English for the business world.
Worldwide School's Business English classes prepare students for the Cambridge Business English Certificate (BEC) exam.
The BEC exam is produced by Cambridge ESOL and is available 3 times a year. The exam fee in 2010 is NZ$290. The tuition fees are the same as General English fees and there is no extra material fee.
This class is open to Upper-Intermediate, Advanced and Proficiency level students.
Business English Class Dates for 2010
5 classes per year, 3 exams per year:
5 January - 12 March + BEC exam 19 March*
22 March - 4 June + BEC exam 10 June*
7 June- 30 July (no exam available)
2 August - 24 September (no exam available)
27 September - 3 December + BEC exam 4 December*
* When available, the BEC exam is recommended, but not compulsory.
There are three BEC exams - BEC Preliminary (Intermediate), BEC Vantage (Upper-Intermediate) and BEC Higher (Advanced-Proficiency), which are designed to test English language ability in the context of business.
A BEC certificate is ideal if you are preparing for a career in business.
The BEC exams are linked to the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and to the UK Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's National Standards for Literacy, within the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
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