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C E R T I F I C A T E I N E N G L I S H

F O R B U S I N E S S P U R P O S E S

INTERMEDIATE

B1-EBP

Handbook

Supplement to Learning

Objectives and Test Format

Explanatory Notes

Additional Lexical Items and Topics

Letter Writing and Marking Criteria

Examiner Training

This handbook for B1 English for Business Purposes - Intemediate is a supplement to the “Learning

Objectives and Test Format - The European Language Certificates” of the general language

specifications for the B1 Certificate in English which were published in 1998 by WBT Weiterbildungs-

Testsysteme GmbH, Frankfurt am Main.

Published by WBT Weiterbildungs-Testsysteme GmbH, Frankfurt am Main

Germany

General Layout: Judith Mader & Heinrich Rübeling

Printed in Germany

Handbook

B1 English for Business Purposes - Intermediate

Supplement to Learning Objectives and Test Format

Contents

Foreword ............................................................................................................................

Explanatory Notes .............................................................................................................

Inventory of Additional Lexical Items .................................................................................

Inventory of Additional Topics and Lexical Items ...............................................................

Letter-Writing and Marking Criteria ...................................................................................

Examiner Training ..............................................................................................................

Frequently Asked Questions ..............................................................................................

Authors, Editors and Contributors.......................................................................................

B1-EBP Handbook

Foreword

The European Language Certificates

English for Business Purposes- Intermediate

The publication of the Common European Framework for Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment

by the Council of Europe in the year 2000 marked an important step in the development of learning

objectives, curricula, teaching materials and means of assessment. The definitions of the domains of

language use, the level descriptions and the task-based approach to language use have had highly

significant implications for the work of The European Language Certificates. This publication is the

result of a long process of development of the Certificates in English for Business Purposes and

reinforces the position of this examination within the Common European Framework and within the

system of The European Language Certificates.

Looking back over the history of this examination, which has developed over many years and several

revisions into an international examination in English for Business Purposes in the widest sense of the

word, it can be seen clearly that The European Language Certificates have always been in the forefront

of positive changes and developments in language assessment. The continuing analysis and definition

of the language needs of the target group have led to the development of a syllabus and examination

not solely in business, commercial or economic English but in English for real use at the European

workplace. This revision takes these needs as well as the changing face of the English language and

its increasingly international use into account. The publication of the English and German versions of

the brochure “Working in Europe” by the WBT, the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce and

the Association of German Private Schools helped to make the Common European Framework known

to those instrumental in decisions concerning the planning of language needs in industry and the

implications of these needs for language assessment procedures.

As well as the practical needs of language learners at their workplace, the revision of this Certificate in

English for Business Purposes and the introduction of a new Certificate in English for Business Purposes

are based on the findings of discourse analysis as well as other branches of linguistics. Language

learners‘ need for real language, based on what is happening in language terms in the European

workplace are reflected in the definition of the scenarios to be mastered at this level, the topics and

the discourse features, all of which make up communication and competence in Europe.

The revision of the already existing Certificate in English for Business Purposes at CEF level B2 and

the addition of a new Certificate in English for Business Purposes at CEF level B1 are a further step

towards the expansion and completion of The European Language Certificates programme of languages

for work purposes. Many people in different countries played an important part in the development of

this examination, in brainstorming, development, test construction, evaluation and pre-testing and it

would be impossible to name all of them here.

Their work and inspiration are greatly appreciated and we would like to thank them all for their valuable

contributions to this examination.

Judith Mader

Language Coordinator

The European Language Certificates

English for Business Purposes

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