English Language Screening for Scientific Staff at Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology (DUT) screened her (non-native English) scientific staff on their level of English proficiency in the academic year of 2006/2007. In this paper this large scale operation, involving planning, policy decisions, assessment means, advice and training are discussed. Since 20...

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Main Authors: Renate G. Klaassen, Madeleine Bos
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Aarhus University 2010-10-01
Series:Hermes
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/her/article/view/97347
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Summary:Delft University of Technology (DUT) screened her (non-native English) scientific staff on their level of English proficiency in the academic year of 2006/2007. In this paper this large scale operation, involving planning, policy decisions, assessment means, advice and training are discussed. Since 2005 all the master programmes at DUT have been taught in English and since 3 years ago DUT has been an officially bilingual university with around 5,500 master students and 1,100 international students in the year 2008. Therefore, results are framed against the background of becoming an international university.
ISSN:0904-1699
1903-1785