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Aptis for Tourism Candidate GuideApril 2016

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideThe purpose of this guide is to help “Aptis for Tourism” candidates prepare for the test.There is more information about the test available on the British Council Greece s/tourism-certificate).This guide first gives a brief overview of the test, then looks at each of the skills in turn andoffers advice on how best to approach the tasks. It then gives a description of how the testis scored.Aptis for Tourism candidate guide is being updated regularly and you can find all latestupdates at m-certificate2

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideContentsThe British Council . 4Introducing the Aptis for Tourism test . 4Quick overview of the Aptis for Tourism test . 5Getting to grips with the online test . 6Aptis for Tourism core component. 8Sample grammar questions . 9Sample vocabulary questions . 10Sample questions answer keys to above exercises. 12Aptis for Tourism reading component . 12Sample reading questions . 13Aptis for Tourism listening component . 16Sample listening questions . 17Aptis for Tourism writing component . 17Sample writing tests . 18Aptis for Tourism speaking component . 22Special needs . 293

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideThe British CouncilThe British Council creates international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and buildstrust between them worldwide. We are on the ground in six continents and over 100 countries bringinginternational opportunity to life, every day. Each year we work with millions of people, connecting them with theUnited Kingdom, sharing our cultures and the UK’s most attractive assets: English, the arts, education and ourways of living and organising society. We have over 75 years’ experience of doing this.In line with our Royal Charter, we aim to bring high quality English materials to every learner or teacher whowants them around the world. We work with governments to transform whole education systems to increaseopportunity and employability through English. We train teachers by radio, web and broadcast in developing andpost conflict countries. We also deliver English teaching and offer a wide range of exams, from English tests toschool and business qualifications, in more than 90 countries worldwide.Go to www.britishcouncil.org for more information about the British Council.Introducing the Aptis for Tourism testAptis for Tourism is a new and innovative global English assessment tool from the British Council. It is an Englishtest for adults and young professionals working in or studying for a career in tourism and hospitality. It accuratelyassesses ability in all four English skills – speaking, listening, reading and writing – in a tourism-related context.LevelAptis for Tourism does not test at a single level. Instead, it includes a range of questions, which are designed toallow the candidate to demonstrate his or her best ability. The test results are reported either on a numericalscale (0–50) or reported as a Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) level.Aptis for Tourism test structureAptis for Tourism consists of five components a core (grammar and vocabulary) alongside four language skillsreading, listening, writing and speaking.Aptis for Tourism reflects situations that tourism graduates and professionals encounter every day and tests theeffective use of the English language in all four skills within their professional setting. There is no pass or fail inAptis for Tourism.This guide is meant to familiarise you with the structure of the test and offer sample questions for practice.Sample questions will differ from the actual test but will give you examples of question types that you shouldexpect in each section.4

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideQuick overview of the Aptis for Tourism testTestTest designPart 1 GrammarCore25 minutesPart 2 VocabularyPart 1 Sentence comprehensionReading30 minutesPart 2 Text cohesionPart 3 Short text comprehensionPart 4 Long text comprehensionPart 1 Word and numberrecognitionListening30 minutesPart 2 Identifying specificinformationPart 3 InferenceWriting50 minutesPart 1Word-level writingPart 2Short text writingPart 3Three written responsesto written inputPart 4Formal and informal writingSpeaking12 minutesPart 1Personal informationPart 2 Describe, expressopinion and providereasons andexplanationsPart 3 Describe, compare andprovide reasons andexplanationsPart 4 Discuss personalexperience and opinionon an abstract topicActivityFormatSentence Completion3-option multiple choice.Word matching (similar meaning).Match words to definitions.Sentence completion.Word pairs or word combinations(words commonly used together).Choose words to completesentences.Put sentences into the correctorder to make a story.Choose the best word from a list tomake a sentence.Match headings to paragraphs.Listen to a phone message toidentify specific information.Listen to monologues orconversation and identify specificinformation.Listen to monologues orconversation and identify theattitude, opinion or intention.Write basic personal informationon a form.Sets of 5 target words with10 options.3-option multiple choice.7 sentences jumbled up10 options and 7 empty spaces.7 paragraphs and 8 headings.4-option multiple choice.Complete a form.Write personal information.20–30 words.Respond to written questions ona social network-type website.30 -40 words for each question.Write an informal email to afriend and a formal email to anunknown person.40-50 words for theinformal email.120-150 words for theformal email.Respond to three personalinformation questions.30 seconds for each response.Describe a picture and answertwo additional questionsof increasing difficulty.45 seconds for each response.Describe two contrasting picturesand answer two additionalquestions of increasing difficulty45 seconds for each response.Answer three questionson an abstract topic.1-minute preparation time.2-minutes response time.5

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideGetting to grips with the online testWhen you start the test, the introductory screen looks like this:On screen, the questions will appear like this:6

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideThe different parts of the page are explained below:7

