British Council launches English assessment test

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsBritish Council officially launched its new and innovative global English Assessment service, Aptis in India at an user interactive meet here in Chennai on Tuesday. Aptis is a business- to -business English assessment service available to organisations, which is believed to revolutionise the way in which English language skills of the potential employee gets assessed and benchmarked.Aptis is the first wholly British Council developed and owned English test, which has been built on a new interactive platform, which develops, manages, delivers and monitors the test simultaneously. This platform also enables the organisations to administer the test themselves at a time that suits them.Speaking at the launch, Rob Lynes, Director of the British Council in India said, “English has been the heart of the British Council’s cultural relations work since 1943. Our work in English creates opportunities for millions of people around the world through education, mobility and international engagement.”The hallmark of Aptis is its fexibility and adapatability for the customised needs of the organisations pointed out Mark Walker, director of exams at the British Council.Aptis can be used to assess the ability in all the four English skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Sarah Deverall, director of exams and Customer Services South Asia while explaining the features of Aptis said, “ Organisation need not test all the four English skills.Aptis can be customised to test one or more of the specfic kills which is relevant to their needs.”The content of the Aptis can be adapted to suit a specfic domain, such as teaching, travel or tourism, as well as cutomised to suit specfic cultural contexts and variants of English. Aptis can be delievered by computer, telephone or pen and paper and results are available within 24 hrs.first published:September 22, 2012, 09:46 ISTlast updated:September 22, 2012, 09:46 IST
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British Council officially launched its new and innovative global English Assessment service, Aptis in India at an user interactive meet here in Chennai on Tuesday.

Aptis is a business- to -business English assessment service available to organisations, which is believed to revolutionise the way in which English language skills of the potential employee gets assessed and benchmarked.

Aptis is the first wholly British Council developed and owned English test, which has been built on a new interactive platform, which develops, manages, delivers and monitors the test simultaneously. This platform also enables the organisations to administer the test themselves at a time that suits them.

Speaking at the launch, Rob Lynes, Director of the British Council in India said, “English has been the heart of the British Council’s cultural relations work since 1943. Our work in English creates opportunities for millions of people around the world through education, mobility and international engagement.”

The hallmark of Aptis is its fexibility and adapatability for the customised needs of the organisations pointed out Mark Walker, director of exams at the British Council.

Aptis can be used to assess the ability in all the four English skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Sarah Deverall, director of exams and Customer Services South Asia while explaining the features of Aptis said, “ Organisation need not test all the four English skills.

Aptis can be customised to test one or more of the specfic kills which is relevant to their needs.”

The content of the Aptis can be adapted to suit a specfic domain, such as teaching, travel or tourism, as well as cutomised to suit specfic cultural contexts and variants of English. Aptis can be delievered by computer, telephone or pen and paper and results are available within 24 hrs.