A pathway to the language exit requirement
Programmes built around each university's own exit requirement, with an intensive option for students close to graduation.
The school's problem
The language exit requirement is a graduation condition, but students tend to leave it until their final year. By then there is little time left, and the university is handling a backlog of students who have not met it.
Exam rules have tightened as well: many universities now require a four-skill exam, while students are used to tests covering only listening and reading.
How TNC Academy solves it
Two tracks in parallel
First- and middle-year students follow the long pathway, building up steadily across semesters. Final-year students who have not met the requirement take the six-month intensive pathway, focused on exam format.
All four skills
Certificate exams do not allow any skill to fall below the minimum. The pathway divides evenly across all four rather than loading listening and reading.
Writing and Speaking are marked by people
Software cannot stand in for these two. Written work is marked by a teacher and returned with comments, and speaking is heard and corrected by a teacher in the live online classes.
What the institution gets
| Component | Details |
|---|---|
| Long pathway | Built around the exit requirement and the semesters a student has left |
| Intensive pathway | Six months, 130 self-study lessons, 52 live online classes, 20 practice exams |
| VSTEP or IELTS format | Chosen according to the university's own rules |
| Progress checks | On the Vigo testing platform, in exam format and under time |
| Live online classes | Up to five learners per class, outside teaching hours |
| Reporting | By class, by faculty or by cohort |
Who does what
| TNC Academy | The school |
|---|---|
| Builds the pathway around the university's exit requirement | Provides the exit requirement rules and the timetable |
| Runs the entrance assessment | Hosts the assessment sitting |
| Issues accounts and groups learners by level | Provides student lists |
| Runs the system and the live online classes | Informs students |
| Sends progress reports | Monitors and coordinates |
Requirements
Students work on their own devices. Sittings on the platform need a headset with a microphone for the listening and speaking sections.
Where an institution already has its own learning management system, we connect to it. Read more
Next step
Get in touch and we will assess your students and propose a pathway that meets your university's exit requirement.