The Intensive English Program / ESL

ELAP for Fall 2008:

• Graduate students will take the ELAP on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 from 9:00am to 1:00pm in HSS 2.01.30 (Humanities and Social Sciences Building).
• Undergraduate students will take the ELAP on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 from 9:00am to 1:00pm in HSS 2.01.30 (Humanities and Social Sciences Building).
• IEP students will take an ELAP placement test on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 from 9:00am to 1:00pm in HSS 2.01.44 (Humanities and Social Sciences Building).
• The ELAP is administered at no charge to students. All materials are provided by ESL Services.

The assessment includes:

• MTELP (Reading Comprehension, Grammar, and Vocabulary): 100 questions, 75 minutes
• Oral Interview: 5-10 minutes
• Written Essay: 1 question, 30 minutes
• Listening Comprehension: 45 questions, 15 minutes

The English Language Assessment Procedure (ELAP) is a mandatory UTSA assessment for incoming international students whose Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores are between 500 and 600 (paper version), 173 and 250 (computerized version), or 61 and 99 (IBT). The ELAP tests academic language skills in the areas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The test is administered during orientation week at no charge to students. A registration hold is placed on students until the test is successfully completed. STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REGISTER FOR FALL CLASSES UNTIL THE ELAP IS TAKEN AND EIS COURSES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.