Trinity launches updated four skills English Language exam
(PRWEB UK) 2 February 2015 -- Trinity College London's four skills exam -Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - has been revised and updated and will be available to take internationally from September. New guidance about ISE for teachers, based on the revised exam specifications, is now available.
Modernised to reflect the needs of today’s users, revised ISE is available at four levels from ISE Foundation (A2) to ISE III (C1) and consists of two exam modules: Reading & Writing and Speaking & Listening.
ISE IV (C2) continues to be available in its original format.
Candidates must pass both exam modules at the same ISE level to achieve an ISE qualification. The modules can be taken together, or at different times, when the students are ready. Separate results are reported for each skill – reading, writing, speaking and listening and appear on certificates (Pass, Merit, Distinction).
One of the new features of the revised exam is a diagnostic report for each skill showing candidate strengths and areas for improvement.
The ISE exam review and revision process involved extensive research and consultation, including test trials in key markets. Trinity worked in partnership with Bedfordshire University’s award-winning Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA) to develop and quality assure the process.
Trinity’s Senior Test Development Manager, Avril Ikeda Wood said ‘With a strong focus on language performance and promotion of the development of transferable skills for academic study and employability, ISE assesses the communicative skills people need for success in the modern world’.
Available internationally and increasingly popular due to its compatibility for use within Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) teaching practices, ISE is taken extensively across secondary schools in Spain and Italy in particular.
Details of availability, together with guidance and resources for teachers and exam specifications are available now at http://www.trinitycollege.com/ISE.
Mark Hunter, Trinity College London, http://www.trinitycollege.com, +44 2037524707, [email protected]
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