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideAptis for Tourism core componentThe core part of the test consists of two parts. The first assesses your knowledge of English grammar. Thesecond part assesses your knowledge of English vocabulary. To know what parts of grammar to expect in thetest, see the British Council/EAQUALS core inventory. This is free, and is available online 1/documents/EAQUALS British Council Core Curriculum April2011.pdfTest designPart 1 GrammarDescriptionIn this part of the test, you will answer 25 questions.Most of the questions test formal written English. Asmall number of questions test spoken English suchas knowing the appropriate grammar to use in aparticularsituation (formal or informal situations, for example).All 25 questions are in the format of a 3-optionmultiple choice. Complete a sentence by choosingthe correct word.PreparationTo know which parts of grammar aretested, see the British Council / EAQUALS coreinventory. This is free and available online .pdfOne great way to prepare for the grammar testis to use the British Council's LearnEnglishGrammar mar-and-vocabularyPart 2 VocabularyIn this part of the test, you have 25 questions.These are presented in sets of five words(the words we are testing) with ten options fromwhich to choose. There are a number of questiontypes:Word matching: find a word with a meaning similarto the target word.Word definition: match a definition to the correctword.Word usage: complete a sentence by choosing thecorrect word.Word pairs or word combinations: these areusually the most difficult questions, as you need toknow what word (from a list) is most commonlyfound with the target word (e.g. birthday card iscommon but blue card is not).To help you prepare for this part of the test, theLearnEnglish website has games and activitiesto help you improve your /en/grammar-and-vocabularyThere are also many useful websites, forexample:www.englishclub.comAnother useful tip is to take note of interestingwords or word combinations when you readEnglish texts.

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideSample grammar questionsThere are two basic question types. The first focuses on formal written English,and the second focuses on the use of English grammar when speaking.Here are some examples:1. Written grammarHe me that the machine was broken. toldspokesaidMy boss says that I to finish the report by Friday. musthaveshould2. Spoken grammarJohn: She’s French, isn’t she?Ahmed: No, she’s from Belgium. exactlyactuallyanywayZeynep: I really don’t feel like going to see that movie tonight.Peter: Ok. we can go next week instead. maybehowevernevertheless9

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideSample vocabulary questionsThere are a number of question types. The first focuses on the definition of a word (showing that you know whatthe word means). In this format, click on each arrow to in the blank spaces and a drop down list of options will beprovided. Select the appropriate answer and move on to the next definition.Question 1Question 2The next question type tests your ability to identify words with a similar meaning from a list of options.10

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideThe final question type asks you to identify a word from a list that is commonly used with the given word.Question 3There is a final question type that asks you to complete a sentence using a word from a list.11

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideSample questions answer keys to above exercisesGrammar sample questions answer keyQuestion 1Correct answersQuestion 2Correct answerstoldhavemuchsinceactuallymaybeVocabulary sample questions answer keyQuestion 1Correct answersurgeconvertrehearsemendQuestion 2Correct answersplainnot clearpainfulnot realQuestion 3Correct answerswallfactthroatlightAptis for Tourism reading componentThis part is designed to assess your reading ability. The tasks become more difficult as the test progresses.Test designPart 1SentencecomprehensionPart 2Text cohesionPart 3Short-textcomprehensionPart 4 Long-textcomprehensionDescriptionIn this part, you need to choose a word (choice ofthree) to complete the sentence. There are fivesentences to complete. Each sentence in the textis free-standing which means that it is notnecessary to understand all of the sentences tocomplete individual sentences. This part assessesyour ability to read a sentenceand to complete the sentence with an appropriateword.In this part you will see seven sentences. Theybelong to a single story that has been jumbled up.There is only one way that the sentences gotogether to form the story and your task is to clickon the sentences and drag them to the correctposition in the story.This part assesses your knowledge of thecohesion of a text. You are looking for clues ineach sentence that show how it links to othersentences.In this part you will need to read a text (about 150words). The task is to complete the text byselecting the appropriate words (from a list) to fillin the gaps. To complete all of the text you need tounderstand more than just a sentence.This part tests your ability to read and understandshort texts.This part consists of a long text (about 750 words)with a series of headings. The task is to match theheadings to paragraphs in the text (there areseven to be done). There is always an extraheading that does not fit with any paragraph.This part is designed to test your ability to readand understand a long text. In addition, you needto be able to demonstrate an understanding ofhow the headings reflect the paragraphs indifferent ways (sometimes using similar words,sometimes similar ideas, or by sharing a topic).12PreparationMake sure you read each sentence fully and theoptions before trying to answer this question.The best way to become a better reader is topractise. A number of publishers produce gradedreaders that might be of use. For example, try: Cambridge Bookworms Starter / Stage 1 Cambridge Readers – Level 1 Penguin Readers – Level 1 Macmillan Readers – Starter / Beginner Headway Skills series.Read all of the sentences carefully first. Then,decide on the order (the first sentence isidentified for you).Appropriate readers for this level are: Cambridge Bookworms Stage 1 and 2 Cambridge Readers – Level 2 Penguin Readers – Level 3 Macmillan Readers – Elementary.Read over the whole text before attempting thequestions.Appropriate readers for this level are: Cambridge Bookworms Stage 2 and 3 Cambridge Readers – Level 3, 4 and 5 Penguin Readers – Level 4 Macmillan Readers – Pre Intermediate.Read the main text carefully but as quickly as youcan. Then carefully read the headings. Do all thisbefore starting the task. Look for clues to connectthe headings to the paragraphs; these might besimilar words, ideas or topics.Appropriate readers for this level are: Cambridge Bookworms Stage 4, 5 and 6 Cambridge Readers – Level 4, 5 and 6 Penguin Readers – Level 5 and 6 Macmillan Readers – Intermediate and Upper Intermediate.

