Is there an exam for Cambridge Business English Certificate? Is it difficult?

The Examination Center of the Ministry of Education cooperated with the Examination Committee of Cambridge University in the United Kingdom to hold the Business English Certificate Examination from 1993. This series of exams is a proficiency test. According to the actual needs of business work, the ability of candidates to use English in business and general living environment is comprehensively investigated from four aspects: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Those who pass the examination will receive the unified standard certificate issued by the examination Committee of Cambridge University.

BEC test tests candidates' communicative competence in reading, writing, listening and speaking, pays attention to students' application ability and acceptance ability, and makes a comprehensive and objective evaluation of candidates' ability profile.

First, the examination level

BEC test is divided into three grades, BEC 1 is a primary language proficiency test, and its difficulty is equivalent to CET-4 in China. As far as the Cambridge English test series is concerned, it is between the key English test and the primary English test. BEC2 is between CET-4 and CET-6 in China, which is equivalent to the Cambridge first-class certificate of English. BEC3 is between CET-6 and TEM-8, which is equivalent to English proficiency certificate.

Second, the examination registration

The examination center of the State Education Commission has set up BEC test sites in more than 40 large and medium-sized cities across the country, which are undertaken by local universities. Candidates from all over the country can pay attention to the information of test sites in their own areas.

You don't need any special qualifications to take the BEC exam. Anyone can sign up with a China ID card. 5. The ID card holder can apply for registration with valid ID documents such as passport and military officer's card, or work permit and letter of introduction.

BEC exam registration is not limited by age, gender, occupation, region, education, etc. Anyone (including students, unemployed people, etc.). ) you can register at the local test center with your ID card. And you can register at any time. The deadline for registration in the first half of the year is March 20th, and the deadline for registration in the second half of the year is September 17. At present, BEC has 58 test sites in 36 cities in 27 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

The registration fee (including the oral examination fee) is as follows: BEC 1 about 290 yuan RMB, BEC2 about 370 yuan RMB and BEC3 about 490 yuan RMB. The examination time is the third Saturday in May (BEC3), the fourth Saturday (BEC 1), the first Saturday in June (BEC2), the fourth Saturday in June (BEC3) and the first Saturday in February (Bec 1 1). The oral test time is about one and a half months after the written test. Registration began two months before the written test.

Three. Achievements and certificates

Candidates' answer sheets are collected by each test center and sent to the overseas examination office of the examination center of the State Education Commission. The overseas examination office will convene Chinese experts trained by the British side to mark papers according to the standard answers. After computer input, all the scores will be reported to the University of Cambridge Examination Committee, which will evaluate the scores (BEC 1 written scores are A, B, C, D, N, F, etc. , and the oral test scores are 1, 2, 3, etc. ; The written test scores of BEC2 are A, B, C, N, F, and the oral test scores are 1, 2, 3, etc. The written test of BEC3 is divided into five grades: A, B, C, N and F, and the oral test is divided into 1, 2 and 3. ), as well as the notice of results (including n and f who failed the oral test, and 3, etc. ) and the result certificate are printed out and sent to each test center by the examination center of the State Education Commission for distribution to candidates. (If the written test score is qualified but the oral test score is unqualified, a certificate will be issued; If the oral test scores are qualified but the written test scores are unqualified, no certificate will be issued. )

The elementary ones are not too difficult, and the intermediate ones are a little bit.