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The Graduate Student Instructor Oral English Test (GSI-OET)
The English Language Institute has developed a procedure for testing the spoken English of prospective graduate student instructors whose undergraduate education was at an institution in which the language of instruction is not English. The evaluation procedure is a performance test that consists of four tasks that assess a candidate’s competence and effectiveness in the type of communication typically used by GSIs at the University of Michigan. The test evaluates proficiency at the high intermediate to advanced level. The tasks and evaluation criteria of the GSI OET also serve as diagnostic tools to identify linguistic strengths and weaknesses of a candidate. This information is used to recommend or require placement, if needed, into courses offered through the English Language Institute.
For further information about the GSI Oral English Test contact India Plough, GSI OET program director, indiac@umich.edu, 734.615.9627.
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