language - CEPE-UNAM

Registration will close 3 working days before
the exam date or when the group reaches
the maximum number of students.
PROCEDURE
The day of the exam, students who have
paid the exam fee must come to the
Spanish Department ("Sección de
Materiales") at 9:35 a.m. to find out the
room number where the exam will take
place.
The written exam will be held at 16:00
p.m. on the room and date previously
assigned.
The oral exam will be held the next day
in the Spanish Department at the
assigned hour.
A soft pencil (No.2) must be used to
answer the exam.
Use of dictionaries is not allowed.
The certificate stating the results of the
exam can be picked up at the Spanish
Department ("Sección de Materiales")
20 working days after the exam was
taken. The time limit to pick it up is six
months.
If the students obtain more than 700
points and wish to obtain the diploma,
they must request it at the "Secretaría
Auxiliar", where they must submit one
photograph, passport size, and present
their
certificate
and
personal
identification. The diploma will be
delivered after five working days.
SPECIFICATIONS
Students not able to take the exam must notify
the Spanish Department of the CEPE ("Sección
de Materiales"), three days before the exam date
in order to apply the exam fee to a future date.
CENTRO de
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EXTRANJEROS
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Students who do not show up on the exam date
will lose the opportunity of a refund and must
pay the fee again when they apply at a future
date.
There are no manuals or guides to present the
exam as it evaluates the linguistic proficiency
acquired through all types of experience, both
formal and informal, independent of any specific
study plans.
FEES
$ 500.00 Mexican Cy. or its equivalent in US
dollars, plus mail costs in the case of exams
applied in an external location or certificates
sent outside of Mexico City.
Fees are subject to change. They must be
paid in cash (US$ or its equivalent in
Mexican pesos) or by Visa or Master Card.
Personal checks or traveler's checks are not
accepted.
INFORMES
CEPE CU
Apdo. Postal 70-391,
Av. Universidad 3002. Ciudad Universitaria, Del.
Coyoacán, 04510 México, D.F.
Phone. (5255) 5622-2470.
Fax: (5255) 5616-2672.
E-mail:cepe@servidor.unam.mx
http://www.cepe.unam.mx
diseño gráfico: L.C.G. Erandi Hernández Serra
actualización:09/08.
SPANISH
EPLE
LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY EXAM
www.cepe.unam.mx
The Centro de Enseñanza para Extranjeros
(CEPE) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México (UNAM) offers the Spanish Language
Proficiency Exam (EPLE).
DESCRIPTION
This exam determines the mastery of the Spanish
Language of a Spanish language student,
regardless of how it was acquired.
According to the results of the exam, the Centro
de Enseñanza para Extranjeros of the UNAM
certifies the linguistic competence or proficiency
whose usefulness is of a different kind both in
the academic as in the working field. In the first
case, for example, it helps to determine the
degree of competence of a foreign student who
wants to study at the BA or post-graduate level
at the university. In the second case it allows
public and private enterprises to find out the
level of linguistic competence of their employees
in order to plan training strategies as well as to
expedite and reduce the cost of the human
resources process (selection, hiring and
rotation). To the employees, on the other hand, it
supplies a document that certifies their linguistic
knowledge, abilities and skills and facilitates
their entrance and personal development in the
working field.
DATES OF EXAM APPLICATION
Thursday February 28 th
Tuesday May 6th
Tuesday August 5th
Tuesday October 7th
This exam can be taken four times a year on
fixed dates at the CEPE and it can also be
applied outside UNAM and the country. Taking it
in an external location is subject to an agreement
in which the date of the visit of the person in
charge of applying the exam would be determined
in conjunction with the corresponding institution.
The results of the exam and corresponding
certification will be issued twenty working days
after its application.
STRUCTURE
This exam consists of 179 questions and a
maximum of 1000 points. It has 4 sections that
evaluate different linguistic skills. The four sections
are:
Time
Maximum
Questions
(minutes)
points
Listening
Comprehension
50
50
275
Reading
Comprehension
and Vocabulary
60
55
335
Grammatical
Structures and
Written Expression
40
25
220
Oral Expression
29
15
170
TOTAL
179
145
1000
The first three groups are multiple choice questions
and are arranged by level of difficulty. Oral
expression is evaluated by an interview at the
CEPE-UNAM or by recorded questions in a
cassette if it is held outside the University. With the
purpose to reach a global evaluation of the
language proficiency, the exam evaluates from
elementary to complex linguistic knowledge that
involves pragmatic-cultural aspects or that requires
the use of complex, cognitive skills.
CERTIFICATION
The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
is the only institution able to certify the Spanish
Proficiency Exam. The certificate details the points
obtained in each section of the exam. A Diploma
is also awarded, upon request, when the student
achieves more than 700 points. If wanting to
improve their average when it is less than 701
points, the exam may be taken a second time, six
months later.
The results of the exam are valid for two years.
REQUIREMENTS TO PRESENT THE EXAM AT
THE CEPE:
Minimum age: 18
Present original and copy of an official
identification (passport) and two photographs
(passport size). In addition, students who
request enrollment at UNAM must present
Oficio número 108/ issued by the Dirección
General de Incorporación y Revalidación de
Estudios (DGIRE). Phone 5622-6045.
Fill out the Application Form at the Spanish
Department of the CEPE (Sección de
Materiales). The hours of attendance to the
public are Monday through Thursday from
9:00 to 13:00 and 15:00 to 16:30; Fridays
from 9:00 to 13:00.
Pay the required fee at the Cepe Bursar's
Office (3rd Floor) and return a sealed copy of
the receipt to the Spanish Department. The
Bursar's Office hours are Monday through
Thursday from 9:00 to 13:00 and 15:00 to
16:30, and Fridays from 9:00 to 13:00.