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Business English
Cambridge English: Business Preliminary
Cambridge English: Business Preliminary is an intermediate-level qualification that shows employers that you have knowledge of business English sufficient for practical, everyday use in a business environment.
Language skills for real-life business situations
Cambridge English: Business Preliminary is set at Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). At this level, you would be able to carry out basic office tasks such as:
- reading short messages
- interpreting charts
- writing a short email
- following short telephone conversations and discussions
- talking about business-related matters.
The content in Cambridge English: Business Preliminary reflects everyday work and business tasks. Preparing for your exam will give you skills that will make you an asset to your employer.
Improving your employability and career prospects
Proving your business English abilities can open the door to career opportunities with a new employer, or can make your ambitions for promotion or career development within your current organisation a reality.
Clear, reliable evidence of your language ability
Employers value and rely on Cambridge English: Business Preliminary because it is a thorough test of all four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) in a business context.
Cambridge English: Business Vantage
Cambridge English: Business Vantage, also known as Business English Certificate (BEC) Vantage, is an upper-intermediate level qualification that shows you can use English with confidence in a business environment.
Exam Overview
What's in the exam?
| Paper | Content | Marks |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
Reading |
5 parts |
25% | Shows you can deal confidently with different types of text, such as business publications and correspondence. |
| Writing (45 minutes) |
2 parts | 25% | Requires you to be able to produce two different pieces of writing, such as letters, reports, proposals and emails. |
| Listening (about 40 minutes including transfer time) |
3 parts | 25% | Requires you to be able to follow and understand a range of spoken materials, such as interviews, discussions and presentations. |
| Speaking (14 minutes per pair of candidates) |
3 parts | 25% | Tests your ability to communicate effectively in face-to-face situations. You will take the Speaking test with one or two other candidates. |
Cambridge English: Business Higher
Cambridge English: Business Higher, also known as Business English Certificate (BEC) Higher, is a high-level exam, taken all over the world by people who need to prove that they have a high level of English for business purposes.
Exam Overview
What's in the exam?
| Paper | Content | Marks |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading (1 hour ) |
6 parts |
25% | Shows you can deal confidently with different types of text. |
| Writing (1 hour 10 minutes) |
2 parts | 25% | Requires you to be able to write a variety of different items such as memos, faxes, emails, reports and proposals. |
| Listening (about 40 minutes including transfer time) |
3 parts | 25% | Requires you to be able to follow and understand a range of spoken materials such as conversations, interviews and discussions. |
| Speaking (16 minutes per pair of candidates) |
3 parts | 25% | Tests your ability to communicate effectively in face-to-face situations. |
Business English at Metropole College
| Course | Fees | Duration |
Time | Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Business English |
£340 |
10 weeks | 18:00 - 20:00 | Mondays |
| Preliminary Exam | £70.00 | --- | --- | --- |
| Vantage & Higher Exam | £110.00 | --- | --- | --- |
Course Enrolment and enquiries:
If you would like to join the Business English course at Metropole College or wish to know more information please call on:
+44 (0)20 7403 2842 / +44 (0)20 7241 7100
Alternatively you can send an email to:info@metropolecollege.com