Writing

Part 1: Approx. 50 words
Task: Write a short communicative message. The task tests the candidate’s ability to produce a short piece of writing which successfully communicates the required information. This is a guided writing task.

Part 2: Approx. 200 words
Task: Write an extended piece of text in the form of a brief report, article or review. The task tests the candidate’s ability to produce extended writing about a topical issue or a workplace matter. Candidates will need to demonstrate an advanced level of grammar and vocabulary while coherently organising an extended piece of writing.

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LTE A1 – CEFR A1

• Can recognise familiar words, everyday expressions and very basic phrases when people speak slowly and clearly.
• Can understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences on familiar topics and obtain information from notices, posters and catalogues.

LTE A2 – CEFR A2

• Can understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance such as basic personal and family information, shopping, local area and employment.
• Can catch the main point in short, clear, simple messages and announcements.
• Can read and understand very short, simple texts such as personal letters.
• Can find specific, predictable information in simple everyday material such as advertisements, prospectuses, menus and timetables.

LTE B1 – CEFR B1

• Can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
• Can understand the main point of many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
• Can understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency every day or job-related language.
• Can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters.

LTE B2 – CEFR B2

• Can understand extended speech and lectures and follow complex lines of argument, provided the topic is reasonably familiar.
• Can understand most TV news, current affairs programmes and the majority of films in standard dialect.
• Can read articles and reports concerned with temporary problems in which the writers adopt particular attitudes or viewpoints.
• Can understand contemporary literary prose.

LTE C1 – CEFR C1

• Can understand an extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signalled explicitly.
• Can understand TV programmes and films without too much effort.
• Can understand long and complex factual and literary texts, appreciating distinctions of style.
• Can understand specialised articles and longer technical instructions that are relevant to various fields.

LTE C2 – CEFR C2

• Can understand with ease any kind of spoken language, whether live or broadcast, even when delivered at fast native speed, provided there is a familiarity with the accent.
• Can read virtually all forms of the written language at ease, including abstract and structurally or linguistically complex texts such as manuals, specialised articles and literary works.

Download

• Practice Paper 1- LTE Writing A1-C2
• Practice Paper 2- LTE Writing A1-C2
• Qualification Handbook
• Assessing Writing Overview

Vocabulary books

• Edwards, L. & Redman, S. (2017) English Vocabulary in Use: Pre-intermediate and Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Emmerson, P. (2007) Business English Handbook: Advanced. London: Macmillan
• Emmerson, P. (2009) Business Vocabulary Builder: Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate. London: Macmillan.
• Emmerson, P. (2011) Essential Business Vocabulary Builder: Pre-intermediate to Intermediate. London: Macmillan.

Grammar books

• Brieger, N. & Sweeney, S. (2011) Business Grammar and Practice: Pre-Intermediate. London: Collins
• Emmerson, P. (2010) Business Grammar Builder: Intermediate to Upper-intermediate. London: Macmillan.
• Murphy, R. (2019) English Grammar in Use: Intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Swan, M. & Walter, C. (2011) Oxford English Grammar Course: Basic. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Swan, M. & Walter, C. (2015) Oxford English Grammar Course: Intermediate. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Swan, M. & Walter, C. (2019) Oxford English Grammar Course: Advanced. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Business English Course Books

• Cosgrove, A. (2017) English at Work: Practical Language Activities for Working in the UK. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Badger, I. (2011) English for Business: Listening. London: Collins
• Cotton, D., Falvey, D., & Kent, S. (2011) Market leader: Upper Intermediate Business English course book. Harlow: Pearson Longman.
• Cotton, D., Falvey, D., Kent, S. & Rogers, J. (2016) Market leader: Pre-intermediate Business English Flexi Course book 1. Harlow: Pearson Longman.
• Hughes, J. & Naunton, J. (2016) Business Result: Intermediate. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Osborn, A. (2013) English for Business: Reading. London: Collins.