English-Language Instruction
If you are not a native speaker of English, you had to demonstrate your English proficiency before you were admitted to your new institution in the United States. Good English-language skills will play a vital role in your academic and social success. Even after you’ve been admitted, you will find that your institution is very interested in how well you can speak, read, and write English.
You may need additional English-language instruction once you are enrolled in a university or college in the United States. At a growing number of institutions, international students are required to demonstrate English-language proficiency after being admitted, and by means other than the standardized test scores you submitted for admission. You will want to investigate several options as soon as you know that you have been admitted to a university or college in the United States.
Conditional or provisional admission may be offered to foreign students whose academic or professional qualifications are very good but whose English needs additional improvement. If you have been given a conditional or provisional admission, you may be required to complete English-language courses or to submit additional scores on standardized language-proficiency tests before you are allowed to enroll in certain courses in your field of study. You will probably be required to satisfy this condition during your first or second term. To determine the conditions of your admission, carefully read the letter you received from the admissions office.
Some institutions admit foreign students without conditions but require nonnative speakers of English to pass additional tests of English-language skill before allowing them to register for courses. At such institutions you must take an English-language “placement” test after your arrival on campus. Based on the results of these tests, you may be required to enroll in a course in English as a second language (ESL) as well as in regular courses in your field of study. In some instances, you may have to enroll in and successfully complete ESL courses before beginning any courses in your field of study. At some institutions ESL courses may carry academic credit and count toward your graduation requirement. At others ESL courses may carry no credit, or the credit may not be counted toward graduation. It is very important that you read and understand the documents in your admission packet to determine whether you will be required to enroll in ESL courses.
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