The Language Center offers proctoring services for the ACTFL telephonic Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI), Oral Proficiency Interview Computerized (OPIc), and the Written Proficiency Test (iWPT).
Placement testing is now done online. Follow the link to get more information:
Testing and Placement
This exam is primarily for graduate students whose degree requires proof of proficiency in a language other than English.
Exam sessions are given four times during the academic year on alternating Saturdays and Sundays. They are also given once during the summer. Dates, times, location and registration deadlines for upcoming tests are listed below.
2023-2024
All exams begin at 9:30 a.m. and will take place at 1 Spring Street, Language Lab, SPR-421.
Depending upon the availability of faculty members for preparation and grading, the exams will be given on:
| Registration Deadline | Test Date |
| Friday, September 27, 2024 | Sunday, October 13, 2024 |
| Friday, October 25, 2024 | Saturday, November 9, 2024 |
| Friday, January 31, 2025 | Sunday, February 9, 2025 |
| Friday, March 21, 2025 | Saturday, April 5, 2025 |
In modern languages, one of two selections, either a passage in the Humanities or the Sciences, must be translated into idiomatically correct English.
All students will have one hour and 45 minutes to complete the exam, during which one dictionary (non electronic) may be used.
Exams may be taken in the following languages: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish - provided examiners are available. Please note that you CANNOT take the exam in your mother tongue!
Results may be obtained approximately two weeks after the exam date by calling either your department or the Graduate School.
The fee is $30.00 (non-refundable). A valid ID is necessary for admittance.
For further information, call (848) 932-7883 or email Daissy Santamaria at
