STATS
Since 2010
we have been assessing English skills using a special methodology
Since 2014
we have been helping IT companies to make their teams more efficient in English
30+
IT companies appreciated our assessment
8000+
employees have been assessed
TIME &
MONEY
The budget per person/per year
*the same outcome
Time to upgrade from A2 to B1 level of English
How many hours a person needs to upgrade from B1 to B2 level of English
BLACK
CARD
ENGLISH
150 - 375 EUR per person
6 months
75 (50 classes 90 minutes each)
OTHER POPULAR ENGLISH LEARNING OFFERS ON THE MARKET
650 EUR per person
12 months
180 (120 classes 90 minutes each)
*our clients say after budget planning…
English assessment HELPS TO SAVE UP TO 80%
of company training budget as well as
working time of our team
WHY IS OUR ASSESSMENT
SO EFFICIENT?
ONE OF A KIND
Grammar and vocabulary tests offered by certified providers haven’t been effective in assessing operational ability in English. That is why we created a custom tool as per our clients’ requests.
ASSESSMENT OF 7+2 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
We assess all the necessary skills for workplace communication:
Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Pronunciation, Grammar, Vocabulary
+ English for meetings and emails
+ Cross-Cultural competence
TESTING ENGLISH FOR WORK TASKS
Our goal is to show you the real ability of your team to work on an English speaking project. It is not only about their general competence in English or their English course progress, it’s how efficiently and fluently they will deal with the work-related tasks.
“In my head, I am able to construct more elegant phrases than when I actually speak”
ASSESSING YOUR DOMAIN VOCABULARY
We don’t offer “one size fits all” tests. We create customized tasks with your domain vocabulary and context (based on email samples, work meetings and demos).
“It's great that you adapted the test for our company. It was interesting and challenging to take it!”
UNCOVER THE BOTTLENECKS
Our assessment reveals the “weak areas” of an employee. We can adjust our courses to focus on weak skills of your team and eliminate bottlenecks.
DRIVING MOTIVATION
TO GROW
Building your team’s motivation guarantees later commitment to learning and fast progress. Just like that!
70% of feedbacks about the test are like that:
“Thank you for this opportunity to check my skills! I can't wait to start our classes!”
TEST METHODOLOGY
This test is an outcome of more than 20 years’ research in assessing language and communication skills in IT specialists.
This is version 5.0, with previous versions including the variety of formats and tasks as well as rubrics for evaluation and calibration techniques.
At the core of this test is the company’s urge to assess practical hands-on skills in English, balanced with academic skills.
The content of the test includes general and industry-related vocabulary of a specialist in IT related domains.
Along with assessing basic language and communication skills we included functional language and intercultural skills. These two competencies are one of the most critical for communication with clients and international partners. Functional language is the language for work communication. Intercultural expertise is key to the personal stance of an employee and, unfortunately, is usually low.
In spite of the high level of general and technical English skills most of the Eastern Europeans are not aware about the nuances and tend to make egregious mistakes that may not be seen in the moment, but in the long run will do an irreparable damage to trust and, eventually, company reputation.
That is why we have decided to not only offer standardised tests on grammar, use of English or listening skills, but include the tasks that employees come across while performing their work-related activities. The tasks were carefully selected, formulated and tested on a focus group, with their results checked by the experts and confirmed as reliable.
Alla Bykova, the author of the test, is an Oxford pre-testing research partner with the experience in training and assessment of over 20 years.
THE PROCESS OF
ENGLISH ASSESSMENT
1. COMPANY CONTEXT
We collect data about the domain vocabulary and typical work tasks within your company and then build the test content around that. Our experts use industry-related vocabulary in test questions. They also specifically design speaking and writing tasks to test your employees’ skills.
On completing the test, our test takers tell us, ‘It was nice that questions of the test were work related.’
2. CUSTOMIZED
LANDING PAGE
For each company, we create a landing page from scratch. The company employees can study the test guidelines, do the test and see the results in their personal accounts there.
Reports will also appear there.
3. ASSESSMENT
The tests consist of 7 parts, which take 40 to 60 minutes to complete. The tasks can be found on your company’s landing page.
The test is exciting to take, as offers communicative tasks similar to the work context. Your employees can take a break, save the progress and finish it later.
“The test was pretty good and which is more important - not tiresome”
“In general the test is challenging and cool”
“Thank you! It was a pleasure taking the test :)”
4. SCORING
Some of the tasks are assessed automatically, while some others need to be assessed by our experts.
In case of any dispute, we consult our
RESUBMISSION
Accurate results are our priority. We have ways to check on plagiarisms or cheating on the test. If a test wasn’t completed properly, it would have to be resubmitted or you will find a comment on this from our experts.
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RESULTS
You will get detailed reports where you can see the results of an individual employee, department or the whole company in general.
What you can do with assessment results?
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Create a learning trajectory based on a team’s weak spots
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Monitor corporate training outcomes
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Reassign roles within a team
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Look for new employees for specific tasks
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Test your candidates’ English level
RECOMMENDATIONS
What happens next? After you get the results we will discuss your goals and then create a learning trajectory for your company. This way, you’ll know the time estimate, budget and workflows that you need to have to get to your goals in English
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CUSTOMIZATION
If you need to assess a specific skill that is not included into the main test, e.g. Presentation skills, Conversational skills or a specific domain vocabulary, it could be tailored to your needs
EXPERT TEAM
Qualifications:
FCE (First Certificate in English)
CAE (Certificate in Advanced English)
CPE (Certificate of English Proficiency)
PTE C2 (Pearson Test of English)
CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)
FTBL (First Certificate for Teachers of Business English) passed with Distinction
PLIDA B1 (Certificato di Competenza in Lingua Italiana)
TYLEC (Teaching Young Learners Extension Certificate)
DELTA Module 1, 2, 3
MA in Linguistics
Roles:
Business English Trainers
Pearson Examiner
Exam preparation coaches
Course creators
*our recommendation
The assessment results are VALID FOR ONE YEAR
Our assessment could be organized for NEW TEAM MEMBERS, as well as for CANDIDATES you’re reviewing.
ASSESSMENT PRICE
35 EUR per person
HOW SOON
YOU WILL GET
THE RESULTS
up to 500 employees
2-3 weeks
from 500 to 1000 employees
3-4 weeks
WE ARE HELPING
TO GROW:
