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| polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5214 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes  Speaks: French* | Message 2 of 3 15 December 2010 at 9:28am | IP Logged |
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Hi, I scored 875 points on TOEIC... which is - according to me - a low score... I thought about taking the CPE exam (certificate of proficiency in English)... But it costs a lot and there are a lot of materials to study before taking it... So I dont think I will...
I took DCL (organisé par le ministère de l'ducation nationale) in Spanish and I got: DCL 2 (DCL 5 is C2 level according to ALTE)... But this one is a fully accurate test... should have a look at www.d-c-l.net You are dealing with a writing exam, two oral exams (namely a phone call and a presentation of your solutions in front of an examiner) and I guess it pretty much reflects your actual level... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Mup3t Diglot Newbie Portugal Joined 5206 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 3 28 January 2011 at 6:34pm | IP Logged |
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Doing the CAE is crucial for any lawyer who wish to work in international law. Must like your sister I also study law and decided to take an exam in order to have a English certificate. Thankfully, I always liked/knew English so I decided to take the CPE instead of the CAE. I actually didn't do any preparatory course or studied a lot, I just did some "speaking" exercises with a friend of mine which was also taking it in order to become familiarized with them.
I successfully passed the CPE with a grade C (which was enough for my purposes):). I'm sorry for the long text but answering your questions, on the matter of English Certificates being useful, I think it really depends of your field of work and need to work with the English language. That said, it always comes as a "plus" to have an English Certificate nowadays. Regarding my English certificates,as mentioned I have the CPE and I also took the ILEC (International Legal English Certificate) as a way to complement the first. For me Cambridge's certificates have a great advantage over TOEFL/TOEIC - they don't expire after two years (even though I understand that the level of knowledge of a language changes tru out time). I hope I have helped and answered your questions. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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