BEC: Business English Certificate
Materials to help your students prepare for the Cambridge BEC exams.
There are three BEC exams:
- BEC Preliminary
- BEC Vantage
- BEC Higher
These are designed to test English language ability used in the context of business.
Inside BEC: Business English Certificate
BEC Vantage: Reading: Part 1
Author: Russell Whitehead Level: Intermediate Type: Article
An article by Russell Whitehead about Cambridge ESOL’s BEC Vantage Business English exam Reading component Part 1, the matching reading task, with tips for preparing candidates and a sample task and explanation.
BEC Vantage: Reading: Part 4
Author: Russell Whitehead Level: Intermediate Type: Article
An article by Russell Whitehead about Cambridge ESOL’s BEC Vantage Business English exam Reading component Part 4, the lexical cloze task (vocabulary multiple-choice gap-fill task), with tips for preparing candidates and a sample task and explanation.
BEC Vantage: Listening: Part 1
Author: Russell Whitehead Level: Intermediate Type: Article, Teaching notes
An article by Russell Whitehead about Cambridge ESOL’s BEC Vantage Business English exam Listening component Part 1, the form-filling/productive task, with tips for preparing candidates and a sample task and explanation.
BEC Vantage: Writing: Part 1
Author: Russell Whitehead Type: Article
An article by Russell Whitehead about Cambridge ESOL’s BEC Vantage Business English exam Writing component Part 1, the concise correspondence task, with tips for preparing candidates and a sample task and explanation.
BEC Vantage: Speaking: Part 2
Author: Adrian Doff Type: Article
An article by Adrian Doff about Cambridge ESOL’s BEC Vantage Business English exam Speaking component Part 2, the mini presentation task, with tips for preparing candidates and a sample task and explanation.
