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Real life English language skills for business – how Linguaskill can help

by Cambridge English, 01/06/2023
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Linguaskill is a quick and convenient online test to help organisations check the English levels of individuals and groups of candidates, powered by Artificial Intelligence technology. It tests all four language skills - speaking, writing, reading and listening - in modules.

Assessment , Higher education , Professional development , Language , Technology

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Linguaskill: the flexible option for language testing

by Cambridge English, 30/03/2023
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Linguaskill’s modular testing offers a flexible option to test takers. If they need to improve their score in a particular skill, then they can take that part of the test again. Their other scores are unaffected and they won’t have to retake the other three sections. Linguaskill’s flexibility benefits institutions and employers, too. Let’s take a look.

Admissions , Assessment , Higher education , Technology

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Five tips to help you get your students ready for exam day

by Cambridge English, 30/03/2021
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In this post we’re sharing five top tips and resources that you can use to help your learners feel confident as exam day approaches.

Teaching , Classroom , Assessment

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Five exam preparation tips to help build student confidence

by Cambridge English, 21/01/2021
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How to motivate your students and ensure they feel fully prepared as they approach exam day.

Teaching , Schools , Assessment

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Research Notes 78: What does plurilingualism mean for language assessment?

by Cambridge English, 06/10/2020
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Issue 78 of Cambridge English Research Notes discusses the role of plurilingualism in language assessment.

Research , Language , Assessment

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What is Validity?

by Evelina Galaczi, 17/07/2020
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The fundamental concept to keep in mind when creating any assessment is validity. Validity refers to whether a test measures what it aims to measure.

Teaching , Cambridge English Qualifications , Assessment

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Revising A2 Key and B1 Preliminary Listening tests

by Cambridge English, 11/02/2020
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As part of our series of Research Notes relevant for teachers preparing learners for Cambridge exams, we look at recent revisions to Key and Preliminary Listening.

Assessment , Cambridge English Qualifications

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Revising A2 Key and B1 Preliminary Writing tests

by Cambridge English, 26/11/2019
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A look at recent revisions to Key and Preliminary Writing. Part of our series of Research Notes relevant for teachers preparing learners for Cambridge exams.

Assessment , Cambridge English Qualifications

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Consultation with teaching professionals to inform revisions to A2 Key and B1 Preliminary

by Cambridge English, 13/11/2019
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Debbie Howden and Angela Wright tell us about the market research 'health checks' employed to gather feedback on A2 Key, A2 Key for Schools, B1 Preliminary, and B1 Preliminary for Schools.

Assessment , Cambridge English Qualifications

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Updating the A2 Key and B1 Preliminary vocabulary lists

by Cambridge English, 05/11/2019
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Lanes, Love, Kalman, Brenchley and Pickles describe the process of updating the wordlist for A2 Key and B1 Preliminary exams and their schools variants.
Assessment , Cambridge English Qualifications

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