FY13CE English case studies
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FY13CE English is a multiple-choice English proficiency credential built around seven weighted domains: vocabulary and word usage, grammar and sentence structure, reading comprehension, writing and composition, listening comprehension, speaking and oral communication, and translation and interpretation. Candidates who typically sit for it are students, job applicants, and working professionals who need a single documented measure of practical English across receptive and productive skills rather than a narrow grammar quiz. The FY13CE English case studies are 5 cases and about 3,895 words.
1The Ferry Notice: Choosing Between 'Refund' and 'Compensate'
Harbour Line Ferries runs three vessels across a 6 km channel, carrying about 900 passengers a day. Last winter storms forced 11 days of cancellations and produced 62 written complaints, most about how refunds were handled.
771 words, about 4 min2Annual Report Paragraph: Minimal Edits Under a Board Deadline
You are the editorial assistant at a regional transport authority, preparing the 40-page annual report for the board. The draft paragraph below was written by the operations team and must be corrected before typesetting; the board chair has already said she will read the report 'as a document, not as a draft'.
725 words, about 4 min3The Library Hours Memo: Separating Stated Fact from Assumption
A candidate is given the following internal memo and four minutes to answer questions on it. To: Library Board From: Head of Operations Subject: Proposed opening hours, September–February The library currently opens 52 hours a week.
764 words, about 4 min4The Internship Essay: Choosing the Right Story Inside 250 Words
A candidate, Mei, is applying for a paid summer internship at a regional logistics company. The prompt reads: 'In no more than 250 words, describe a time you solved a problem with limited resources.
821 words, about 4 min5Consecutive Interpreting at the Safety Briefing: Idiom, Quotation and Numbers
You are interpreting consecutively between a safety manager at a food-processing plant in Jiangsu and two auditors from a European retailer. The audience is 25 Mandarin-speaking line workers.
814 words, about 4 min