English as a Second Language

The NCSU ESL program serves the following purposes:

To provide an ESL teacher licensure program for undergraduates enrolled in teacher education and currently licensed North Carolina public school teachers
To administer an English placement test to incoming NC State foreign undergraduate, graduate, exchange, and special students
To offer Foreign Language English (FLE) classes to regularly enrolled international NC State students
To administer the SPEAK test to International Teaching Assistants
To offer language improvement courses to International Teaching Assistants
To provide noncredit intensive English language courses through the 5-week Summer Institute in English
To provide information to NC State faculty, staff, and students, as well as the residents of North Carolina, regarding English-as-a-second-language resources
To be a resource for educational professionals through NCSU's on-line newsletter The ESL Globe