People should get full and truthful ____________ from the media

Unit 8

Evaluation and Testing

Cambridge Assessment TOEIC questions attempt to reenact international business environments and contain vocabulary and usage that are not necessarily needed in everyday life. Even a native speaker will find it hard to get full marks unless they have a good educational background, which strongly suggests it is not a true test of English communicative competence.

Cambridge Assessment is the non-teaching department of the University of Cambridge responsible for a broad range of assessments, including the UK OCR Examinations Board, Cambridge ESOL and Cambridge International Exams (formerly known as UCLES).

These exams are the world's leading range of certificates for learners of English. Each year, they are taken by over 1.5 million people, in 135 countries and are widely recognised for work and study purposes.

The exams are linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, published by the Council of Europe.

There are a number of different categories of Cambridge exams:

General English

KET (Key English Test) An elementary level exam, testing the students' ability to deal with basic written and spoken communications.

PET (Preliminary English Test) An intermediate level exam, testing their ability to cope with ever yday written and spoken communications.

FCE (First Certificate in English) An upper intermediate level exam, designed for students who can deal confidently with a range of written and spoken communications.

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