Task Trends in English for academic purpose Many business masters program require applicants to take one or more standardized exams as a part of the application process

Task 3. Trends in English for academic purpose

Many business masters program require applicants to take one or more standardized exams as a part of the application process. The GMAT or GRE is often required of all applicants to a program, whereas the CAE, TOEFL and IELTS are required only for non-native English speakers.

Cambridge English, advanced also known as Certificate in Advanced English CAE as accepted by UK universities and colleges as proof of English language skills.

The GMAT exam is designed to measure your ability to think logically and to employ a wide range of skills, including the ability to write persuasively. It does not assess business competence or academic knowledge beyond some very basic mathematics and grammar. The GMAT tests your aptitude through a range of multiple-choice questions, along with two essay writing assignments. The advantages of self preparation are its lower cost and flexibility.

Many business programs permit or require applicants t take the GRE Graduate Record Exam, general test instead of the GMAT. It is often the test of preference for academically oriented programs such as economics, whereas pure business program such as marketing more often prefer the GMAT.

The GRE general test is very similar to the GMAT, with a verbal section, a quantitative section and an essay writing section. The scoring is also very similar but instead of one overall score, separate scores on the same 200-800 scale are given for the verbal and the quantitative sections.

IELTS is the International English Language Testing System, the world’s proven English language test. IELTS measure ability to communicate in English across all four language skills, listening, reading, writing and speaking for people who are intend to study or work where English is the language of communication.

TOEFL. Many schools teaching in English require that non-native English speaking applicants have taken the Test of English as a Foreign Language. A general exception is made for those who comleted their bachelors degree in an English speaking country.