ESL Oral Skills Courses at UCLA During the academic year, UCLA offers four oral skills courses that are specifically tailored to the needs of international graduate students who are planning…
Read MoreTOP Frequently Asked Questions What do I do if I get an error message on the registration page? This occurs if 1) registration is not yet open for the next…
Read MorePlease note that the Fall 2023 administration (November 15th – December 1st, 2023) will be held on-campus (in-person). Once you have registered for the exam, you will receive an email with detailed…
Read MoreTest of Oral Proficiency (TOP) Exam Overview The TOP exam is designed to test oral English ability of international graduate students as they pertain to Teaching Assistant duties. These duties…
Read MoreJordan Hugh Sam (he/him) is a Ph.D. student in Musicology at UCLA, having previously earned a M.M. degree in Choral Conducting (CU Boulder), and a BA degree in Music (Amherst…
Read MoreJeroen Gevers holds a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching from the University of Arizona, and a C.Phil. in Musicology from UCLA. Before joining UCLA Writing Programs, he taught…
Read MoreTianfang (Sally) Wang holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from The Pennsylvania State University. She has experience teaching various…
Read MoreThe Summer ESL Program at UCLA offers a selection of English language courses designed to improve students’ command of reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and culture. Our courses also…
Read More“Always be a poet, even in prose.” -Charles Baudelaire About The Event UCLA Writing Programs and the UCLA Department of English invite you to our second annual Professional Writing Minor…
Read MoreThe 6th annual Creating Connections symposium on writing pedagogy will take place Friday, June 2nd. Our theme for this year is Generating Text: Teaching, Writing, and Learning in the Age…
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