英语水平测试

英语分班考试:国际学生

攻读学位的学生(F-1身份)    

English proficiency requirements for F-1 students are available through 国际招生.

根据学校规定, the English proficiency test is a condition of each international student's enrollment, unless one of the following eleven exemption criteria are met (effective Summer Semester, 2019):

1. You submitted an official TOEFL score for admission of at least 100 (internet Based Test – iBT) or 600 (paper and pencil)
2. An official IELTS score for admission of at least 7.5
3. An ACT Reading score of 21 or ACT English score of 18
4. An SAT evidence-based reading and 写作 (ERW) subject area test score of 480
5. An official Michigan score of 96 (undergraduates only)
6. Graduation from the Intensive English Center at SCSU (Level 4 for undergraduates, 5级(研究生)
7. Successful completion of English 191 (Introduction to Rhetorical and Analytical Writing) or an equivalent course with a grade of C or better
8. Documented transfer of ENGL 100 with a grade of C or better
9. Graduation from an Associate Arts degree program at an accredited US college or university (undergraduates only)
10. Graduation from a Bachelor's degree program at an accredited US college or university
11. Graduation from a Master's degree program at an accredited US university

If your answer was "Yes" to any of the above eleven statements, then you are not required to take the English proficiency test (and you are not required to take any of the EAP courses associated with the exam either). If your answer was "No" to all of the above eleven statements, then you are required to take the English proficiency test prior to your first semester at SCSU (during the week before classes begin).

Semester at SCSU students (no longer than two semesters)

English proficiency requirements for Semester at SCSU students are available through 语言要求.

To be exempt from the English proficiency test, you will need

• 托福成绩80分(iBT), 阅读得分不低于17分, 写作, 听力550分或更高(笔试).
• 雅思成绩6分.5

英语水平测试: United States Residents and Citizens

If you are a US Resident or Citizen who is required to take the Accuplacer Exam, you will first be given the Accuplacer Next Generation Reading test for native speakers of English. If you score 235 or below on the Accuplacer Next Generation Reading test, and if demographic questions indicate that English is a second or non-native language for you, you will be required to take the Accuplacer ESL Reading test, Accuplacer ESL听力测试, 和EAP论文测试. Based on those test scores, you may be required to enroll in and complete EAP courses. You will not be able to enroll in a Goal 1 写作 course until you meet prerequisite scores or complete EAP courses.

考试

的 exam consists of three parts: reading, listening, and 写作.

的 Accuplacer ESL Reading and Listening tests are both multiple choice, 计算机适应性测试，每题20个, which the student is able to complete at his/her own pace (there is no specific time limit for the reading and listening tests; most students complete both of the tests within 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours).

Here is a description of the Listening test from the company’s website. 隐含意义可能是最困难的方面.

的 ESL Listening test consists of 20 questions and measures the ability of nonnative speakers of English to listen to and understand one or more people speaking in English. 评估的内容有两个方面:

• 字面上理解
  • 找出文章的主旨或主题
  • 识别事实细节和信息
  • 理解指令
• 寓意
  • 理解思想之间的关系
    (e.g., sequence of events, cause and effect, comparison and contrast, problem and solution)
  • 进行推断
  • 作出预测
  • Identify the speaker’s purpose, tone or point of view

的 写作 exam is a fifty minute essay on a general topic that is graded for content, 组织, 语法, 词汇和机制. One way to review for the 写作 exam is  using the Internet. 的 写的地方 是个好网站. Also Google “College Writing” or “Academic Writing” to see other school’s 写作 sites. Review the terms used in the grading criteria above and what they mean for college composition.

Please use the Accuplacer online test preparation site provided by the test company to prepare for the computerized tests:

访问 http://accuplacerpractice.collegeboard.org/login. Once you have easily created an account and gained access to the site, use the menu box in the upper left corner to change the test version to ""ESL 实践 Tests.选择“随你去学”." If you are a US resident or citizen who will take Accuplacer Next Generation Reading, you will find it under "Next-Generation 实践 Tests.“数学练习测试也在那里.

On the day of the exam, please bring your computer headphones or earbuds if you have them. 带照片的身份证(学生校园卡), 护照, driver's license) is required to gain access to the test site.