Non-Native English-Speaking Students

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTING

If English is not your native or primary language, you are required to take the English Language Proficiency test before taking any other placement tests or enrolling in any credit course in the college. 

You must take the English Language Proficiency test, even if
 you—

¨      come from a nation where English is the “official language,” one of the official languages, a national or commonly spoken language.  These include, but are not limited to, India, Kenya, Nigeria, The Philippines, and Sierra Leone.

¨      studied in a school or college in which English was the “medium of instruction.”

¨      studied English throughout your school years.

¨      attended or graduated from a U.S. high school or lived in the U.S. for an extended time.

¨      have other English proficiency test scores.

¨      studied ESL or have an ESL certificate from another institution.

Waivers

If English is not your primary language, you do not need to take the English Language proficiency test if you:

¨      hold a college degree from another U.S. college or university.

¨      have successfully completed a college-level composition course (ENG 111) from another U.S. college or university.

¨      have a current (within the last 2 years) TOEFL score of 213 (computer) or 550 (paper) or 80 (iBT) and a”5” on the written test.

Bring or fax your documentation to the ESOL Program Office, Room 364, Building B, Parham Road Campus, for a test waiver. 

For more information, contact the ESL Program staff at 523.5020.  Fax: (804) 371-3148

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Revised 01/2006