SEFIC stands for Spoken English for Industry and Commerce. It’s a test consisting of 5 levels:
SEFIC Preliminary – ability to survive in English-speaking environment, ability to communicate in daily situations.
SEFIC First – fulfillment of basic tasks at a workplace.
SEFIC Second – everyday communication with native speakers in variety of situations related to professional sphere. Certificate of this level can help you to get a work abroad in such areas as manufacturing, family business, hotels, tour companies.
SEFIC Third – free communication in different activities such as management, marketing, trade, logistics and so on.
SEFIC Fourth – advanced communication skills, speaking at meetings, professional discussions. If you successfully passed a test of 3rd or 4th level, you can effectively act as a manager.
Structure of SEFIC
Exams take 25-45 minutes. These are interviews with a native speaker. Exams are held twice a year.
SEFIC Preliminary – 20 minutes. Parts of the test, 5 minutes each:
General conversation (personal talk, hobbies and so on)
Listening comprehension (talk and answer)
Picture description
Transactional dialogue
SEFIC First – 25 minutes. Parts of the test, 5 minutes each:
General conversation (work-related topics)
Listening comprehension (talk and answer)
World of work
Picture description
Role-play (building on a situation depicted in the picture)
SEFIC Second – 30 minutes
General conversation – 5 min (work-related topics)
Picture sequence – 5 min
Pathfinding on the basis of tape announcement (response to questions using the map. plan or diagram) - 10 min
Reading and comprehension – 5 min
Attitudinal conversation – 5 min (based on the document, options, agreement/ disagreement and evaluation)
SEFIC Third – 35 minutes. Parts of the test:
General conversation (work-related topics) – 10 min
Discussion of reading text – 5 min
Taped dialogue – 10 min
Business text – 10 min
Role-play – 5 min
Options
a) special topic b) telephone test
SEFIC Fourth – 45 minutes. Parts of the test:
General conversation (business-related topics) - 5 min
Presentation – 20 min
Listening comprehension (summarizing the substance, suggesting solutions)
Reading comprehension – 10 min
Liaison interpreting – 10 min
Price of the test: depends on a level, 130 to 180 USD.