{"id":20,"date":"2022-09-08T18:04:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T18:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/testing-services\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:32:39","slug":"esol-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/testing-services\/esol-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"ESOL Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><mark style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Free ESOL testing<\/strong>! An application for admission is required for free testing.<\/mark><\/p>\n<p>ACC&#8217;s ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Program requires an assessment to be eligible to take classes.&nbsp;The ESOL assessment includes a written exam, computer test and oral interview to measure your English reading, writing, listening, and speaking levels. In some cases, your results may indicate you do not need ESOL classes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ESOL Assessment Steps<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Oral Interview: <\/strong> Register for an oral interview appointment at <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/esol-acc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calendly.com\/esol-acc<\/a>. Attend the appointment before you begin Step 2.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Take the ESOL Online Assessment:<\/strong> Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/admissions\/tsi-assessment\/tsi-assessment-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Testing Center<\/a> where you want to test.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advising Appointment:<\/strong> Register for an ESOL advising appointment at <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/esol-advising-appointments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calendly.com\/esol-advising-appointments<\/a>. At the appointment, the assessor will explain your test scores, placement levels and how to register.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/admissions\/tsi-assessment\">TSI Assessment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/students\/tutoring\/course-readiness-assessment-preparation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Course readines<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/students\/tutoring\/course-readiness-assessment-preparation\">s assessments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free ESOL testing! An application for admission is required for free testing. ACC&#8217;s ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Program requires an assessment to be eligible to take classes.&nbsp;The ESOL assessment includes a written &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/testing-services\/esol-assessment\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":77,"parent":0,"menu_order":-45,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/testing-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/testing-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/testing-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/testing-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/testing-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/testing-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/testing-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/testing-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}