SPEAK/TSE
Graduate students whose native language is not English must submit satisfactory scores on the Test of Spoken English (TSE) or the SPEAK Test to be eligible for teaching assignments. Students who score 55 or above are allowed to teach in the classroom, laboratory, or other appropriate instructional activity. Those who score 45 to 50 are allowed to teach on the condition that they enroll concurrently in ENS 5502, a course designed to help their interpersonal and public speaking communication skills. Students who fail to score 45 points may not be appointed to teach. To raise their scores on the TSE, they are advised to take ENS 4501, a course to improve general oral language skills. They must subsequently submit a TSE or SPEAK score of 45 or higher to be appointed to teach, and they come under the guidelines described above.

SCHOLARLY WRITING
The Scholarly Writing (SW) program is designed to help foreign graduate students improve their writing ability. Applicants whose verbal GRE scores are below 320 or who have been admitted provisionally with a TOEFL score lower than 550 are given a writing test. Those demonstrating a lower proficiency than needed for successful performance in written tasks at the graduate level are required to take ENS 5449. Another course, ENS 5450-Research Writing, is offered to those who wish to learn to write in their fields of study. Information about the SW program is available at the coordinator's office, 209 Yon Hall, 352-392-0639 or 392-9858.