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Top Tips For Cambridge BEC Speaking Test

Cambridge Business English Certificate Tips to improve your score in the BEC Vantage speaking test Cambridge Business English Certificate Speaking Test The BEC speaking test lasts for approximately 16 minutes. BEC speaking test candidates are interviewed with a partner and two examiners are involved in the process: one examiner who asks all the questions and the other who evaluates the speaking ability of each candidate. The Cambridge Business English (BEC) speaking has 3 parts ... BEC Speaking Test Part 1 The examiner will ask you some simple introductory questions, and then a couple of questions related to your work: one of the work related questions will be more personal and the other more general. Example Questions BEC Speaking Test Part 1 Where are you from? Why are you doing the BEC exam? Do you have a job at present? Is it difficult to find employment in your country? BEC Speaking Tips Your answers should always be relevant Try not to give answers

BEC Sample Speaking Test Cambridge Business English Certificate

BEC Vantage sample speaking test Time allowed | 14 minutes In the BEC speaking test there are normally two candidates and two examiners. One examiner will talk, ask questions and generally instruct the candidates about the different tasks in the speaking while the other examiner listens to the communication interchange. The second examiner will not talk or participate actively in the process. The BEC Vantage speaking test is divided into three parts BEC speaking Part 1 Conversation | approximately 3 minutes duration The examiner will encourage the candidates to talk about themselves and to give their personal opinions in this part of the BEC speaking test. BEC speaking Part 2 Mini-presentation | approximately 6 minutes duration In this part of the BEC speaking test individual candidates are presented with a card with three topics related to business on it. Each topic will have two related ideas for a talk. Each candidate will choose one of the ideas and will have one

Cambridge BEC Vantage Speaking Test (Marking)

Cambridge Business English Certificate Marking the BEC Speaking Test The BEC speaking test is marked by an assessor and an interlocutor. The assessor gives marks for each candidate’s performance during the test based on four speaking performance criteria: Grammar and Vocabulary Discourse Management Pronunciation Interactive Communication The interlocutor gives marks based on the overall achievement scale, which evaluates the candidate’s general effectiveness in dealing with the speaking tasks. The BEC speaking test has a maximum of 30 marks which represents 25% of the candidate’s total score in the BEC exam. Candidates are evaluated based on their individual performance in line with the established criteria. They are not evaluated in relation to their speaking test partner. There is no penalty if a candidate has difficulty understanding their speaking partner. BEC Speaking Test Part 1 The first part of the BEC speaking test provides the examiners with the first impressi