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　　The CE & RCPM Testing Center, which is sponsored by Cambridge Educational Research & Development Co., Ltd. (CE) and the Professional Managers Research Center under the former State Economic and Trade Commission, would undertake a special English certification project-CELS (Certificates in English Language Skills) Tests in China.

　　The Cambridge ESOL tests are well-known all over the world and are accepted by universities, employers and national education authorities in many countries as evidence of the required standards in English. For example, universities in Britain, North America, Australia, New Zealand and throughout the world accept CAE (Certificate in Advanced English), CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) and IELTS (International English Language Testing System) as evidence of an adequate standard of English for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses. The Cambridge Certificate Examination was introduced into China in 1993 by the National Educational Examination Authority (NEEA) of the Ministry of Education. Furthermore, there are already tens of thousands of examinees who have obtained some certificates form Cambridge ESOL in the past ten years or so.

　　In the business sector, Cambridge ESOL business tests provide an independent objective assessment of an employee or potential employee's ability. The Business English Certificates are a suite of tests aimed at individuals who need a certificate to enhance their career. The Business Language Testing Service (BULATS) is a language assessment service for companies and organizations. It offers a fast, flexible service with a range of testing options to assess employees' language level. Besides English, tests are available in French, Spanish and German.

　　The CELS certificate examination system is designed for people aged 16 and over who are not native speakers of English. This English certificate examination system, a set of full and independent certificate system consisting of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, was developed in 1999 by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) on the basis of full market research of English Learning in over 100 non-English speaking countries. The first CELS test was administered on May 2002 throughout the world. Mr. Lebus, the president of UCLES, says that, UCLES, as the most authoritative English examination organization which has a history of about 150 years, is always making great efforts to develop more examinations, especially in recent years, to meet the multi-level market needs in China-- the biggest English training market in the world. The introduction of CELS to the English training market in China is only a result of their efforts.

　　The CELS Certificate is unique although there are already many kinds of English certificates. It differs from those popular English certificates systems of other British and American English test organizations in that it is a set of modular tests, including Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing, 4 independent tests. They allow you to take tests in one or more of the four language skills. And it has independent lessons and grading methods for these 4 language skills. The certificates would show the level the examinees have achieved in each language skill test they have taken. The aim of it is to provide the examinees with more flexibility in choosing those skills they have more advantage and potentials to learn, and they also can choose those language skills that are more important to their occupations and jobs. In a word, CELS is designed to meet the real needs of the examinees-they can only choose what they really need or what just suits their abilities. For example, the Public Relations Manager in a restaurant may just need to improve his/her spoken English level and the ability to communicate with others, so he/she can select to learn only Spoken English, and take part in the test of this skill. But the researchers in government institutions or enterprises may think the ability to read English literatures more important, so they may choose to learn the reading courses and take part in tests of reading skill.

　　Ms. Shuhong Shen, the Chief Representative of China Office, UCLES, thinks that, although there are already many Cambridge tests in China, CELS is still unique. "It meets with various actual needs of the examinees; it is the fist time that this kind of test is introduced in China." She also says that, according to her experience of working for Cambridge for many years in China, CELS project would absolutely achieve great success in the English training market as the target market is greater than other Cambridge tests, and, plus the determination and dedication of Cambridge Educational Research & Development Co. Ltd. to developing eduction

　　The Director of CE & RCPM Testing Center says explicitly that they have contacted many English training organizations in Beijing and other provinces through various channels since Nov. 2003 when they were authorized to undertake CELS tests by UCLES, and till now, there are already about twenty of them which have expressed their intention for cooperation. Now, the Center has already made various preparations for promoting the market and for providing the best service for their partners.

　　More questions about CELS, please visit www.camb.cn. Potential partners can also directly contact CE & RCPM Testing Center for more information.




