Dear students,
Kindly note that the Final Examination of the Diploma in Business English Course is to be held on the 27th of November 2022, as scheduled.
You will have two separate papers for Reading & Writing and for Listening.
The times of the examination and guidelines are as follows:
Time:
Paper 1 - Reading & Writing - 9.00 am to 11.00 am (2 hours)
11.00 am to 11.30 (30 minutes for uploading the answer script PDF format )
Paper 2 - Listening - 11.30 am to 12.30 pm (1 hour)
12.30 pm to 1.00 pm (30 minutes for uploading the answer script PDF format)
Since the exam is to be conducted online, all students are requested to adhere to the following guidelines.
- Have a PC/ Desktop well charged, so you would not be interrupted in case of any power failure.
- Have uninterrupted wifi / mobile hotspot connection throughout the exam.
- Have a camera, speakers, or a headset.
- All the students need to log in at least 15 minutes before the exam to avoid any hassle of logging in.
- All the students need to keep the camera on throughout the entire exam and also screen share the document they will be typing the answers in. If you do not know how to do these, you may get the assistance of another and learn how to, before the exam.
- The zoom link for the exam will be sent in due course.
- The papers will be available on the LMS, and you will be able to access the papers only during the examination time.
- Once finished please upload the document with answers in PDF format to the given folder (dropbox), as usual.
Please make sure you adhere to the guidelines as no excuses will be entertained during the exam. 
Guidelines for the listening exam:
1. The recording will be played only once. You will be given the chance to check the audibility of the track and to claim any issues before the test. Issues regarding non-audibility reported after the exam will not be accepted.
2. In preparation for the listening examination, you are supposed to test your electronic equipment (e.g. earphones, laptop/tablet/phone, etc.) prior to the exam.
3. The duration of one hour includes 10 minutes to transfer the answers to the ANSWER SHEET which is the final document that you have to upload to LMS (NB: Do not upload the question paper).
4. All instructions given at the model paper discussion regarding the listening paper should be followed at the final examination.
A mock test is arranged for you and is available on the LMS already. Please use the following link and see if you can access the test and inform us if you have any issues on or before Wednesday 23rd November 2022.
Link for the mock test :
All the best!
