English
Requirements: Level of Competence
Undergraduate
TOEFL: (Paper based test): 500
TOEFL: (Computer based test): 173
TOEFL: (Internet based test): 61
IELTS: 5
Graduate
TOEFL: (Paper based test): 550
TOEFL: (Computer based test): 213
TOEFL: (Internet based test): 79
IELTS: 6
SIU TOEFL ID Nummer: 0835
Schiller
International University offers students with little or no
knowledge of English the opportunity to enroll in an intensive
English program at the London, Florida, or Leysin campuses. After
successfully completing this course, students will be able to
follow lectures and do all their course work in English.
Before
registration, all new students, graduate and undergraduate, for
whom English is not a native language, are required to take
the English Placement Examination.
Students whose
examination results indicate lack of English proficiency will be
placed in English classes at a level suitable to them.
Enrollment in the
prescribed English classes is required upon registration for the
first and all subsequent terms at Schiller and cannot be
postponed.
Students who
submit official test scores which are the same or better as those
listed above will not be required to take the English Placement
Exam. However, they must take the exam during the registration
process of their first term at SIU if
they wish to receive EFL
credits.
Conditions
Students for whom
English is a foreign language may elect English to fulfill the
foreign language requirement. For those whose test results indicate
proficiency in the English language, the foreign language
requirement will be waived and up to 16 semester credits
granted.
These students must, however, complete EN
111-112, which are required of all students. Students whose
test results do not qualify them for a complete waiver of the
foreign language requirement may be granted up to 8 semester
credits.
Note: The English
Language requirement for all students is successful completion of
the advanced level of English (by exam or by completing the
appropriate courses). Native English speakers must choose another
language to fulfill the foreign language requirement.
Note: There is no
credit given for English as a Foreign Language courses taken at
other institutions or for TOEFL results.
Credit is granted either for Schiller English as Foreign Language
classes or for an appropriate score on the Schiller English
Placement Examination only.
Advanced
Advanced standing
and credit will be granted to new students who have attained
proficiency in English, French, German or Spanish as a foreign
language. At the beginning of every semester, each campus
administers examinations in English, French, German and Spanish to
students who qualify to take the exams. Students taking an exam
must be full-time students, the language in which the exam is being
taken cannot be the student's native language, and students cannot
have taken for credit any courses at Schiller or any other college
or university in the language in which they are taking the
exam.
Credit by
examination will be granted for only one language. To receive
credit by examination, students must take the appropriate language
exam during the first term for which they are registered at
Schiller. For students taking the examinations in French, German or
Spanish, the foreign language requirement will be waived if the
test results indicate that they have mastered the language beyond
the intermediate level, and up to 16 semester credits can be
granted. Students whose test results indicate that they have
mastered the language beyond the elementary level will be granted
up to 8 semester credits, but they are required to complete courses
at the intermediate level of the language in order to fulfill the
foreign language requirement.
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