New Students or students entering West Virginia University from the IEP may be required or may choose to take one or more ESL courses for university credit. These courses are taught by IEP faculty and coordinated by the Director of Academic Programs Stacy S. Fint

ESL 140: ESL Academic Reading & Writing
ESL 240: ESL Research and Writing
ESL 250: ESL Speaking & Listening
ESL 350: ITA Fluency

 

 

The Speak Test is administered in the CALL Lab to all incoming international Teaching Assistants who are required by West Virginia law to demonstrate their oral English language proficiency by achieving a score of 50 or more on the test. ITAs sign up for the test at the beginning or end of each semester with permission from the departments in which they hope to work as Teaching or Research Assistants. Students who score 50 or above are cleared for any assignment their department offers them. However, students who score lower than 50 are required to take an ITA Fluency course designed to improve pronunciation and overall comprehensibility. International students with speak scores between 45 and 50 should sign up for ESL350.  Students with speak scores below 45 should sign up for ESL 250. More information about the SPEAK Test can be obtained from Karen Allen at kallen@mail.wvu.edu .