BEC考试介绍

IntroductiontoBECContentsWhatisBECexam?1WhytakeBECexam?2DifferentlevelsofBEC3Results5Contents4CourseRequirements61.1CambridgeEnglish:BusinessCertificates(BusinessEnglishCertificate)剑桥商务英语证书1.2UniversityofCambridgeESOLExaminations(CambridgeESOL)剑桥大学ESOL考试中心(ESOL:EnglishforSpeakersofOtherLanguages)1.3CambridgeAssessmentGroup(CambridgeAssessment)剑桥大学考试委员会1.WhatisBECexam?2.WhytakeBECexams?2.1CET（CollegeEnglishTest)heldONLYinChinaheldONLYintheuniversitiesofChinaheldONLYforChinesecollegestudents☆Cannotbeacceptedinternationally2.2TOEFL(TestofEnglishasaForeignlanguage)IELTS(InternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystem)ForstudyingabroadorimmigrationpurposeonlyAsoneoftheprerequisitestoapplyforadmissiontoschoolsOnestatementofresults,nocertificate2-yearvalidity2.3TOEIC(TestofEnglishforInternationalCommunication)国际交流英语考试RunbyETS(EducationalTestingService美国教育考试服务中心)SimilartoBEC2years’validity2.4BEC(BusinessEnglishCertificate)stronggrowthrigorousqualitycontrolwidesuitabilityvalueforstudyandbusinesscareerinternationalrecognitionforworkandstudynoexpirydate3.DifferentLevelsofBECCambridgeEnglish:BusinessPreliminaryCambridgeEnglish:BusinessVantageCambridgeEnglish:BusinessHigher3.DifferentLevelsofBECAnoverviewThedifferentteststendtocoverthefollowing:Reading:notices,advertisements,graphs,charts,productdescriptionsandshorttextsWriting:e-mails,notes,memosandformalletters(allwithwordlimits)Listening:shortconversations,telephoneconversations,announcements,longerconversationsandmonologuesSpeaking:givingpersonalinformation,givingashorttalkanddiscussingascenario.3.1Can-dostatementsforcandidatesatBECvantage*pictureisfromBECHandbook3.2AboutSuccesswithBECVantageTopicareasthatwillcomeupinBECexamsSuccesswithBECVantage1.Personalidentification1.1Waysofworking2.Theoffice,generalbusinessenvironmentandroutine5.2Participatinginameeting6.2Emailing3.Entertainmentofclients,freetime,relationshipswithcolleaguesandclients5.1Theworkplace4.Travelandmeetings1.2Makingcontacts5.Usingthetelephone3.2Leavingandtakingmessages9.2Gettingthrough6.HealthandsafetySecondaryfocusinotherlessons7.Buyingandselling7.1Sales7.2Selling11.1Ethicaleconomics8.Companystructures,systems,processes2.1Companybenefits2.2Presentingyourcompany6.1Recruitment10.2Solvingproblems9.Productsandservices12.2Handlingquestions10.Resultsandachievements11.2Discussingtrends11.Businessissues3.14.14.28.18.29.110.112.14.Contents4.1Readingtest(60mins,45questions)4.2Writingtest(45mins,2parts)4.3Listeningtest(40mins,3parts30questions)4.4Speakingtest(about14mins)4.1ReadingTestI.ContentPart1(7Qs):Matching(Scanningandreadingforgist)Part2(5Qs):Matching(Understandingtextstructure)Part3(6Qs):Multiplechoice(Readingforgistandspecificinformation)Part4(15Qs):Multiple-choicecloze(Vocabularyandstructure)Part5(12Qs):Proofreading(Understandingsentencestructureanderroridentification)4.1ReadingTesti.HowtoapproachReadingTestPartOne?InthispartoftheReadingTestyoumatchsevenstatementswithfourshorttexts.Firstreadeachshorttextandthenreadthesentencestoseewhichonesrefertothetext.Makesureyoureadeachtextforoverallmeanings.Donotchooseananswerjustbecauseyoucanseethesamewordsinthetext.4.1ReadingTestii.HowtoapproachReadingTestPartTwo?InthispartoftheReadingTestyoureadatextwithgapsinit,andchoosethebestsentencetofilleachgapfromasetofsevensentences.Firstreadthetextfortheoverallmeaning,thengobackandlookforthebestsentenceforeachgap.Makesurethesentencefitsboththemeaningandthegrammarofthetextaroundthegap4.1ReadingTestiii.HowtoapproachReadingTestPartThree?InthispartoftheReadingTestyoureadalongertextandanswersixquestions.Firstreadthequestions.Trytogetanideaofwhatthetextwillbeabout.Thenreadthetextquicklyforgeneralunderstanding.Thenreadthetextandquestionsmorecarefully,choosingthebestanswertoeachquestion.Donotchooseananswerjustbecauseyoucanseethesamewordsinthetext.4.1ReadingTestiv.HowtoapproachReadingTestPartFourThispartoftheReadingTesttestsyourvocabulary.Readthewholetextquicklytofindoutwhatitisabout.Asyoureadtrytopredictthewordsthatmightfillthegaps.Next,lookatthefourpossibleanswersforeachgapandcrossoutanyobviouslyincorrectwords.Thenreadbothbeforeandaftereachgaptodecidewhichwordshouldgoinit.Thewordneedstofitboththemeaningandthegrammar.Aftercompletingallthegaps,readthewholetextagaintocheckyouranswer.4.1ReadingTestv.HowtoapproachReadingTestPartFive?ThispartoftheReadingTesttestsyourabilitytoidentifyadditionalorunnecessarywordsinatext.Mostlinescontainoneextrawordwhichisincorrect.Readthewholetextquicklytofindoutwhatitisabout.Asyouread,trytoidentifythewordsthatareincorrect.Makesureyouconsiderwholesentencesandnoteachlineseparately.Thenreadthetextagain,andwritedowntheextrawords.Remembertherewillbeonlyoneextrawordinaline,andsomelinesarecorrect.4.2WritingTestI.ContentPart1.Amessage,memooremail（40-50words）(Givinginstructions,explainingadevelopment,askingforcomments,requestinginformation,agreeingtorequests)Part2.Businesscorrespondence,shortreportorproposal(120-140words)(Correspondence:e.g.explaining,apologizing,reassu