TaalCoördinatiePunt / TCP Language Centre

TCP Language Centre Team

The TaalCoördinatiePunt/TCP Language Centre consists of:

tcp team

Coordinator	Sabien van Harten
Secretary	Lianne Peper
Tutor/coordinator (English)	Marjolein Gosseling - Kooi
Tutor (English)	Jane Edwards/ Hetty Bennink
Interim coordinator (Dutch)	Katja Hunfeld-Bekker
Tutor (Dutch)	Mariëlle Zeijl-Koenders

Approximately 20 professional freelance language trainers work for the

TCP Language Centre.

What we do

The TCP Language Centre

·	offers language courses in English, Dutch and Spanish;

·	helps people to identify their language learning needs;

·	gives language advice

·	offers facilities for language study.

Our language courses

·	only teach what you need to know;

·	are taught by professional language trainers;

·	can be adapted or newly developed to meet your specific needs;

·	are based on the Common European Framework of Reference.

Our Mission

The TaalCoördinatiePunt/TCP Language Centre identifies and supports the specific language learning needs of the University of Twente and its wider community in a flexible and professional manner. Full mission statement

Partners

The TCP Language Centre is a member of the Vereniging van Universitaire Talencentra in het Nederlandse Taalgebied (NUT), part of the Confédération Européenne des Centres de Langues de l'Enseignement Supérieur (CercleS) and partner of the Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU).

Language Policy

The University of Twente has established a general language policy. The TCP Language Centre takes the language requirements set for the various groups within the university as the basis for its courses and assessment activities.

The required norms are:

lecturers CEF C2 (IELTS 7.5)

PhDs CEF B2/C1 (IELTS 6.5)

students CEF B2/C1 (IELTS 6.0/7.0, depending on the requirements set by the department)

support staff varies according to position

For more information about CEF go to Dialang and CEF

Assessment

Any member of the University of Twente can contact the TCP Language Centre for an assessment of their English language proficiency. Such an assessment usually involves a self-test in the form of a computer language test, in combination with an interview.

·	There is a special assessment for lecturers, consisting of an interview about specific language learning needs, a general language test and a class assessment of a lecture or tutorial conducted in English. The assessment is arranged through the department or faculty in which the lecturer works.

·	The assessment of support staff consists of two parts – a digital language test and an interview which will be scheduled by the faculty or service centre in which the employee works.

Students who have the ambition to study at the University of Twente but are insecure about their level of English can do a self-test. This is not an official test that allows you entry to the university, but merely a test to help you find out whether you need additional language training. For questions and further information, please contact the TCP Language Centre.

Validation

For study or work abroad, proof of language competence is often required. The TCP Language Centre validates language certificates and advises on possible ways to further improve one’s language skills for specific needs.

Colloquium Doctum

The TCP Language Centre offers Colloquium Doctum examinations for English and Dutch to prospective students of the UT who do not automatically meet the entrance requirements for admission to the Bachelor or Master programme of their choice.