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Summer SPEAK Test
August 17 & 18, 2009
Time and location TBA
Contact CAELC at 434-924-3372 or caelc@virginia.edu for information.
All prospective graduate teaching assistants whose first language is one other than English are required to take the SPEAK Test. A score of at least 55 is required for permission to begin teaching without completion of appropriate oral language training.
University of Virginia English Language Proficiency EXAM (UVELPE)
August 23, 2009
9:30AM in Gilmer Hall Auditorium
All incoming (new) graduate students whose first language is one other than English are required to take the University of Virginia English Language Proficiency Exam (UVELPE).
Organization
and Mission
English
as a Second Language (ESL) services at the University are offered
through the Center for American English Language and Culture (CAELC).
CAELC is charged both to provide leadership on issues related to ESL/intercultural
communication and to help members of the University of Virginia community
attain the level of linguistic and cultural proficiency needed for
success at a research university in the United States.
Creation of the Center resulted from recommendations made by the Virginia 2020 Commission on International Activities and the Committee on the Future of ESL at the University of Virginia. CAELC is funded through the Office of the Vice President and Provost and is housed in the Office of Summer and Special Academic Programs in Garrett Hall, B019. CAELC is advised by a faculty council comprised of representatives from across the University. The Director of CAELC reports to the Vice Provost for Academic Programs.
CAELC partners include the Department of Anthropology, the Department of English, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, the Curry School of Education, the McIntire School of Commerce, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Law, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, the Teaching Resource Center, the Speech-Language-Hearing Center, the International Studies Office, the International Center, the Summer Language Institute, and the U.Va. Medical Center.
The Center for American English Language and Culture endorses the NAFSA Principles of International Educational Exchange and the TESOL Standards for Post Secondary Programs.
Telephone
(434) 924-3371 FAX (434)
924-1483
caelc@virginia.edu
Last modified: January 6, 2009