English Language Certification
Legal Framework / Ministerial Decree
According to the Decree No. 2020-398of April 3, 2020, and theorder of April 3, 2020, students enrolled in Bachelor’s degree programs, professional Bachelor’s degree programs, and IUT programs must pass an English language proficiency exam to receive their degree.
Objectives
The purpose of this certification is to enable students to showcase their language skills in order to facilitate their entry into the workforce. The test assesses English proficiency (from A1 to C2, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR).
While no student can actually fail the test, it’s in your best interest to take it very seriously so you can best showcase your English skills for the future.
In practice
At the UFR STAPS, we are doing everything we can to ensure that every student can prepare for this exam, which will take place from May 16 to July 10, 2022.
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- The University of Montpellier has set the period from May to June 2022 for all its departments.
- Certification cost: fully covered by the university.
- The exam is administered remotely/entirely online
Important
Tous les étudiants ont déjà reçu un email de la part de LanguageCert@umontpellier.fr<LanguageCert@umontpellier.fr (PeopleCert). Tous les étudiants doivent absolument suivre les informations données par PeopleCert pour réaliser la certification d’anglais obligatoire. Attention pour ce connecter il faut absolument utiliser l’adresse mail de l’université (pas d’email personnel).
How to Prepare
- We've provided a number of links to help you with your work.
- This preparation is self-directed; we strongly recommend that you study regularly so that you’ll be ready on the big day.
Bibliography and Links
- Introductory Video: This video highlights the key points.
- ENT—Library—Databases—VOCABLE Digital Version(includes 10 TOEIC tests and various resources such as placement tests and self-assessment tests)
- English Exams: Free Practice Tests, TOEIC, Cambridge, etc.
- Global Exam: global-exam.com—free practice tests for TOEIC, TOEFL, Linguaskill …
- Duolingo.com (additional tests)
- Clozemaster.com (easy vocabulary learning + pronunciation)
- Learning apps.org (exercise bank)
- Oddcast.com (pronunciation of selected phrases)
- Playphrase.me (words and phrases from TV show clips)
- BBC Learning English (free website and app—lessons, podcasts, videos with downloadable transcripts)
- Voice of America: Learn English (free website and app—lessons, podcasts, videos with downloadable transcripts)
- https://www.grammarly.com