English Placement for Undergraduate Students

English Composition Course Equivalence

Placement for undergraduate students is based on TOEFL iBT, IELTS, SAT, ACT sub-scores or ESL ENPT and OEPT-Academic Scores.

ESL ENPT and OEPT-academic are provided by the Center for ESL for students who do not have any of the above scores.

• Placement for Writing/ Reading Courses
• Placement for Speaking/ Listening Courses
• Placement for Other Stand-alone Courses

Note: ESL writing course placement based on writing sub-scores; students must complete entire sequence after placement

• SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score
• Old SAT Critical Reading score or Writing score
• ACT English, Writing, Combined English/Writing or English Language Arts score
• PTE Pearson Test of English
• DET Duolingo English Test, Production (writing) sub-score

• ESL1068 Foundations of Academic Reading and Writing for ESL
• ESL1069 Success in Undergraduate Academic Writing
• ESL1070 Intro to English Comp for International Students (Students with a final grade of A in ESL 1069 do not need to take this course; instead, they can move on to take ESL 1080)
• ESL1080 English Composition for International Students (equivalent to ENGL1001)
• ESL2089 Intermediate Composition for International Students (equivalent to ENGL2089)

Note: ESL oral communication course placement based on speaking sub-scores; courses are strongly encouraged as elective; entire sequence is not required.

• ESL1071 Basic Oral Communication
• ESL1072 Foundations of Academic Oral Communication
• ESL1073 Success in Academic Oral Communication
• ESL1074 Oral Presentation Skill
• ESL1075 Improving Pronunciation

• ESL1011 (1 credit) Introduction to U. S. College Culture:  This course introduces essential aspects of the U.S. college culture and is aimed at preparing first year international undergraduate students for a successful transition into an American University.  

• ESL1076 (3 credit) American Culture and Communication:  This course focuses on the cultural aspects of verbal and non-verbal behaviors, values, and communication styles.  The goal of this course is to familiarize students with their host culture, while developing strategies to succeed in their new academic and social environment.  

• ESL1077 (3 credit) Strategies for Academic Success:  This course is aimed at raising and developing ESL students’ pragmatic awareness and competence in academic contexts through awareness raising activities and communicative practice.  This course also discusses important aspects of the American college culture.  

This scale was created based on percentile correlations among above test scores.

References:

Test and Score Data Summary for TOEFL iBT Tests, January –December 2016,

Linking TOEFL iBT Scores to IELTS Scores—A Research Report,

SAT Understanding Scores,

ACT Score Percentiles,

PTE Score Guide, 

For more information, please visit the CESL website.