Linguaskill Business by Cambridge English, part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment at the University of Cambridge, U.K., is an online Business English proficiency test.
This English proficiency assessment helps organisations, institutions, and learners assess Business English language ability accurately, securely, and at speed, with reporting aligned to the CEFR and the Cambridge English Scale.
Linguaskill Business is a globally recognised, online, on-demand Business English exam designed to assess whether a candidate can communicate effectively in professional and corporate settings. The test uses computer adaptive testing so that the learner is tested at the right level.
It is suitable for graduate-level learners entering the workplace, as well as employees seeking certification for professional development, internal mobility, or promotion.
The test scores up to C2 so that organisations find the best communicators to drive their business forward.
It is relevant for employers, universities, and organisations that need a reliable Business English certification for workplace readiness, recruitment, and progression decisions.
Linguaskill Business is a modular online English proficiency test. Organisations can assess the full range of skills or choose selected modules depending on their objective.
The Speaking module tests how well a candidate can express ideas clearly, summarise spoken input, respond to follow-up questions, make recommendations, and present an argument with reasons.
It is delivered on a computer using headphones and a microphone, and responses are recorded for assessment through hybrid marking, which combines human examiners with auto-marking technology.
Key features include:
The Listening and Reading components are designed to measure how well candidates understand written and spoken English across practical and context-based tasks. The test adapts to candidate performance to identify the English level accurately.
Reading assesses comprehension of notices, messages, emails, short and long texts, gap-fill tasks, text completion, and matching tasks.
Listening assesses understanding of short recordings, longer talks, sentence completion, and speaker-matching tasks.
Key features include:
The Writing module tests a candidate’s ability to produce clear, structured written communication using a computer keyboard. Responses are marked by an examiner, and the module includes two tasks.
For Linguaskill Business, candidates write:
This module is especially useful for assessing written accuracy, organisation, tone, task achievement, and the ability to communicate effectively for workplace purposes.
Choose the skills you want to assess
Adjusts to candidate performance in real time
Match the test to academic or workplace needs
Secure online testing with efficient reporting
Linguaskill provides clear, detailed reporting for both candidates and organisations.
The report or certificate includes:
For organisations, group reports are also available. This makes Linguaskill particularly useful for recruitment benchmarking, admissions, employee development, learning-pathway design, and large-scale English level assessment.
for recruitment, admissions, workforce assessment, or learning interventions.
