single out include Mike Mila novic and Nick Saville, who provided historical information and access to inte rnal reports, and Neil Jones, who provided documentation on the grading proce dures for BEC. I would also like to thank David Thighe who clariÞed a number of grading-related issues, and who made valuable comments on the later draf ts of this book. Finally, I would like to thank Rowena Akinyemi for all her wo rk in ensuring that this book made it to press. I would also like to thank the following individuals and institutions fo r providing information on their tests and for giving their permission for items from the tests to be included in the book: CertiÞcazione della conoscenza dell'italiano commerciale (CertiÞcate in Italian for Commerce - CIC): Professor Giuliana Grego Bolli and Francesca Pa rizzi of the Università per Stranieri di Perugia. JETRO tests: Professor Kiyokata Katoh of Tokyo Gakugei University and Reiko Kimura of the Japan External Trade Organization. Pitman tests: Glyn Jones of City and Guilds, London. Cambridge ESOL tests: Dr Mike Milanovic of Cambridge ESOL. Table on page 101: reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press f rom Oxford Applied Linguistics: Fundamental Considerations in Language Testi ng by Lyle F Bachman ©Lyle F Bachman 1990. Finally, I would like to thank Professor Cyril Weir who read various par ts of the book and offered invaluable critical comments and advice. ix x

Series EditorsÕnote

The language testing world has flirted with the testing of English for s pecific purposes for many years. In small scale testing contexts there have been and continue to be numerous specific assessments tailored to particular need s but in the context of large scale international language testing, specific purp ose assess- ments have been far less common. Cambridge ESOL started testing English in 1913. In some ways you might consider the original Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) a sp ecific purpose examination designed to meet the needs of those teaching English although over the years it has become far more general in its emphasis. Cambridge ESOL also collaborated with the British Council on the devel- opment of the English Language Testing Service (ELTS) in the 1970s whi ch had six subject specific modules. IELTS, which evolved from ELTS in 1990, sa w a reduction in the academic modules to 3 and the 1995 revision of IELTS le d to the single academic module alongside a general training variant. There are many reasons for this retreat by IELTS, both practical and theoretical. Developing numerous multiple modules in the quantities reququotesdbs_dbs18.pdfusesText_24

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Issues in testing business

English

The revision of the Cambridge Business

English CertiÞcates

Also in this series:

Cambridge-TOEFL comparability study

Lyle F. Bachman, F. Davidson, K. Ryan, I.-C. Choi

Antony John Kunnan

15th Language Testing

Research Colloquium, Cambridge and Arnhem

Michael Milanovic, Nick Saville

Caroline Margaret Clapham

Alison Green

A multilingual glossary of language testing terms

Prepared by ALTE members

Dictionary of language testing

Namara

James Enos Purpura

19th Language Testing

Research Colloquium, Orlando, Florida

Antony John Kunnan

Micheline Chalhoub-Deville

Cyril Weir

Kieran O'Loughlin

Anne Lazaraton

1913-2002

Edited by Cyril Weir and Michael Milanovic

European language testing in a global context

Edited by Cyril Weir and Michael Milanovic

The development of the Certi

Roger Hawkey

Liying Cheng

Unpublished

Dianne Wall

Progetto Lingue 2000

Roger Hawkey

Issues in testing business

English

The revision of the Cambridge Business

English CertiÞcates

Barry O'Sullivan

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Cambridge University Press

The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK

© UCLES 2006

First published 2006

ISBN-13 978-0-521-01330-7 paperback

ISBN-10 0-521-01330-5 paperback

To Maura

Contents

Acknowledgementsix

Series Editors' notex

Abbreviationsxii

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

The revision of BEC 82

Chapter 3

Major changes to the suite 119

Chapter 4

Changes in the BEC papers 130

Chapter 5

Conclusions and the way forward 174

Appendices

Appendix 1.1: JOCT Evaluation Criteria 196

Appendix 1.2: CEFLS Pilot Test 197

June and November 1992 205

Appendix 1.4: BULATS - Standard Test English 225

Appendix 1.5: BULATS - Speaking Test 241

Appendix 1.6: BULATS - Standard Test German 244

Appendix 2.1: ALTE Work Typical Abilities 260

Appendix 3.1: BEC 1 Sample Paper 261

Appendix 3.2: BEC 2 Sample Paper 277

Appendix 3.3: BEC 3 Sample Paper 291

Appendix 4.1: BEC Preliminary Sample Paper 302

Appendix 4.2: BEC Vantage Sample Paper 328

Appendix 4.3: BEC Higher Sample Paper 353

Contents

References381

Index393