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideSample reading questionsPart 1In this task, you must select the appropriate word from a drop-down list. You should complete this task in aboutthree minutes.Part 2In the second task, the objective is to sort the sentences into the correct order to make a story. Do this by clickingon a sentence and dragging it to its correct position. In the example below, we are moving the sentence at point 6up to point 2. When we do this the sentence at point 2 swaps position.13

Aptis for Tourism candidate guidePart 3In the third task, you must select the word from the group at the bottom of the screen (in the green boxes) anddrag the appropriate word into each of the seven empty boxes in the text. As you can see, there are 10 wordoptions and only seven spaces. If you change your mind, that’s not a problem as you can move a word out ofa box if necessary.Part 4For the final task, it is necessary to scroll the reading text to see all of it. Do this by clicking on the side bar (asshown) and move the bar up and down. Select the appropriate heading from the drop-down list on the left-handside.14

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideReading test answer keyPart 1Part 2Part 315

Aptis for Tourism candidate guidePart 4Aptis for Tourism listening componentThe listening part has 25 separate questions focusing on different aspects of listening. There are a number ofthings to remember about the listening test:1. All 25 questions use the four-option multiple-choice format.2. Each listening input has a single question.3. You may listen to the question a second time if you need to.4. The three types of questions are described below. In the test itself, these types of questions do notappear in the correct sequence.Test designPart 1Word andnumberrecognitionDescriptionIn these questions you listen to a short phonemessge and you need to identifyspecific information such as a number (e.g.phone number time) or a word.Part 2In these questions you listen to shortconersations with two speakers or to amonologue and you need to identify specificinformation. For example, where do they want togo? What do they want to buy?Identifying specific,factual informationPart 3InferenceIn these questions you again listen to shortconversations with two speakers or to amonologue. The focus here is not onunderstanding the meaning of what the speakersare saying, but on identifying clues in theirlanguage or tone to help identify the attitude ofthe speaker, their intention or mood.16PreparationVisit the British Council’s LearnEnglish website forlots of very useful activities, tips, Apps /enThe elementary podcasts are useful preparation forthese questions.There are quite a few useful practice videos andpodcasts on the LearnEnglish website, so that’s avery good starting point. In addition, it may beuseful to try to listen to as much English in naturalor near-natural settings (e.g. films) as possible. Ifyou have access to the internet, you caneasily find materials, for example on the BBCwebsite (www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio).There are a number of higher-level podcasts on theLearnEnglish website. Also try the BBC website orthe BBC World Service radio station.The strategies you need include paying specificattention to intonation and stress when somebodyis speaking.Listening to authentic speech such as televisionsoap operas or films is a good way to help you withthis.

Aptis for Tourism candidate guideSample listening questionsAll of the listening questions look quite similar, though they are often focused on different aspects of listening.Remember that if you’d like to hear a question for a second time just click on the Play button:The system will not allow you to listen more than twice.Part 1Part 2Part 3Aptis for Tourism writing componentThe writing part is built around a series of interrelated activities. There are four parts, which range from very basicform filling to quite complex email messages. They are explained below. Make sure you fully understand the17

Aptis for Tourism candidate guidequestions. Plan what you are going to write and then edit your writing before clicking to the next question. Themost common mistakes are the following: Not answering the questions (going off-topic). Read the question and understand what you are requiredto do. Writing too much but with poor grammar, spelling and punctuation. Keep to the word count and focus on accuracy. Not using a variety of sentence structures. Not writing in sentences or paragraphs. Not capitalising months, cities, countries and names. Using SMS spelling.The total time allowed for the writing test is 50 minutes. The timings for each section below are recommendationsonly.Test designPart 1Word-lev

readers that might be of use. For example, try: Cambridge Bookworms Starter / Stage 1 Cambridge Readers – Level 1 Penguin Readers – Level 1 Macmillan Readers – Starter / Beginner Headway Skills series. Part 2 Text cohesion In this part you will see seven sentences

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