107-1 [進階]BULATS (Business Language Testing Service)
教師 / 線上英語自學中心
課程介紹
各位同學好，此自修課程為英語自學中心將舊有課堂之教材重組，歡迎同學多加利用教室內資源，進行自我學習。✍累積自學點數：
1. 依循課堂內練習指引（單元討論/寫作作業），將「寫作練習」繳交到自學筆記區或雲端寫作室。
（請勿直接上傳在課堂內討論區/作業區）（建議難度較高之內容可上傳至雲端寫作室）
2. 將此課程學習之心得/反饋，撰寫成自學筆記並繳交。
3. 以上練習請繳交至自學筆記區/雲端寫作室，繳交時請務必註明自修課程之課名，也建議附上課程之練習說明，方便助理或小老師批改。
＊提醒：因該自修課程為重組之課堂上教材，故教室內部分說明文字為針對舊有課堂之說明，請選擇合適之作業類型上傳至筆記區。
-OVERVIEW-
BULATS (Business Language Testing Service) 劍橋博思職場英語檢測，係由劍橋大學英文考試院 (Cambridge ESOL) 所研發。測驗內容真實反映職場情境，能有效地評量應試者在職場上溝通及運用英語文之能力，適合大學校院學生及職場人士採用。本測驗成績永久有效，並可與CEFR直接參照，通行國際，在台灣地區已獲行政院所屬部會、民營企業、學校等百餘所單位廣泛採用。
BULATS is a system of tests and courses designed specifically for assessing language ability for the workplace. It can help you stay ahead of your competition and gain a competitive edge by improving your organisation's communication – both to internal and external audiences.
There are three elements to the BULATS Service – benchmarking, preparation courses and testing:
BULATS Tests:
assesses language skills needed in real business situations.
tests all four language skills – listening, speaking, reading and writing – but is flexible enough to let you test only the skills you need.
is available in English, French, German and Spanish.
BULATS Preparation Courses:
Designed to provide you with a flexible and engaging learning experience to help you get the most out of your BULATS test.
BULATS Benchmarking:
A benchmarking project is a programme of language assessment across a department, company, organisation, region or country.
It establishes benchmarks – standards about what levels of language ability are required for different jobs.
-FEATURES-
The Business Language Testing Service (BULATS) is designed to test the language of employees who need to use a foreign language at work. It is also suitable for learners and employees on professional/business courses where foreign language ability is an important element of the course.
You can use BULATS as part of your strategies to enhance:
internal communications between offices and departments
efficiency in dealing with customers and suppliers
recruitment processes
language training programmes.
Why choose BULATS?
BULATS flexibility
BULATS tests the four language skills through three tests:
reading and listening
writing
speaking
You can choose to assess all four skills or mix and match any combination of the three tests to reflect the needs of your organisation.
Fit for purpose
All our BULATS tests are backed by Cambridge ESOL's rigorous programmes of research, pretesting and validation to ensure they are accurate, fair and fit-for-purpose.
Mapped to an international standard
All BULATS tests are developed using methodology which maps them to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), the standard benchmark used internationally to describe language ability.
Quality assured
BULATS tests are developed in secure conditions and each completed test is marked by experienced examiners whose skills are constantly assessed. We do this to ensure BULATS results can be trusted as a true reflection of a candidate's ability to communicate at the level stated.
Here are some examples of companies that already use BULATS.
BULATS has been developed and delivered by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL) with leading experts in French, German and Spanish language assessment:
Alliance Francaise (French)
Goethe-Institut (German)
Universidad de Salamanca (Spanish)