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Assess Your Writing and Language Skills

Test your English language and writing skills with this free, interactive, assessment tool.

English Language Assessment (ELA)

This test was designed to assess prospective students’ and undergraduate students' readiness for Athabasca University writing courses. It may not be suitable for other assessment or language proficiency purposes. For more information, contact the Write Site Assistant Coordinator at tundet@athabascau.ca.

This computer-marked test gives only an approximation of your abilities. You are not required to take the recommended courses.

Recommendations are given as follows:

85-100: Prepared for all undergraduate courses at the 200-level.

78-84: A skill-building, pre-university credit course in Writing is recommended.

71-77: A skill-building, pre-university credit course in Academic English is recommended.

58-70: A skill-building, pre-university non-credit course in Grammar or Academic Reading and Writing is recommended.

0-57: Self-study, followed by skill-building, pre-university courses in English Language & Writing Skills , is recommended.

Updated May 18, 2021 by Student & Academic Web Services (sas@athabascau.ca)

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