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Guide to using the tests Welcome to The Business Pre-intermediate tests. These

Guide to using the tests Welcome to The Business Pre-intermediate tests. These tests reflect the content of the units in The Business Pre -intermediate Student’s Book. They have also been designed to reflect the content and level of the Cambridge ESOL BEC Preliminary examination. The structure of the tests, which cover the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking, and the range of question types, are similar to those in the examination and include topics and vocabulary specified in the BEC Preliminary syllabus. There are two types of test: • Eight Progress Tests for units 1-8 • Two Review Tests, one for units 1-4 and one for units 5-8 Progress Tests There are eight progress tests, one after each unit, with four parts to each test, Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. The time needed to do each test will depend on individual classes and on the administration of the Speaking section. Guide times are given for the other parts of the tests. Part 1 Reading – Two tasks 20 points Task 1 – One text on a unit topic Question types include Right/Wrong/Does not say, Multiple choice and Cloze Task 2 – One text related to the unit topic Question types – Gap-fill to test the unit grammar or vocabulary Time: 30 minutes Part 2 Writing – Two tasks 10 points Task 1 – One short email composition task (30-40 words) An impression mark of between 0 and 5 is given (see marking guidelines below). Task 2 – Sentence writing (five sentences) Question types: Sentence transformation and sentence construction using given words. Time: 15 minutes Part 3 Listening – Two tasks 15 points Tasks 1 and 2 – Based on the coursebook listening texts Questions types: ABC Multiple choice, Summary completion (word or number), Summary completion (one or two words), Phrase completion, True or false Time: 20 minutes Part 4 Speaking – One task 5 points Individually, students do one mini-presentation task from a choice of three given. They are given prompts to base their mini presentations on and time to prepare what they are going to say. A choice of three topics is given to provide task variety. Ideally, the teacher should listen to the presentations student by student in a separate room. In smaller classes the presentations can be given to the whole class and marked by the teacher. Alternatively, in larger classes, the presentations could be delivered in small groups, with the students marking their peers. An impression mark of between 0 and 5 is given for each presentation (see guidelines below). The time taken for this part of the test will depend on the number of students. The Business Pre-Intermediate Tests / Guide to using the tests 1 Review Tests There are two longer Review Tests – one after Unit 4 and one after Unit 8. These test the course materials in the previous four units, and are double the length of the Progress Tests. Part 1 Reading – Four texts 40 points Questions types as in the Progress Tests Time: 1 hour Part 2 Writing – Two text composition tasks 20 points Task 1 – One shorter more informal email composition task (30-40 words) Task 2 – One longer more formal email composition task (60-80 words) Time: 30 minutes Part 3 Listening – Four tasks, question types as in the Progress Tests 30 points Time: 40 minutes Part 4 Speaking – Two tasks 10 points Task 1 – A mini presentation – similar to those in the Progress Tests Task 2 – A group discussion task As with the Progress Tests the teacher should ideally listen to the discussions and mini presentations group by group in a separate room. In smaller classes the discussions and mini presentations can be done in front of the whole class and marked by the teacher. The time taken for this part of the test will depend on the number of students. Overall timing of the Review Tests will depend on the class and how the Speaking section is administered, but it will be between two and three hours. This reflects the lengths of the Business English Certificate (BEC) examination. Marking the tests Marks are indicated on the tests themselves for each section of the test. The Answer Key for the tests contains the answers for Reading and Speaking. For marking Writing composition tasks and Speaking see guidelines below. Writing For the composition tasks, marks should be given for both task achievement and communicative quality. Credit should be given where students have attempted to use difficult grammar and vocabulary. The following areas can be considered when marking the students’ written work: • Content • Accuracy • Range of grammar and vocabulary structures • Organisation and cohesion • Effect on target reader Speaking The following areas can be considered when marking the students’ mini presentations: • Grammar and vocabulary • Coherence and content • Pronunciation In the discussions in Speaking Part 2 in the Review Tests the following can also be marked: • Interactive Communication The Business Pre-Intermediate Tests / Guide to using the tests 2 uploads/s3/ guide-to-using-the-tests.pdf