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Internationals find
nglish demanding
By CATHY SMITH
Reporter
nglish class. Some people
it. Others hate it. Ameri-
|is sat through an hour of
Irature or grammar or
llling or reading, every
ool clay for 12 years.
Vhat would those Ameri-
Ss say to 30 hours of En-
Kh each week? An hour of
i Iminar, an hour of compo-
"N r\^ iiion, an hour of reading, an
^1 IVV l 01 " listening skills, an
[our of oral skills, an hour of
/ language lab — live days a
ron leek?
| I H ihese Americans weren’t
Biericans, but instead were
foreign students wanting to
■y important I pprove their English to get
;o to a citvva into American universities,
11 of someofii Siev’d swallow theii- corn-
lie said. Ii(ilpl‘' ,lllls and work like mad to
hidings Phili p"" and do it right,
ed in HoimjBTw 0 hundred interna-
RnilHing "feltional students are doing just
Diig laieenoirp 11 at Texas A&M’s English
Language Institute. They
lave earned the right to
study there by passing an En
glish test with a minimum
|ore of 350 out of 673, and
meeting financial stan
dards.
jThe ELI is one of many
■iversity-sponsored pro-
guns across the country that
foreign students En-
lish.
Jlhese people aren’t at the
Ell to learn conversational
■glish — they’re involved in
■ all-out attack on the En-
k /^y%f/>|glb language. They already
I ||y|peak some English but must
Brease their proficiency to
commoditieswstirvive in American acade-
ts events. AndSia.
w of the statisaBSoesanto Santoso, 20, had
eryday. [six vears of English in Indo-
psia, but never became
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fluent. He had English classes
It spoke his native language
■erest of the time. He wants
lojenroll in engineering here.
J iELI students cannot take
Isses at, nor will be ad-
Itied to, a university until
pointed oui sj
vorld
hence of stai
.■ would learn IB
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pn preventive
hat person 1)$
symptons.
they have scored 550 out of
673 on the Test of English as
a Foreign Language. Some
are accepted to Texas A&M
on the condition that they
take part-time classes at the
ELI. Most of these students
have scored about 515 on the
TOEFL and need to improve
their composition skills.
These people aren’t at
the ELI to learn con
versational English —
they’re involved in an
all-out attack on the
English language.
They already speak
some English but must
increase their profi
ciency to survive in
American academia.
The TOEFL is an English
proficiency exam for people
whose native language isn’t
English. It consists of listen
ing comprehension, structure
and written expression, and
reading comprehension and
vocabulary sections. Students
must score 350 on the test to
be admitted to the ELI, then
must raise their scores to 550
to enroll in the university.
Another requirement for
admission is confirmation of
financial resources. AH stu
dents must have a signed
statement indicating that
there will be a minimum of
$4,500 available to the stu
dent for each AWmonth ses
sion.
Once accepted to the insti
tute, a $2,500 deposit is re
quired before the semester
begins.
Tuition and fees are
$1,606.50 per semester. The
$2,500 is deposited at the fis
cal office until the student ar
rives for the term. Fees come
out of the deposit and the stu
dent is given the remainder.
This way, the student is as
sured of funds for deposits,
rent and food the first weeks
here. The $4,500 is sure to
cover the necessary expenses
throughout the semester.
Expensive, yes. But most
international students aren’t
on their own. Some foreign
universities and other organi
zations will sponsor students.
The average TOEFL score
for those admitted to the ELI
is 430 for undergraduates
and 460 for graduates, says
Dr. Virginia Streiff, interna
tional student academic coor
dinator. That’s above the 350
required to get in, but re
member, they need a 550 to
get out.
Once admitted, diagonos-
tic tests are given to deter
mine strengths and weak
nesses. Then students are
placed at levels according to
their needs.
Classes are divided into be
ginning, intermediate and
advanced levels. Within each
level the classes are rated A, B
or C — A being the highest
level. Beginning students
usually take two or three se
mesters to raise their TOEFL
scores, advanced usually need
one.
Among other classes, San
toso takes beginning gram
mar, level A, and advanced
oral skills, level C. This is his
first semester at the ELI and
that 550 seems far away.
Streiff says that in a univer
sity setting, where foreign
students live and study in an
English-speaking environ
ment, a student can easily
gain 100 to 150 points on the
TOEFL the first few semes
ters here. Getting those last
few points is harder, though,
she says.
Students are tested and
graded just as if they were
taking regular university
classes.
Pre-law
(continued from page 1)
But plans to implement the
proposal were dropped when
the College of Business Admin
istration came up with a new
idea: a Department of Legal
Studies, combining the legal
courses offered by the Univer
sity into one department.
The idea was debated for two
years, an agreement couldn’t be
reached, and the proposal was
dropped.
When the Department of
Academic Services was estab
lished in 1979, it took on the re
sponsibility for pre-law counsel
ing through its General Studies
Program.
McCandless said the adminis
trators wanted to centralize pre
law counseling by putting it un
der a University-wide facility.
But Garland Bayliss, director
of Academic Services, said pre
law advising is still fragmented.
One advantage of the current
system is that there’s a central
place to go for information. But
Jessup keeps a low profile —
most students and many faculty
members still don’t know
there’s a pre-law coordinator.
Texas A&M knows it needs
lawyers. But at a state-sup-
ported University that has
grown in almost every dimen
sion, the services available to
pre-law students are as ineffec
tive — and as inadequate — as
they were 30 years ago.
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