Curriculum & Assessment Programme
You know the subject, but English wording slows you down? This focused workshop practises the language of standards, audits and assessment tasks. Distinguish requirements from recommendations, request relevant evidence and read questions more precisely.
Participants in English-language ISO and PECB training, and professionals working in auditing, quality management, information security, privacy or compliance. Especially useful when you already have subject knowledge and want language preparation for a course or examination.
English at approximately B1 and some familiarity with your subject area are recommended. No language certificate is required. This workshop develops specialist language; the subject knowledge and eligibility requirements for any subsequent PECB examination remain separate.
4 clock hours (240 minutes) of live learning, including a 25-minute Academy final check; breaks are additional. Available live online or in person. Teaching is in English, with German explanations if agreed. This workshop is not offered in Hungarian.
Live online: €149.00 net. In person: €249.00 net. This price includes the workshop and Academy final check. PECB subject training and PECB examinations are not included.
Identify where understanding breaks down in your professional context. Set a personal learning goal and explore common difficulties when reading English course materials.
Scope / allocation
15 minutes
Evidence and output
A personal learning goal and a brief professional introduction.
Distinguish shall, should, may and can in standards-related language. Read negatives, conditions and limitations. Use original example sentences to recognise requirements, recommendations, permission and possibility.
Scope / allocation
45 minutes
Evidence and output
Annotated examples and English paraphrases that preserve the original meaning.
Use requirement, audit criteria, evidence, finding, conformity and nonconformity in context. Request evidence, describe facts and distinguish an observation from an evaluation. The focus is language, not a complete auditor qualification.
Scope / allocation
50 minutes
Evidence and output
A short scenario with an evidence request and a factual description of an observation.
Recognise instructions and qualifiers such as best, most appropriate, first, except and not in original multiple-choice exercises. Restate the question, identify the relevant condition and explain your interpretation of the answer choices.
Scope / allocation
45 minutes
Evidence and output
Completed practice tasks with brief explanations; no actual certification examination questions.
Write a concise request for audit evidence, ask for clarification, paraphrase a statement and summarise a finding orally. Paired activities and feedback help you improve unclear or unnecessarily complicated wording.
Scope / allocation
60 minutes
Evidence and output
A revised four-to-five-sentence message and a short audit role-play with formative feedback.
Apply language comprehension and evidence-request writing to new Academy scenarios in one integrated check.
Scope / allocation
25 minutes
Evidence and output
Ten single-choice tasks and a short written evidence request.
Weighting: Formative; no separate final grade
Short writing tasks, paired activities and an audit role-play with feedback.
Integrated into the workshop.
Weighting: 100% of the final assessment; maximum 20 points
Ten original single-choice tasks on standards language, terminology and understanding instructions (10 points), plus a four-to-five-sentence evidence request based on a short scenario (10 points).
25 minutes overall; suggested allocation: 10 minutes for reading/selection and 15 minutes for writing.
Pass the integrated check with at least 14 out of 20 points. The first writing criterion—preserving the meaning of the supplied requirement or recommendation—must also be fully met (2 out of 2 points). There are no additional minimum scores by task type. These are course-specific Academy assessment rules, not ISO or PECB requirements. Full attendance, a passed check and a documented Academy approval are required before the course certificate is issued.
Each selection task earns 1 point for the correct answer and 0 for an incorrect or missing answer. The writing task is marked against the five published criteria, each worth 0, 1 or 2 points: 0 = absent or incorrect; 1 = partly met but with a material ambiguity; 2 = clearly and accurately met. In particular, the first criterion requires that a recommendation is not misrepresented as a mandatory requirement. Minor grammatical errors that do not change the meaning do not automatically cause failure. The role-play is a learning activity, not a standardised oral language examination.
The supplied glossary and personal course notes are allowed in the Academy check. Work must be completed independently; AI text generators, translation software and assistance from other people are not allowed during the check. Any later PECB examination is governed solely by its applicable examination rules.
The Academy associates attendance and the check with the booked participant name and course access. Personal attendance is checked during the live online workshop. Routine recording or collection of an identity-document copy is not required for this workshop.
This four-hour workshop uses one integrated 20-point check, requiring at least 14 points and full achievement of the first writing criterion. There is no additional oral final examination or 60% minimum by task type. General Academy rules apply additionally where relevant to this course and agreed in the booking.
Assessment and Certificate RulesAcademy Course Certificate in Audit & Compliance English
This programme applies to deliveries whose agreed course and assessment plan explicitly references this revision. Existing bookings retain their agreed terms.
The workshop targets that difficulty: practise recognising instructions, conditions and negatives, and reduce a sentence to its essential meaning. The aim is more accurate understanding; no particular reading speed or examination result is promised.
This is a four-hour specialist language workshop for standards, audits and certification contexts. General Business English remains a separate eight-week learning pathway for broader workplace communication. Neither course automatically replaces the other.
No. We use original language exercises and work-related scenarios. We do not use confidential, recalled or leaked examination questions. Activities develop comprehension and expression rather than memorisation of potential examination answers.
Teaching language and examination language are considered separately. Available languages for your specific PECB examination are checked against the current PECB offering before examination booking. This workshop does not determine your examination language.
Approximately B1 English is recommended. Teaching is in English; German explanations can be agreed in advance. If longer English sentences are still very difficult, we can discuss whether a general language course would be a better first step. A Hungarian version is not planned.
No. Some familiarity with your field helps. We practise recurring language patterns using accessible examples. Interpreting a particular standard and completing subject-specific examination preparation belong in the relevant technical course.
Through full attendance, passing the 25-minute Academy check and Academy approval. The check has ten selection tasks and a short evidence request. You need at least 14 out of 20 points and must fully preserve the meaning of the supplied requirement or recommendation. The certificate is valid for no more than three years; it is not a PECB credential or CEFR language qualification.
It is designed as a standalone live online or in-person workshop, particularly useful before English-language training. Dates and teaching language are agreed with you. A PECB examination, its fees and the subject-specific training are not included in this language workshop.
Planning an English-language subject course or focused audit communication practice? Discuss workshop dates, delivery format and suitable language experience with us.
An Academy-developed specialist English workshop with a documented final check. Not an official PECB training course, an accredited personnel certificate or a CEFR assessment.