MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/6A7BA2D4/ESLPlacementTest.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" The Tidewater Community College Handbook explains which students must take the ESL Placement Test:

 

 

 

 

 

The Tidewater Community College Handbook expla= ins which students must take the ESL Placement Test:

 

 

English As A Second Language (ESL) Students

If English is not your native language, you wi= ll be required to take the English as a Second Language (ESL) placement test. If = the test results indicate that you need ESL instruction, you must successfully complete the required ESL courses before you enroll in non-ESL courses. TCC offers an intensive ESL program consisting of four levels: intermediate I a= nd II, advanced, and bridge.

Students whose first language is not English c= an demonstrate English proficiency in one of the following ways:

 

• Paper TOEFL score of 550.

• Computer-based TOEFL score of 213.

• SAT Verbal score of 480 or higher.

• ACT English score of 21.

• Certificate of Pro= ficiency in English (CPE) grade of A, B, or C.

• British “O” Level English = pass (grade A-C).

• Possession of an American degree (asso= ciate, bachelor, or master) or the equivalent from an accredited institution locat= ed in a country where English is the native language.

• Successful completion of one college-l= evel English course at a regionally accredited <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">U.S. institution. This course= must be equivalent to Tidewate= r Community College&#= 8217;s English Composition I (ENG 111). Successful completion is defined as obtain= ing a grade of C (2.0) or higher.

• Successful completion of Tidewater Community= College’s ESL Bridge Courses.