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Berlitz Test of Writing Skills

The Berlitz Test of Writing Skills (BTWS), which assesses second language writing, has been developed through the collaborative efforts of Berlitz International, Inc. and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The test is designed to assess business and professional use of target-language writing in a workplace setting. This test is intended to be used by organizations, international corporations and government agencies throughout the world in their recruitment, staff training and development, and benchmarking processes.

The 60 minute test of writing skills includes practical tasks such e-mail, memo and report writing and are rated according to the following:

Task Fulfillment
This is intended to assess an examinee’s “understanding of given input for each task and ability to perform task requirements accordingly.”

Idea Organization This is intended to assess the ability to organize writing with the use of rhetorical structures, cohesive devices and transition words. It also assesses the ability to develop ideas with supporting details and examples.

Format Paper-based
Languages Arabic, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish.  (Other languages may be available at an additional cost.)
Uses

Assess an examinees’ “grammatical, syntactic and vocabulary knowledge

Skills Tested Business writing in a foreign language
Length 60 minutes
Test Results

The test is scored by a Berlitz Rater and results are e-mailed within 24 hours; Results are given on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

Why choose Berlitz?

  • Berlitz has helped the world communicate through leadership and innovation in language and cultural services for more than 130 years
  • Berlitz is the world’s premier provider of language training and cultural consulting and language assessment services, with more than 500 Berlitz Training Centers in 70 countries
  • Berlitz offers organizations a flexible range of online and face-to-face language training and assessment solutions to meet their needs and budgets
  • Only Berlitz offers language instruction based on the conversational Berlitz Method®
  • Berlitz offers preferred rates via a service agreement
  • Through our partnership with Renton Technical College, our courses may now be eligible for your company's tuition assistance program 

Count on Berlitz Test of Speaking Skills and Custom Testing to assess the individual’s communicative abilities in the work-related environment.

To find out more about Berlitz Assessment and Testing solutions for businesses, call 866-331-5054, or click on Contact a Berlitz Consultant and submit your information. A Berlitz Consultant will contact you within one business day.

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