Assessment
CAELC administers the University of Virginia English Language Proficiency Exam at the beginning of each semester and by appointment throughout the year. The exam is used to determine the general adequacy of English language skills for various academic purposes. Any recommendations for further language study are based on the results of the exam. Incoming graduate students for whom English is a second language are required to take the exam. Faculty, research associates, and research fellows for whom English is a second language may also take the exam. In the case of a student, exam results and recommendations are forwarded to the student's advisor and dean as well as to the student.

The University of Virginia English Language Proficiency Exam consists of three components: a grammar and vocabulary test, an essay, and a brief interview. The exam usually requires about two hours. Results and recommendations are available within forty-eight hours.

CAELC also administers the SPEAK Test. Prospective international teaching assistants may take the exam in August, December, or May of each year. Candidates for the SPEAK Test are notified by their home academic department. Scores on the SPEAK Test are used to determine if prospective international teaching assistants require English language training before they begin their teaching assignment at U.Va.

Assessment: Spring Semester 2008
University of Virginia English Language Proficiency Exam
By appointment.

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).

SPEAK Test
April 29 & 30, 2008
221 New Cabell Hall
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.

Assessment: Fall Semester 2008
University of Virginia English Language Proficiency Exam
August 24, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
130 Gilmer Hall

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).

SPEAK Test
August 18 & 19, 2008
221 New Cabell Hall
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.

Telephone (434) 924-3371         FAX (434) 924-1483
caelc@virginia.edu