Cambridge launches new mobile English test for employability [News]

A new test of English will help students and professionals at the start of their career in India to demonstrate their English language skills quickly and affordably, backed by the reputation of one of the world’s top universities.

Cambridge Assessment English, a department of the University of Cambridge, has teamed up with leading English language learning provider in India, Enguru Live English Learning App, to launch Upskill, a new smartphone based test of English. Upskill aims at enhancing the employability of graduates aspiring for entry level jobs in corporate organisations and covers four skills – speaking, listening, reading and writing. Built around users’ lifestyle, the affordable, flexible test can be taken on the Enguru app on an Android device anytime, anywhere. It focuses on levels A1-B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference, to show potential employers that the candidates have work-ready English skills.

Upskill is the result of collaboration between the assessment specialists behind world-leading tests like IELTS and BEC, and experts in AI from across the University of Cambridge who have also worked on the ground-breaking Linguaskill test. It will be delivered by India’s largest live English learning company, Enguru, chosen by Cambridge because of their high level of expertise in Indian education, their technical platform and their reach which has already seen more than 40 million downloads of their English learning app.

Cambridge launches new mobile English test for employability