Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Who are the members of ALTE?
Alliance Française, France
The Alliance Française is a state-approved, non-profit-making
organisation.
Eusko Jaurlaritza (Basque Government)
The Department of Education, Universities and Research created
by the first democratically elected government of the Autonomous
Community of the Basque Country.
Centre de Langues, Luxembourg
The Centre de Langues Luxembourg (CLL) is an institution established
by the Ministry of Education responsible for the organisation
of examinations and the certification of communicative competence
in Luxembourgish.
Centre International d'Etudes Pedagogiques, France
The Centre international d'études pédagogiques,
is a public institute of the French Ministry of Education.
Certificaat Nederlands als Vreemde Taal (Dutch as a Foreign
Language Certificate, Leuven, Amsterdam)
CNaVT is a government-subsidised non-profit organisation.
CITO Instituut voor Toetsontwikkeling (National Institute for Educational measurement, Arnhem, the Netherlands)
Cito is the National Institute for Educational Measurement, a non-profit-making educational institution.
Danish Language Testing Consortium
Members of the DLTC are The Ministry for Refugees, Immigrants
and Integration, The University of Copenhagen and Studieskolen
in Copenhagen.
Generalitat de Catalunya
The Direcció General de Política Lingüística
(DGPL) is the General Directorate of Linguistic Policy in the
autonomous government of Catalonia.
Goethe-Institut, Germany
The Goethe-Institut is a non-profit-making, publicly funded organisation.
Instituto Cervantes
The Instituto Cervantes is a state organisation created by the Spanish Parliament for the promotion of the language and culture of Spanish-speaking countries abroad. It is responsible for the management of the Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE).
Stockholms Universitet
Centre for Research on Bilingualism (Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning)
produces the National Test of Swedish for Adult Immigrants, Sfi-provet
at the request of the National Agency for Education. The Department
of Scandinavian Languages (Institutionen för nordiska språk)
at Stockholm University in co-operation with the Universities
of Gothenburg, Linköping, Lund, Malmö, Umeå and
Uppsala is responsible for producing, analysing and developing
TISUS (Test In Swedish for University Studies).
Universidad de Salamanca
The University of Salamanca, by virtue of an agreement with the
Instituto Cervantes, is in charge of developing, marking, setting
and evaluating the tests leading to the Instituto Cervantes Diplomas
de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE).
Universidad de Lisboa
The Departamento de Língua e Cultura Portuguesa (DLCP)
is the Department of the University of Lisbon where Portuguese
as a Foreign and Second Language is taught.
Universita per Stranieri di Perugia (University for Foreigners,
Perugia, Italy)
The University faculty of Italian Language and Culture and special
centres for research is the oldest and most prestigious Italian
institution for the teaching of Italian culture and Italian as
an L2 with an excellent reputation for research in both these
fields.
Studieforbundet Folkeuniversitetet Universitetet i Bergen Norsk
Spraktest (University of Bergen and Folkeuniversitetet , Norway)
Studieforbundet Folkeuniversitetet and the University of Bergen
have been working together under the terms of a collaboration
agreement since 1990. In spring, 2000, the two institutions decided
to formalise their collaboration by creating a consortium called
"Norwegian Language Testing Consortium".
University of Athens, Greece
The School of Greek as a Foreign Language of the University of
Athens forms part of the Interdepartmental Programme for the Teaching
of Greek as a Foreign Language. This Programme was founded by
the Department of Philology (Section of Linguistics and Section
of Modern Greek Literature) and the Department of Philosophy,
Psychology and Education.
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, UK
The University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL)
has charitable status as an institution of the University of Cambridge.
University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
The National Board of Education and the University of Jyväskylä
developed the National Certificate as a joint non-profit project.
WBT Weiterbildungs-Testsyteme (Further Education Test Systems,
Germany)
The WBT Weiterbildungs-Testsysteme GmbH (Further Education Test
Systems) is a not- for- profit institution organised in the form
of a limited company under German charity law. The sole associate
of the WBT is the Deutsche Volkshochschul-Verband e.V. (DVV).
Welsh Joint Education Committee, Wales
The Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC) was established in
1948, originally as a consortium of local education authorities.
It is now established as the main provider of educational services
in Wales, owned and controlled by the 22 unitary councils. The
services provided include examinations (subject to the QCA / ACCAC
code of practice), teacher / tutor training and producing Welsh
language learning / teaching materials. The WJEC are at present
responsible for providing examinations specifically for adults
who are learning Welsh as a second language.
ITK, Idegennyelvi Továbbképzõ Központ
(Centre for Advanced Language Learning, Hungary)
The Centre for Advanced Language Learning is an independent, non-profit
institution under the auspices of Eötvös Lóránd
University (ELTE).
Instytut Polonijny UJ (Jagellonian University, Polish Institute)
The Polish Institute is an interdisciplinary research and teaching
center of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, the oldest
Polish university, founded in 1364.
Department Of Lithuanian Studies, Vilnius University
Department of Lithuanian Studies, Faculty of Philology of the
University of Vilnius.
Riiklik Eksami- ja Kvalifikatsioonikeskus (National Examination
and Qualification Centre, Estonia)
NEQC is the executive organisation of the Ministry of Education
and National School Board in the organisation of national exams.
Republic of Latvia, Naturalisation Board
The Naturalization Board works under the supervision of the Ministry
of Justice and deals with all issues pertaining to the citizenship
of Latvia. One of its tasks is to organize the testing of proficiency
in the Latvian language of applicants for citizenship, as well
as to work out the content, requirements and assessment criteria
for testing Latvian language proficiency.
Russian Language Testing Consortium, Moscow University and
St Petersburg University
Consortium formed by the International Education Centre of Moscow
University and the Philology Department of St Petersburg State
University.
Univerza v Ljubljana (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
The Centre for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language in the Department
of Slavonic Languages and Literatures of the Faculty of Arts,
University of Ljubljana.
University of Sofia, Bulgaria
University of Sofia "St Klimint Ohridski" Department
of Language Learning.
TestDaF-Institut
The TestDaF-Institut develops and administers the TestDaF (Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache - Test of German as a foreign language). It is a non-profit institution affiliated to the University of Hagen and the Ruhr-University Bochum.
Ionad na dTeangacha, Ireland
Ionad na dTeangacha is the Language Centre, National University of Ireland, Maynooth which provides language instruction for university students and members of the public. In May 2005 the Language Centre began offering Irish language examinations for adults.
The Xunta de Galicia
The Xunta de Galicia is an organ of the Autonomous Government of Galicia, Spain which is developing examinations in Galego.
Further information on members is available
here.
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