‘BULATS is ideal for the business market and provides company management with a perfect platform to benchmark their staff.’ Bruce D Moore, Lead Training Officer, TAECO

Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd (TAECO) is using the Business Language Testing Service (BULATS) English test, from Cambridge English Language Assessment, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its English language training.

TAECO is a leading company within China’s aviation industry. Involved in the maintenance and cargo conversion of transport aircraft, TAECO’s shareholders include the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group and Cathay Pacific Airlines, as well as companies from Hong Kong and China.
As English is the ‘official language’ of aviation, TAECO invests significantly (using its own training centre) in developing the English language skills of apprentices, trainees, mechanics and office staff, while also upgrading the language ability of its technical supervisors through courses and examinations.

In order to maintain the highest quality of language learning, TAECO decided in 2008 to use BULATS English within its training programme. BULATS is a multilingual set of workplace language assessment, training and benchmarking tools available in English, French, Spanish and German, with BULATS English offered by Cambridge English Language Assessment. Working with Cambridge University Press, we undertook significant advance testing in order to adapt BULATS to the needs of TAECO staff, and the commercial environment in which they work. This process helped increase confidence in BULATS as a testing method, as Bruce D Moore, Lead Training Officer (Languages) explains: ‘(The first phase) involved a great deal of testing. This process, coupled with the method of indentifying an individual’s English level, installed confidence in the product.’

Mr Moore was further impressed as testing began: ‘BULATS is ideal for the business market and provides company management with a perfect platform to benchmark their staff. It allowed us to conduct training courses to upgrade the English level of course attendees, and then provide an examination at the conclusion of the course.’

(以上資料來源：由英國劍橋大學語言測評考試院 提供)