British Council’s English assessment tool Aptis is now available
View(s):The British Council in Sri Lanka has appointed Third Space Global at Orion City as a reseller of its popular English assessment tool known as ‘Aptis’. This new partnership is intended to make it easier for organisations to access Aptis to assess the English language proficiency of their staff.
Aptis is a new generation, industry-agnostic English language test designed to provide reliable results at an affordable cost. The tool was developed by the British Council’s Assessment Research Group as a complete English language testing solution and is in use by companies like GlaxoSmithkline, Vodafone and Siemens globally. Aptis is widely recognized as a smarter way to evaluate English language proficiency as it tests the reading, listening, writing and speaking skills of an individual. Users can choose any one skill or all skills along with the compulsory core component, making it a very flexible tool to use in line with the user’s budget, a media release from Third Space Global said.
Corporates can use Aptis to assess the language proficiency of their staff, regardless of their experience, skills or computer literacy level. This could be in preparation for employee development programmes, as part of the recruitment process or simply to check English proficiency levels in general. They can use the service at the Orion City premises of Third Space Global. For individuals, Aptis is a tool that can help in further preparation of English language studies or to advance career development.
In Sri Lanka, Aptis is a highly affordable tool that can be used by almost anyone. The service provider Third Space Global is a UK owned company based in Sri Lanka- it is building the world’s first global and scalable teaching network of intelligent, young and driven problem solvers by linking students in the UK with tutors from Sri Lanka and other countries. “Aptis is a great tool that is hugely affordable because it’s flexible,” says CEO Roshan Nilaweera. “We’re excited to offer this service at our premises and look forward to building a network of professionals using Aptis to advance their career or business.”
Users can visit the Third Space Global premises at Orion City to self-administer the test or have a trained expert conduct it on their behalf. The test is delivered in diverse ways to suit organisation needs-by computer, pen and paper, or even phone for speech based assessments.