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Overview

This course is designed to provide opportunities for students to develop basic skills in using a foreign language in a business context.

The course is available in the following languages:

• French
• German
• Spanish
• Italian
• Russian
• Japanese

The qualification is designed for post-14 students. It caters for beginners in a wide range of contexts from school to business use, who wish to demonstrate that they have acquired communicative skills at Entry Level 3. The unit-based nature of the qualification allows for its flexible application.

The qualification also allows students to progress towards further vocational studies.

The Entry Level Certificates in Business Language Competence are part of a suite of qualifications offered by OCR, which provides a defined pathway through all levels. OCR also offers accreditation in Business Language Competence at National Qualifications Framework Levels 1-3.

*Russian and Japanese are available by special arrangement through CBLC Regional Centres

Specification aims

The aims of this specification are to:

• Develop students' confidence in communicating in a foreign language in a range of situations.
• Develop their abilities to understand spoken language.
• Develop their abilities to speak in a foreign language.
• Assist students in developing vocational vocabulary which would be relevant in a range of business situations.
• Encourage progression by assisting in the development of the skills and knowledge which students will need to undertake further study.