The TEPAIC is a required step for all ESL (English as a Second Language) international students aspiring to take on an Associate Instructor position here at IU. 

What is the purpose of the TEPAIC?

The TEPAIC Oral Interview is administered in order to determine whether international ESL candidates for AI positions at Indiana University have a minimally acceptable level of general oral proficiency in English to give lectures and to interact with students who may not be accustomed to different varieties of English. Although candidates are not expected to communicate in English exactly like native speakers, it is expected that their proficiency level of spoken English will not hinder undergraduate student comprehension of any given subject/lecture.