ANNOUNCEMENT

Date:    24 June 2010

To:      All UF Graduate Coordinators, Staff and Students

From:    Mr. Gordon Tapper, Coordinator, UF Academic Spoken English (ASE)

RE:      SPEAK Test Dates and EAP Course Offerings for Summer B 2010

All international graduate students whose first language is not English (official first language of home country) and who may be appointed as teaching assistants (with lecturing/lab responsibilities) need to have a passing score (45 or higher) on either a TSE (Test of Spoken English -- administered by ETS), a UF SPEAK test (administered on the UF campus), or a TOEFL-IBT Speaking test (23+). In addition, any international graduate teaching assistant whose first language is not English who scores a 45 or 50 on a SPEAK/TSE test, or 23 - 27 on a TOEFL-IBT Speaking section and who is appointed to teach (with lecturing/lab responsibilities) must enroll, during their first semester teaching, in a 3-credit EAP 5836 course. International graduate students appointed as TA-G (grading and office hour responsibilities only) are neither required to pass a SPEAK test nor eligible to enroll in EAP 5836. SPEAK test dates, times and locations for the Summer B 2010 semester are as follows:

SPEAK Test Dates - Summer B 2010

21 July 2010 - 6:00 pm, 1317 Turlington Hall
17 August 2010 - 4:00 pm, 1317 Turlington Hall

English Language Classes Available Summer B 2010

ASEP1/3 is a non-credit, fee-based, course. This course is NOT eligible for a tuition waiver for students on assistantship. The course has been modified to better meet the needs of students needing to pass the SPEAK test to teach at UF, or perspective students who will have to take the spoken part of the TOEFL iBT.

 *   This course will be offered during the Summer B semester
 *   This class runs from 28 June - 06 August
 *   The course meets three days per week.
 *   The meeting time is Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays 5th period (2:00 - 3:15 pm.)
 *   The course meets in Yon Hall, Room 320
 *   The fee for this course will be $500 for a 6-week course.

See syllabus: http://ase.ufl.edu/syllabi.html 

All inquires about this course should be directed to the ASE Coordinator at [log in to unmask] or the ASE Office Manager at [log in to unmask] 

For more information and registration information about these course visit the ASE website at http://ase.ufl.edu/syllabi.html, call the ASE office at 392-3286, or email Gordon Tapper at [log in to unmask]