Everything about Fairness

University is a place with a variety of opportunities for students to fully reveal themselves. It is like a confirmation that they are ready for future life. All knowledge received during college years will be used to succeed in particular career. Much of the success in academic study in the United States will rest on the ability to understand, write, and speak English. In an effort to achieve these minimum requirements, universities are considering about the establishment of the standardized test for English language proficiency after two years of studying. To show competence in the English language prior to becoming juniors at UNLV, students should pass the same exam of English skills without reference to the first language.
According to UNLV executives, having such an exam will help to recognize students who are still not well prepared for taking other courses. Even though students will be required to pass the exam just with minimum score, they are expected to perform well on the exam. It will encourage students to make efforts in studying more diligently or take an extra English class. To prepare for an exam they can meet with tutor, visit Writing Center, or doing self-education . Specifically, taking an extra exam would help international student to demonstrate their progress in English skills for these two years.
A significant argument for establishing this exam is that students should have minimum proficient level for successful participation in the academic work with confidence and not falling behind just because of a lack of mastery in English. Since the primary language of instruction at UNLV is English, after second year of education both American and international students have the same subjects and professors with...

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... country, study at local university in their mother language and don’t experience these difficulties with learning foreign language or accustoming to a new atmosphere. Nobody promised them an easy study process or any indulgence in contrast with native Americans. But if they want to receive a degree from American education institution, international students who come to the U.S. have to obey laws and rules that are made for everybody living in the U.S.
Passing the same exam for English proficiency may not seem a fair thing for international students who obviously have lower language level, but it will prepare them for continuing education and future professional career. For these goals students are required to pass Exam of English language proficiency before junior, considering that it would reflect on their continuing education as well as on the postgraduate life.