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ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
W
its, as an English-medium university
WLS,offers non-academic courses for adult learners.
requires that its students are proficient
It offers public classes, corporate training and private
in English before they are accepted. An
tuition.
applicant, whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level, must have attained a certain level of proficiency
WLS takes pride in its excellent services, high quality
in English, namely:
training programmes that have sound research and academic framework and the quality of its training
•
A pass in an examination equivalent to English
personnel.
as home language or first additional language
•
at the South African matriculation level (or, for
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) courses are
certain immigrants only, English at the Standard
designed for foreign and second language speakers
Grade [First Language] plus an A-level pass in the
and consist of six levels from pre- beginners to
immigrant s home language);
advanced level. An assessment test determines at
A pass in English Language at the GCSE/GCE/
which level students would start the course.
IGSCE Ordinary level (or equivalent examination); •
For admission a pass in the:
Address:
»
International English Language Testing
Wits Language School,
System (IELTS) with a minimum test score of
92 Empire Road, Gate 6
7.0;
Braamfontein,
Cambridge English Language Assessment
Johannesburg
»
(CAE) with a minimum of 185 points. Telephone: In exceptional cases, the Test of English as a Foreign
+27 11 717 4208
Language (TOEFL) may be recognised by the University with a minimum test score of 600 to be
E-mail:
proficient for admission.
wls.languages@wits.ac.za
Wits Language School (WLS) offers English training to students who wish to improve their language skills.
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