For a new student, the student’s level placement is determined based on the result of the English Proficiency Assessment Test provided by the school. The student is placed in the levels that best reflects the ability of the student broken down into two areas of their command of English language: oral skills section and written section. The student has the right to challenge the placement level and retake the English Proficiency Assessment Test, but may do so only once within the first two days of the first term the student is attending. In place of the English Proficiency Assessment Test, the iBT TOEFL score may be provided to the school for a placement. The placement is illustrated below under SISA ALC Course Levels to iBT TOEFL. If the student has been accepted at a regular program of a community college or any 4-year university in the U.S., the student may be treated as a level 6 student. Any English as a Second Language (ESL) courses taken at a community college or a 4-year university will not be accepted.

Our program consists of 8 levels: the levels, 1 and 2, are for beginners/false beginners; the levels, 3-5, are for low to high intermediate students, and the levels 6-8 are for the advanced students.  All levels are designed for an eight-week study.