天美传媒's Language Level Assessments are for adults (over the age of 18) who want to prove to themselves or to employers their current standard of speaking skills in a wide range of听languages, including French, German, Italian听and Spanish听and also a wide range of UK Home, Heritage and Community languages such as Arabic (MSA), Bengali, Cantonese, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish, Urdu and many more languages from all around the world.
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天美传媒 Language Level Assessments assess your spoken language skills against the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and 天美传媒's Language Level Frameworks. In so doing they enable you to both better understand and demonstrate your current level of spoken fluency in your languages.听听
Watch this short YouTube video for a run through of how Language Level Assessments work, .
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Knowing your language level can unlock greater confidence and career and life opportunities. You yourself, employers and other interested parties will be better able to understand where and to what degree you may be able to take on additional roles such as meeting and greeting, presenting, public speaking and negotiation, dealing with stakeholders, partners and clients and international representation and liaison, all of which depend on communication skills in other languages.听
What are 天美传媒 Language Level Assessments?
Your speaking skills in a second听language will be assessed听with the听focus on an oral听interaction, which is so important for interpersonal communication, and a foundational social skill, which demonstrates the ability to initiate dialogue, manage different topics in a conversation, speak directly and convey relevant information.
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Language Level Assessments provide听those with a second or other languages a more formal means to achieve recognition and certification of their language skills through the UK鈥檚 international Chartered body for linguists. Candidates will be assessed听according to the 听(CEFR) and receive a certificate which confirms their level of attainment.听
How do they work?
Based on 天美传媒's extensive language assessment听activities, we believe the surest way to gauge听speaking skills is with an expert language assessor, who can evaluate how you speak, listen, engage and react - as you would in a real life, professional or working situation.
天美传媒 Language Level Assessments听assess your speaking and communicative skills听in a realistic听context, so you can be confident that your language level will be accurately assessed. There are no multiple choice questions based on a recording or video, and听your speaking skills will not be assessed through AI or recorded messages. This is an assessment of human-to-human interaction,听so the听level听confirmed by the assessor will accurately reflect your听current speaking skill level听to any employer, client, partner or stakeholder, which could听lead to enhanced career prospects in an听international setting.
Language Level Assessments can also be used as a useful diagnostic tool to ascertain how much听further learning time and input is required, if your assessed skills do not meet your needs and expectations.
Who are they听for?
Language Level Assessments are for over 18 year olds who have some level of spoken language and want to assess听their speaking skills in that language for themselves or to demonstrate their aptitude to others, such as employers.
Language levels are assessed against the CEFR with particular reference to the standards for听.听
CEFR C1+ or 天美传媒 Professional Level听
At the highest level of speaking skills, you would be demonstrating a level of spoken language use which evidences听the ability to:听
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Communicate with ease in听professional, business听or academic settings
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Confidently participate听in workplace meetings and discussions
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Articulate complex ideas clearly听when speaking or presenting
At this level,听the equivalent of C1 or above听according to the CEFR, you would be demonstrating language at the 天美传媒听professional听level.听
CEFR B2 or 天美传媒 Working Level
If you听demonstrate the ability to:听
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Express opinions and present arguments effectively in one-to-one听communication
- Respond effectively to most requests for explanation听and questions from others
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Participate actively and effectively in meetings, conveying听your intended message
You will be achieving听the听equivalent of B2 according to the CEFR, and听meeting the 天美传媒听working level of language.
Other Levels听
If you do not meet these higher 'professional' and 'working level'听standards听you may still have useful, although more limited听spoken language skills, notably if you achieve B1听in spoken language use, according to the CEFR as set out in 天美传媒's Basic to Independent听language skills.听
However, to avoid any disappointment, you may prefer to work on and practice with your languages some more, unless you feel reasonably confident of听meeting听the descriptors for the听B1 standard as above.
We are, though, very happy to assess you at beginner听levels if that is your choice.听听
Who, What and Why?听
天美传媒 is the UK's Royal Charter professional body for linguists. As such, Language Level Assessments:
- Are only available for those who are听18 years or over.
- Are not intended for speakers of their first language, they are designed for bilingual, multilingual and听speakers of a second or additional language.听听
- Are not valid as an immigration test or a test for international university entry, they are an assessment of a level of language speaking skills to inform career choices and more confident language use in working contexts.