ESB has taken steps to improve its Speech Specifications for 2022 in response to listening to new centres and the information they find helpful. The speech specifications which have been refreshed include Pre-entry to Level 3 (Grade 8) assessments. The improvements include: A new page detailing the benefits of improving learners’ oracy skills, the benefits…
We would like to inform you that the offices of English Speaking Board (International) Ltd. will be closed from 23rd December 2021– 3rd January 2022 inclusive, for the festive period. We will reopen on Tuesday 4th January, 2022. Please be assured that all queries will be answered as soon as we return. Thank you for…
As part of its 70/70 Campaign, ESB is supporting learners at Staffordshire’s St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy to boost their oracy skills by enabling them access to its Level 3 Certificate in Speech (Grade 6) assessments. With many learners at the school facing disadvantage due to socio economic factors and migration status, ESB aims to…
ESB is giving centres the option for their assessor to use digital sound files in their ESOL Skills for Life Speaking and Listening assessments. From January 2022, ESB assessors will be able to play audio files for the Listening Task from a centre’s classroom computer. These digital sound files are merely an alternative – not…