This document is intended for use by all employees of BTC-NCLC and CLBPT licensed assessment centers to provide a list of French/English phrases for communicating with French-speaking clients in language assessment centers. This lexicon was developed with the common communications of the assessment centers in mind, but the document is not exhaustive.
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This document is intended for use by BTC-NCLC and CLBPT licensed assessment centers and their certified assessors as a guide to possible accommodations when a client indicates special needs at the time of test registration. This information is not exhaustive. Please always use your best judgment when accommodating your clients. Think about what is best for the client while keeping in mind the reliability and standardization of the test.
This document is intended for use by language assessors, teachers and coordinators of IRCC-funded language training programs to ensure a common understanding and interpretation of assessment results based on the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB), and to establish national guidelines for language training placement and progression.
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Nursing CELBAN is a test of language proficiency for internationally educated nurses (IENs) who have completed their nursing education in another country and who speak English as a second language. It was developed in 2004 by the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB) in consultation with members of the nursing community from regulatory bodies, associations, unions, nursing refresher programs as well as IENs. It was designed to ease the nursing shortage in Canada by providing access to the pool of IENs who arrived in Canada but encountered obstacles to obtaining employment, such as: Recognition of international credentials Relevant assessment of
CLB Test Development The following are tests developed by CCLB: Low Stakes CLBPT CLBPA (in collaboration with Achēv) BTC-NCLC CLB-LPT BTC-AMA WLA Online Self-Assessment (in collaboration with Achēv) Autoévaluation en ligne NCLC (in collaboration with Achēv) CELBAN™ Readiness Self-Assessment High Stakes CELBAN™ ECLAB Milestones (for IRCC) BTR-NCLC (for IRCC)