Berkeley Language Institute offers written and oral tests in a variety of languages. The verbal and written tests cover the following areas:

• Listening and comprehension
• Reading
• Writing
• Cultural awareness

Evaluation of Medical Facility for compliance with requirements for patients with  Limited English Proficiency

Berkeley Language Institute makes an initial assessment of the Health Facility and provides a report.

Testing for the Health Care Industry:

Medical Staff:

Berkeley Language Institute offers linguistic testing to all medical staff including receptionists, nurses, counselors, social workers and physicians.

Medical interpreters

The test includes: Interpreting skills, sight translation, knowledge of medical terminology in the foreign language as well as cultural awareness of the candidate.

Various ways of testing bilingual skills:

* At your facility by one of our evaluators (all skills)

* By telephone (listening, reading and comprehension)

* By fax (comprehension and writing)

* Online (reading, comprehension, writing, cultural awareness)

Evaluators

Our evaluators are all professional interpreters who are native speakers  of the language tested. They evaluate the candidates to determine if they have the necessary bilingual skills to perform their work in a medical setting and are in compliance with the regulations.

The evaluation of the medical terminology is done by interpreters  with a medical background.