By Sheila Ridenour
COBSHAW (May 13)- The National Foreign Language Association (NFLA). a non-profit organization committed to advancing Americans’ competency in languages other than English, will begin offering its Arabic language proficiency test in Cobshaw. The Test of Competency in Arabic (TOCIA) will be administered twice a year starting this July.
Ken Reed, an NFLA official, says the decision was an easy one to reach. “We noticed that there have been a lot of test-takers | coming from the Cobshaw region.” He believes that this is thanks to the University of Cobshaw's Arabic language program. The program also, he says, supplies local people qualified to administer the test, as such work requires some knowledge of the language. The TOCIA consists of a 50-minute listening section and a 70-minute reading section. The first exam will be held in the university's Duckett Auditorium, though Mr. Reed says other venues may be added if there are over 150 test-takers. Registration, which costs $40, must be completed online at www.nfla.org/tocia by 5 P.M. on June 4. |
