Totana City Council signed an agreement with "University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate" for official certification exams in schools Totana.
As has advanced the Councillor for Education, Maria Josefa Sanchez Mendez, in the society we live in is essential knowledge of other languages ​​and especially English has become the global language par excellence.
It is considered a tool of international communication so that mastery of this language is necessary both professionally and personally.
Aware of this importance, the Department of Education of the City of Totana wants to promote access to managing a second language through various means such as, in this case, favoring the children and youth of Totana to obtain internationally recognized qualifications without move to other municipalities, as explained by the mayor.
Cambridge ESOL available to students and teachers of Totana the following tests:
- English Language Certificates YLE (Young Learners Inglés Tests), equivalent to A2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- Certificate of English KET (Key Inglés Test) and its variant for school age children, equivalent to Level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- Certificate of English Language PET (Preliminary Inglés Test) and its variant for school age children, equivalent to Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- Certificate of English FCE (First Certificate in Inglés) and its variant for school-age students, equivalent to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) for teachers.
Totana Schools wishing to participate in the project adhere to this agreement, made available to the Cambridge ESOL examination centers, also opt to take part in the project, the necessary premises in their own facilities that must comply with the provisions the "Handbook for Centres" (Handbook for Centres) which every year publishes Cambridge ESOL.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana