GESE

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GESE ISE
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What is Trinity?
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What is Trinity?

• 1877
• Accredited as Awarding Body by the UK Department
  for Education Skills (DfES)

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What is Trinity?

• Educational Charity
• Not-For-Profit Organisation

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What is Trinity?

• We offer internationally recognised examinations
  in
• Music
• Drama Speech
• Teacher training (TESOL)
• Spoken and written assessments in English (GESE
  and ISE)

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What is Trinity?

• 500,000 exams each year
• More than 60 countries

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What is Trinity?

• Our qualifications can help students to
• get a better job
• study in another country
• demonstrate their personal progress using an
  international standard

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The GESE examinations

• Why use an exam in Spoken English?

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What are the needs of your staff?Which language
skills do they MOST need to improve?

• Reading Writing? OR Listening Speaking?
• What should be the FOCUS of your English course?

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Washback

• The focus of your exam will WASHBACK into the
  lessons.
• Writing exam lots of past papers and writing
  practice
• Speaking exam lots of interaction and speaking
  practice

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Why are Listening and Speaking so important?

• Which Language skills will be most beneficial to
  help my staff DO THEIR JOB EFFECTIVELY?

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Learning your mother tongue
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Skills
Read
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Listen
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Speak
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Write
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Why SPEAK English?
Language Native Speakers Countries
Mandarin 874,000,000 16
Hindi 366,000,000 17
English 341,000,000 104
Spanish 322,000,000 43
Bengali 207,000,000 9
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The GESE examinations

• A GESE is a 1-to-1 conversation between the
  candidate and an examiner who travels from UK to
  your company or institution
• The genuine interaction measures fluency,
  accuracy and communication skills

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A GESE Exam Genuine Interaction
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The GESE examinations- 4 Stages, comprising 12
Grades
Advanced stage
10,11,12
Topic presentation
Topic discussion
an interactive task
a listening task
a conversation
25 minutes
Intermediate stage
7,8,9
Topic presentation discussion
an interactive task
a conversation
15 minutes
Elementary stage
4,5,6
Topic discussion
a conversation
10 minutes
Initial stage
1,2,3
a conversation
5,6,7 minutes
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Recognition and levels
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Accreditation in UK

• UK Qualifications Curriculum Authority (QCA)
• Universities Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
• Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)
• Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE)

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• University of Abertay Dundee, Birmingham College
  of Food Tourism, Bolton Institute, Bournmouth
  University, Bridgewater College, University of
  Brighton, British College of Osteopathic
  Medicine, University of Buckingham, Cardiff
  University, Cornwall College, University of
  Coventry, Cranfield University, University of
  Derby, Falmouth College of Arts, Harper Adams
  University College, Heriot Watt University,
  University of Huddersfield, University of Keele,
  University of Kent, Leeds College of Art and
  Design, University of Lincoln, London
  Metropolitan University, Newman College of Higher
  Education, University of Paisley, University of
  Southampton, St Martins College Lancaster,
  Swansea Institute of Higher Education, Trinity
  All Saints, Trinity College of Music, University
  of Wales (Aberystwyth), University of the West of
  England

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Trinity GESE Office Clerk Reception Telephone Secretary Executives
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Hong Kong workplace levels
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The benefits of using GESE
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Benefits

• Exam focused on communication
• Your teachers will focus the English course on
  Listening and Speaking skills
• Your staff will become more skilled and confident
  using English to communicate with others
• Friendly, non-threatening, enjoyable!

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Integrated Skills in English Examinations (ISE)

• Assess all four language skills
• A portfolio
• A controlled written exam
• An interview
• For more information, please visit
  www.trinitycollege.co.uk or contact us

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International level
Russia
UK Europe
Asia
India Middle East
Central America
Australasia
South America
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Thank you for listening!