From February 3 to 5, 2025, an examiner training session took place in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The training covered both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. After the theoretical sessions, the participants had the opportunity to try themselves in mock exams. To conclude the program, the participants observed real exams, allowing them to gain firsthand experience of the examination process.

Im November 2024 absolvierten die ECL-Prüferinnen und Prüfer der mündlichen Kommunikation an der ECL-Prüfungsstelle in Taschkent, Usbekistan, eine eintägige Vertiefungsschulung vor Ort. Im Mittelpunkt der Schulung stand die Einführung in die Prüfungsplattform Proexam. Die Teilnehmenden konnten ihre Kenntnisse in der Praxis anwenden, was zu einer reibungslosen Durchführung der mündlichen Prüfungen beitrug.

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Prior to the February examinations, a one-day in-depth training course was held at our ECL examination site in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the ECL oral communication examiners. The focus was on the use of the PROEXAM examination platform. The participants had the opportunity to apply their knowledge in practice, making it possible for the oral examinations to run smoothly.

The ECL headquarters is pleased to announce that a new format for ECL certificates will be introduced starting in June 2023. This updated design offers advanced security features, such as watermarks, elements only visible under UV light, an iris print, and a guilloche pattern frame. Additionally, the ECL certificates include a QR code that provides confirmation of the certificate's authenticity when scanned. Furthermore, there is still the option to validate certificates using the following link: https://exam.eclexam.eu/validate/.

In April 2022 there will be ECL exams in Cameroon for the first time. For a start it will be possible to take exams in German language on levels B1, B2 and C1. We are pleased to announce the cooperation with our new partner, the Studienkolleg Ettal in Yaounde - Mbalngong, and hope for a long and fruitful cooperation.

You can get more information from our partner in Cameroon (e-mail: info@etall.de; mobile phone: 00 237 650 642 830 or 00237 655 154 880).

The ECL International Language Examination Center and AFU GmbH are pleased to announce that, as the result of a successful audit, the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) has awarded the ECL German language examinations its quality mark (i.e. Q-mark) for levels A2, B1, B2 and C1. With this quality mark, the auditing experts certify that the ECL tests in German meet the 17 minimum standards established to ensure the quality profile of the language exams. Consequently, starting in February 2021 the ECL test in German will bear the ALTE quality mark for candidates who successfully pass the paper-based examination. With this recognition, the ECL German language exam can now be associated with exam systems already bearing the ALTE trademark, such as Goethe, ÖSD, telc and TestDaf. Additionally, AFU GmbH – the organization responsible for developing the ECL tests in German – has become a full member of ALTE.

Further Information: https://www.alte.org/Our-Full-Members https://www.alte.org/resources/Documents/2020-12-18%20ALTE%20Framework%20v34(b).pdf

Dear Applicant,

Please be informed that due to the coronavirus epidemic the deadline for the submission of your applications for the SZABÓ Language Prize has been extended until 14 August 2020. Apart from the date of submission, the conditions of the Call for Applications have not changed. We are eagerly looking forward to your application documentations.

Best regards, Szabó Szilvia