The content of the new BEC preparation courses - BEC Preliminary, BEC Vantage and BEC Higher - has been developed in co-operation with the renowned Hull's School in Zurich, Switzerland.



Figure 1: BEC preparation courses start at CEF level B1 and take CLT students
to CEF level C1 within 3 years.

The courses have already been implemented as a foreign language training tool at UBS AG in Switzerland, Bayer AG in Germany and at numerous clients around the world. The interactive examination preparation courses for the individual BEC Certificates are twelve months long and are accompanied throughout by an online tutor ....

Regular live training, which is precisely aligned to the examination requirements, is a vital part of all BEC preparation language courses. Throughout Europe, dp conducts live training for CLT corporate language training courses with its own network of language trainers and partner language schools - both via virtual classroom and in live training.

As with all CLT corporate language training courses, the new BEC preparation courses are based on the award-winning CLT learning software with interactive vocabulary trainer and comprehensive user documentation.

The Cambridge BEC Certificates are utilized throughout Europe, particularly in the training of management potential. The Business English Certificate examinations involve proving that qualified language knowledge can be applied in the workplace.

The BEC level system is based on the official Common European Framework (CEF) for Language Learning and Teaching, for which dp already offers numerous blended learning courses for several target groups.