We can help you to assess the English and communication skills of both new job applicants and current personnel to ensure they meet the exact requirements of your business or organization.
Language Audit Services
A language audit is a clear, data-driven assessment of how effectively your team communicates in English in real workplace situations. At SkillsBar, we go beyond testing general language ability— we evaluate performance in specific tasks and contexts aligned with your organisation’s communication and performance goals. Simply put, we measure how well your team’s current skills enable them to perform at their best in their individual roles.
Summative Audit
This more direct testing approach provides a clear snapshot of overall ability and tends to be conclusive in its nature, indicating both general communicative ability and the degree of suitability for a given role. This makes it ideal for recruitment and the assessment of job candidates.
Formative Audit
Our more complex formative testing is designed to inform and guide ongoing training and professional development. These tests identify communication skills gaps within your team and provide a clear indication of the training solutions required to fill those gaps.
A Basis for Training
Once the skills gaps have been identified, we can provide your team with the appropriate communication skills, through training modules designed to meet your precise needs. Alternatively, if you prefer, we can design a series of self-directed training modules for your personnel, complete with professional learning materials and follow-up assessment.
The Benefits of Language Auditing
Focus your training budget where it delivers the most impact
Benchmark language levels across teams or departments
Support recruitment, promotion, and international collaboration
Track measurable progress over time
Make Every Word Count
Hiring people with the required communication skills doesn’t have to be a hit-and-miss process. We can help you to make informed hiring or training decisions and build stronger, more confident communicators and more cohesive teams across your organisation.
Language Audit Services - Frequently Asked Questions
1. Can you tell me more about Summative -v- Formative Audit?
A summative audit is, essentially, a Pass-or-Fail test. During the hiring process and when promoting people, you may need to test the communication skills of candidates so you can decide whether to proceed or not. Sometimes, this simply means whether the applicant’s/employee’s English level meets a certain standard. Quite often, however, employers need to know a candidate’s ability and aptitude for carrying out specific job-related functions. At SkillsBar, we can carry out a series of written and spoken tests in order to assess candidates, using a set of criteria that we develop in accordance with the client’s exact requirements.
In many cases, however, a more detailed evaluation is needed for identifying precise strengths and weaknesses in language and communicative ability. This formative audit is normally used where organizations wish to determine the training and mentoring needs of their employees, who perhaps are being considered for promotion or are successful new hires who need help in developing their skills and abilities.
2. What sort of methods are used to carry out these assessments?
- A range of methods are used, depending on the situation, on the client’s precise needs, and on whether a summative or formative audit is required:
- Standardized written tests (usually for assessing general English level)
- Specialized written tasks related to the job description, functions and requirements (e.g. write a short email in a given situation)
- Audio recordings of job interviews
- Specific task-based interviews (e.g. communicate with a ‘boss’ or ‘client’ in a given scenario)
3. Who needs Language Audit?
The short answer is, nowadays, everyone! Communication skills are critical in most roles, and in our global world of business, the ability to use specialized communication skills and techniques in English has become critically important. Our clients are drawn from a range of industries, including financial services, call/support centres, tourism, legal services, media & advertising, and IT.
4. How do you work with clients?
Because of the varied nature of such a service, we can either carry out short-term, specific assignments – such as a recruitment campaign or a once-off evaluation of employees for promotion – or, in cases where our services are required on an ongoing basis, we can sign longer-term contracts and discuss a monthly retainer fee. An example of the latter situation would be where the client regularly hires new people and needs a simple assessment of interview recordings for each new hire. We are extremely flexible, and whatever your requirements, we will find a solution that works best for you, the client.
5. Is Language Audit expensive?
For the modest fees we charge, you can be confident of ultimately having a highly skilled team of skilled communicators adding value to every aspect of your organization.
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