　　由北京康橋時代教育研究發(fā)展有限公司與原國家經(jīng)貿(mào)委主管的職業(yè)經(jīng)理研究中心共同主辦的CE & RCPM考試中心，即將開始在中國推出一種獨(dú)具特色的英語認(rèn)證考試項目--CELS，即英語技能證書(Certificates in English Language Skills)考試項目。

　　眾所周知，劍橋ESOL考試世界聞名,例如：英國、美國、澳大利亞、新西蘭以及世界其他國家都把高級英語考試證書(CAE)、熟練英語考試證書(CPE)和雅思(IELTS)考試成績作為本科生或研究生入學(xué)考試的英語成績憑證。劍橋考試認(rèn)證于1993年由教育部考試中心引入中國，所獲資格作為語言技能的具體證明被許多國家的大學(xué)、企業(yè)以及國家教育機(jī)構(gòu)承認(rèn)，而十多年來已有幾十萬考生取得劍橋的相關(guān)認(rèn)證。

　　同時針對商業(yè)領(lǐng)域，劍橋ESOL專門提供了為測試雇員能力、提高職業(yè)技能的的獨(dú)立測試項目，此類服務(wù)提供的語言測試不僅僅只限于英語，同時還涵蓋了其它語種如：法語、西班牙語等。CELS證書考試體系，是由劍橋大學(xué)考試委員會(UCLES)，在對全世界一百多個非英語國家英語學(xué)習(xí)市場需求，進(jìn)行充分和全面研究的基礎(chǔ)上，為16歲以上英語為非母語者，在1999年設(shè)計建立的一套具備聽、說、讀、寫各單項技能組成的完整和獨(dú)立的英語證書考試體系，首次考試業(yè)已于2002年5月在世界各地進(jìn)行。劍橋大學(xué)考試委員會總裁萊博斯先生表示：作為具有近一百五十年歷史和最權(quán)威的英語考試機(jī)構(gòu)，劍橋大學(xué)考試委員會近年來一直在作不懈的努力，試圖為中國這個全球最大的英語培訓(xùn)市場，研發(fā)和推出更能滿足多層次市場需求的考試項目。CELS英語技能證書在中國市場上的隆重推出，就是其所作的此種努力之一。

　　與其它英語認(rèn)證考試相比較，CELS考試認(rèn)證更具特色。它與目前流行的英、美等國英語測評機(jī)構(gòu)推出的各類英語級別證書考試體系不同之處在于：它首先將英語的聽、說、讀、寫四項技能拆分開來，隨之建立了獨(dú)立的教程模塊和考試測評方法，最后按聽、說、讀、寫各單項技能為合格考生頒發(fā)單項英語技能證書。用此方法設(shè)計證書的目的，一方面為考生提供了更大的靈活性，考生可以隨意選擇那些他們認(rèn)為更有優(yōu)勢和更能發(fā)揮潛能的技能去學(xué)習(xí)，另一方面，考生還可以選擇那些對他們職業(yè)和工作有需要和幫助的技能去參加考試，從而獲取證書；換言之，CELS的設(shè)置兼顧了多種需求，考生只需參加對他們有用的考試，或者符合考生實際能力的考試等級。比如，對于飯店大堂或公關(guān)經(jīng)理來說，或許提高英語口頭溝通與交際能力對他們的工作更有幫助，他們可能會選修口語這門課程，并參加適合自己口語水平的等級技能考試；而機(jī)構(gòu)或企業(yè)研究人員也許把提高英文閱讀參考資料的能力視為一項更重要的技能，因此，他/她便會選擇學(xué)習(xí)閱讀課程和參加適合自己閱讀水平的等級考試。

　　劍橋大學(xué)考試委員會駐中國辦事處首席代表沈樹紅女士認(rèn)為：盡管劍橋已經(jīng)有許多考試項目在中國推廣，但象CELS英語(單項)技能證書這樣更具特色的，能從考生多方面實際需要出發(fā)的考試項目，還是第一次在中國市場上推行。她認(rèn)為，根據(jù)她為劍橋在中國多年的工作經(jīng)驗推測，由于CELS目標(biāo)市場遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)大于以往所推出的任何其他劍橋考試項目，再加上康橋時代致力于教育的實力和決心。所以，CELS英語技能證書考試項目一定會在中國的英語培訓(xùn)市場上，有更廣闊的發(fā)展空間。

　　CE & RCPM考試中心相關(guān)負(fù)責(zé)人明確表態(tài)：考試中心自2003年11月被劍橋授權(quán)承辦此項考試以來，已經(jīng)通過各種渠道與北京和外省市許多英語培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)聯(lián)絡(luò)，到目前為止，已有北京和全國各地幾十家培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)明確表明培訓(xùn)推廣CELS項目的意向。現(xiàn)在，中心就市場推廣的各項準(zhǔn)備工作已經(jīng)就緒，力爭為合作伙伴提供最佳的服務(wù)。

　　有關(guān)CELS考試項目的相關(guān)問題，請查詢www.camb.cn，感興趣的培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)可直接于CE & RCPM考試中心聯(lián)系。