Language Proficiency Assessment
Are you a primary or secondary teacher and want evidence of your language
proficiency?
Are you a preservice teacher and want evidence of your language proficiency?
Face-to-Face
Registrations close one week before the test date.
All face-to-face sessions take place at The University of Sydney.
The next face to face test at The University of Sydney will be in November 2026.
Online
Registrations close one week before the test date.
Check back at a later date for more online tests.
Cost
Administration fee of $400 per test.
If your language is not available above, please join our waiting list here and we will email you with future test dates.
A PDF outlining the test can be downloaded here.
If you are a K-6 NSW Department of Education teacher the test may be free, please fill out the form here to find out if you are eligible.
Why sit the test?
Under new NESA guidelines, native speakers of a language are eligible to be accredited Language teachers if they have evidence from an Australian university of their level of proficiency.
What is the test?
In 2024 SICLE undertook a validity and reliability study of the test. The findings provide strong evidence for equivalence of the test to proficiency gained in three years’ tertiary study and also for basic vocational proficiency. The final published report can be downloaded here.
For any enquiries, please email sicle.curriculum@sydney.edu.au
Over 500 applicants have been tested since 2025 and all successfully attained the standard required.
Together these tests represent a significant step in increasing languages teacher supply and accrediting the existing skills of languages teachers.
