Cambridge English Advanced, also known as CAE,
is an in-depth, high level academic test of English language ability.
Preparing for the tests helps students develop all the English skills needed to succeed
at under-graduate and post-graduate levels.
Cambridge English Advanced and Proficiency are the only two English language exams
which are awarded UCAS tariff points.
UCAS have judged them to be particularly suited
because they are certified, targeted at high level learners and based on an extensive syllabus
that requires significant preparation.
We accept Cambridge English Advanced because it is globally available and recognised.
The students who have taken Cambridge English Advanced are well placed to succeed.
To be successful at university, you have to be a confident and flexible language user.
You also need to have a high level of proficiency in all language areas.
This means that universities can specify the exact language level they require.
Supported by one hundred years of research and produced by the University of Cambridge
each version of the test is unique and verified so that each candidate experiences a test
that consistently meets the high standards we set.
High levels of security are built into every stage of the exam process
and follow a detailed code of practice.
The exam is taken by students at one thousand four hundred exam centres worldwide
and accepted around the world by more than six thousand institutions.
The exam provides a reliable indicator of language ability
reducing the risk that students' English does not match expectations.
Preparing for Cambridge English Advanced helps students to improve their English
and have nominally followed an English improvement course
instead of a test preparation course.
I think Cambridge English Advanced helps to prepare students effectively because
they have to invest a substantial amount of time and effort.
This helps to significantly improve their language proficiency.
Cambridge English Advanced provides a rigorous assessment
not just a snapshot of language ability.
The content of the exam is specifically designed to assess comprehension
and ability to communicate in English
focussed at CEFR level C1.
If a student obtains a score of 200 they are awarded tariff points from UCAS.
Cambridge English Advanced is an in-depth, high level test of English language ability
taking just under four hours.
It tests four skills at C1 level:
Writing,
Listening,
Speaking
and Reading,
which includes a use of English section that assesses the understanding
of grammar and vocabulary.
The speaking test assesses students with another candidate
and they're expected to spend as much time
talking to that person as the examiner,
testing a wide range of language functions.
You are required using other grammar structures, vocabulary.
Preparing every single part in the exam is so important for communication skills.
It isn't possible to pass the exam by being strong in some areas and weak in others.
We can be confident that an applicant who has Cambridge English Advanced
has the listening and speaking skills required
and the pronunciation, discourse, grammar and vocabulary necessary
to underpin all of this.
Cambridge English Advanced students are of a higher calibre and more prepared
to face the challenges and opportunities that exist when studying.