GA
Level 3
QN: 603/0089/9
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GA Level 3 Certificate in ESOL International (Test of Interactive English) (CEFR C2)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by GA. Classified as a English For Speakers of Other Languages. Total guided learning hours: 240 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
GA
Syllabus Units
2 Units
Guided Hours
240 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Spoken Test of Interactive English - Level 3
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The Candidate can
- converse comfortably and appropriately, unhampered by any linguistic limitations in conducting a full social and personal life
- hold his/her own in formal discussion of complex issues, putting an articulate and persuasive argument, at no disadvantage to native speakers
- keep up his/her side of the dialogue extremely well, structuring the talk and interacting authoritatively with complete fluency as interviewer or interviewee, at no disadvantage to a native speaker
- give clear, smoothly flowing, elaborate and often memorable descriptions
- present a complex topic confidently and articulately to an audience unfamiliar with it, structuring and adapting the talk flexibly to meet the audience's needs
- handle difficult and even hostile questioning
- substitute an equivalent term for a word he/she can't recall so smoothly that it is scarcely noticeable
- backtrack and restructure around a difficulty so smoothly the interlocutor is hardly aware of it
- use a good command of a very broad lexical repertoire including idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms; show awareness of connotative levels of meaning
- maintain consistent grammatical control of complex language, even while attention is otherwise engaged (e.g. in forward planning, in monitoring others’ reactions)
- consistently use correct and appropriate vocabulary
- vary intonation and place sentence stress correctly in order to express finer shades of meaning
- show great flexibility reformulating ideas in differing linguistic forms to give emphasis, to differentiate according to the situation, interlocutor etc. and to eliminate ambiguity
- convey finer shades of meaning precisely by using, with reasonable accuracy, a wide range of qualifying devices (e.g. adverbs expressing degree, clauses expressing limitations)
- give emphasis, differentiate and eliminate ambiguity
- express him/herself at length with a natural, effortless, unhesitating flow. Pauses only to reflect on precisely the right words to express his/her thoughts or to find an appropriate example or explanation
- understand any native speaker, even on abstract and complex topics of a specialist nature, beyond his/her own field
- follow specialist lectures, presentations or conversations employing a high degree of colloquialism, regional usage or unfamiliar terminology
- understand with ease virtually everything heard.
2
Written Test of Interactive English - Level 3
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- The Candidate can
- understand complex and specialised reports, literary works, discussion papers and correspondence
- produce clear, smoothly flowing, complex reports, articles or essays which present a case, or give critical appreciation of proposals or literary works
- write clear, smoothly flowing, and fully engrossing stories and descriptions of experience in a style appropriate to the genre adopted
- produce writing orthographically free of error
- create coherent and cohesive text making full and appropriate use of a variety of organisational patterns and a wide range of cohesive devices
- convey finer shades of meaning by using, with reasonable accuracy, a wide range of qualifying devices
- give emphasis, differentiate and remove ambiguity
- use a good command of a very broad lexical repertoire including idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms, showing awareness of connotative levels of meaning
- maintain consistent grammatical control of complex language.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/0089/9
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- GA
- Qualification Type
- English For Speakers of Other Languages
- Operational Start
- Aug 2016