A CAE certificate holder can:

• read quickly enough to cope with the demands of an academic course;

• read the media for information;

• participate effectively in meeting and seminars within own area of work;

• take reasonably accurate notes in meetings;  

• write a report that communicates the desired message.

• handle a wide range of routine and non-routine situations in which professional services are requested from colleague or external contacts;

• follow abstract argumentation, for example the balancing of alternatives and the drawing a conclusion

• write letters and essays on most subjects;

• understand correspondence expressed in non-standard language;

• can deal with unpredictable questions;

• take part in a discussion and argue for or against a case.

• keep up conversations of a casual nature for an extended period of time and discuss abstract topics

• prepare or draft professional correspondence

• pick up nuances of meaning /opinion;

• guide visitors round a place and describe it in details

• Efficiently evaluate usefulness of source materials

• understand complex opinions /arguments as Expressem in serious newspapers

• make critical remarks/opinions

• express disagreement without causing offence.