INTRODUCTION

Abstract

The Department of Romanian language, culture and civilisation of the Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University, expresses appreciation and gratitude to the editorial board of Studia Philologia journal, part of Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai series, for hosting an ensemble of studies related to the processes of teaching and assessment of Romanian as a foreign language (RFL) in our institution. This issue is especially dedicated to the process of auditing of our examinations by the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE), a process which concluded with a positive outcome. In present, we are developing the legal procedures for becoming full members of ALTE, as a result of successfully passing the auditing process of our examinations.

The suite of examinations submitted to the ALTE audit by the Department of Romanian language, culture and civilisation, Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University, is composed of four level examinations (Examen la limba română. Nivel A1; Examen la limba română. Nivel A2; Examen la limba română. Nivel B1; Examen la limba română. Nivel B2). These examinations constitute the axis around which the whole educational process concerning the academic programme of preparatory year organised at Babeș-Bolyai University develops.