bec_higher_04S.pdf

Task Sheet for Candidate A

Task Sheet for Candidate B

Task Sheet 1

Task Sheet 2

A: Time management: the importance of punctuality in all aspects of work

A: Advertising: how to advertise a new product effectively

B: Recruitment :how to ensure that job advertisements attract appropriate

applicants

B: Staff management : the importance of assessing staff performance effectively

C: Customer relations: how to set up an effective customer services system

C: Product Development: the factors involved in deciding when to withdraw

a product from the market

BEC Higher – PART TWO

A: TimeManagement: the importance of punctuality in all aspects of work

A: Advertising: how to advertise a new product effectively

B: Recruitment: how to ensure that job advertisements attract appropriate applicants

B: StaffManagement: the importance of assessing staff performance effectively

C: ProductDevelopment: how to decide when it is the right time to withdraw a product

from the market

C: Customer Relations: how to set up an effective customer services system

Attending Trade Fairs

Your company has been invited to take part in a trade fair, which will take place

during the busiest time of the year. You have been asked to decide whether staff

should be sent to this trade fair.

Discuss, and decide together:

• what the advantages and disadvantages are of attending trade fairs

• which members of staff would most usefully represent a company at a trade fair

BEC Higher – PART THREE

ASSESSMENT OF SPEAKING

Discourse Management

Candidates are assessed on their own performance and not

in relation to each other, according to the following

analytical criteria: Grammar and Vocabulary, Discourse

Management, Pronunciation and Interactive

Communication. These criteria are interpreted at Higher

level. Assessment is based on performance in the whole test

and is not related to particular parts of the test.

This refers to the coherence, extent and relevance of each

candidate’s individual performance. Contributions should be

adequate to deal with the BEC Higher level tasks. Candidates

should produce utterances which are appropriate in length.

Pronunciation

This refers to the candidates’ ability to produce

comprehensible utterances. At BEC Higher level, meanings

are conveyed through the appropriate use of stress, rhythm,

intonation and clear individual sounds, although there may

be occasional difficulty for the listener.

Both examiners assess the candidates. The Assessor applies

detailed, analytical scales, and the Interlocutor applies a

Global Achievement Scale which is based on the analytical

scales.

Interactive Communication

Grammar and Vocabulary

This refers to the candidate’s ability to take an active part in

the development of the discourse. At BEC Higher level,

candidates should be sensitive to turn-taking throughout

most of the test and hesitation should not demand patience

of the listener.

This refers to range and accuracy as well as the appropriate

use of grammatical and lexical forms. At BEC Higher level a

range of grammar and vocabulary is needed to deal with the

tasks. At this level grammar is mainly accurate and

vocabulary is used effectively.

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Staff Relocation

Your company needs to relocate several members of staff to a new branch opening in

another part of the country. You have been asked to submit ideas on how to make

relocation attractive for staff.

Discuss and decide together:

• which types of financial incentives the company could offer to staff

• what information staff would need to know about the new location

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