CGFNS : English Language Proficiency

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Introduction

CGFNS Certification Program

CGFNS Qualifying Exam

CGFNS Eligibility

Language Proficiency Test

How to Apply

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The English language proficiency assessment confirms that the applicant demonstrates the required competency in oral and written English based on the applicant’s achievement of passing scores on tests jointly approved by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Applicants educated in specific countries where English is the native language and the textbook and instruction language are exempt from having to take an English proficiency exam.

Applicants may select one of the following four English proficiency examinations to take as part of the Certification Program:

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS).
Passing Score: 540 (paper/pencil version) or 207 (computerized version)
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT (Internet Based Testing), administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Passing Score: 83
Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Passing Score: 725
International English Language Testing System (IELTS), administered by the Cambridge ESOL Examinations, the British Council and IDP Education Australia
Passing Score: 6.5 Overall (Academic Module)

Applicants must take and pass an approved English language proficiency examination within two years of passing the CGFNS International Qualifying Exam. The testing organizations must forward your English language exam scores directly to CGFNS International.

For applicants with the following criteria are exempted from the English proficiency test :

• Country of nursing education was in the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland), Australia, Canada (all provinces; the only approved schools in Quebec are: McGill University and Dawson College in Montreal, Vanier College in St Laurent, John Abbot College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, and Heritage College in Gatineau), South Africa, New Zealand, Ireland, Trinidad/Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados or the United States.
• Language of instruction and language of texts was in English.