Research Notes 78: What does plurilingualism mean for language assessment? by Cambridge English, 06/10/2020 Issue 78 of Cambridge English Research Notes discusses the role of plurilingualism in language assessment.
What is Validity? by Evelina Galaczi, 17/07/2020 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.
Revising A2 Key and B1 Preliminary Listening tests by Cambridge English, 11/02/2020 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.
Revising A2 Key and B1 Preliminary Writing tests by Cambridge English, 26/11/2019 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.
Consultation with teaching professionals to inform revisions to A2 Key and B1 Preliminary by Cambridge English, 13/11/2019 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.
Updating the A2 Key and B1 Preliminary vocabulary lists by Cambridge English, 05/11/2019 Lanes, Love, Kalman, Brenchley and Pickles describe the process of updating the wordlist for A2 Key and B1 Preliminary exams and their schools variants.
Revisions to A2 Key and B1 Preliminary Speaking by Cambridge English, 30/10/2019 Kathryn Davies and Nick Glasson from our Assessment department report on how a periodic ‘health check’ prompted changes to A2 Key and B1 Preliminary.
Revisions to A2 Key and B1 Preliminary Reading by Cambridge English, 25/10/2019 Marianne Pickles, Tony Clark and Mark Elliott from our Assessment, Research and Thought Leadership, and Validation and Data Services departments, report on how one of our regular exam 'health checks' led to the revision of two of our exams.
Overcoming communication challenges in healthcare settings by Sujata Stead, 02/01/2019 Good communication skills are essential to patient safety, wellbeing and the overall efficiency of busy healthcare organisations. Earlier this year Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment commissioned research into the challenges of communicating clearly to patients with healthcare accreditation body Joint Commission International.
One size does not fit all – why Cambridge English Qualifications are level-based by Evelina Galaczi, 30/10/2018 There is a big difference between the Cambridge English Qualifications – which focus on a particular level of language ability – and multi-level tests. Dr Evelina Galaczi explains why the Cambridge English approach to level-based testing supports more effective language learning.