<p>I'm kinda confuse about the Chinese course and its placement exam. Can I sign up for Chinese 1 like a regular class?</p>
<p>I know I have to take the placement exam, but do I sign up for Chinese 1 and then take the placement exam because by "proof enrollment", do they mean... enrollment in Chinese 1?</p>
<p>Also, how do I obtain a PTE #?</p>
<p>no, you can't sign up for Chinese classes yet. The placement exam is Sept 26. After you take it, they tell you where you place, and you go to that class on the first day and get a PTE# from the professor. What you do right now is enroll in some other class, and after you take the exam, drop that other class and enroll in Chinse, given that that particular Chinese class is offered the fall quarter.</p>
<p>good job sofakingwangsta. :)</p>
<p>I have an enrollment question -- what happens if the number of students that get placed into a certain course (e.g. Chinese 1A) exceeds its enrollment capacity as specified by the Registrar? Would the Chinese department increase the number of lectures/discussions and generate new PTE numbers to accomodate the demand, or would some students get denied enrollment and placed into a different course instead? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>thanks kfc4u. :) Flopsy, that's the same thing I'm wondering about too...</p>
<p>not sure if enrollment ends up exceeding capacity. </p>
<p>however, one thing i do want to note is that the 10am and 11am lecture and discussions are HIGHLY HIGHLY popular. like you'll feel as if the entire asian population at UCLA was trying to get into the lecture/discussion. </p>
<p>on the first day of lecture, it's first-come-first-served. that means if you show up during the 10am lecture, you have your pick of ANY DISCUSSION section you want. by the time i went to my 11am lecture, all the 10am discussion spots were taken already and i had to pick 11am (the 11am slots ran out during my 10am section, so some of those who chose after me couldnt pick neither 10am nor 11am). at the 10am and 11am lectures, the number of students there will exceed capacity. thus, some end up having to do another time for lecture and/or discussion. </p>
<p>the professor will give exceptions if you can prove that a certain time slot is the only slot available for you in your schedule.</p>
<p>btw, i just checked the registrar and you guys have yao laoshi. she's awesome!</p>
<p>where exactly do you take the placement exam?</p>
<p>does everyone have to take the chinese placement exam if they want to take chinese, even the basic 1?</p>
<p>oh, and do 1pm discussions fill up fast? cause those are the ones I want ^^</p>
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where exactly do you take the placement exam?
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the location is TBA as of now but should be posted a few weeks before school starts here (click on your appropriate course):
<a href="http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/crsredir.asp?termsel=06F&subareasel=CHIN&submit1=Get+Classes%5B/url%5D">http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/crsredir.asp?termsel=06F&subareasel=CHIN&submit1=Get+Classes</a></p>
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does everyone have to take the chinese placement exam if they want to take chinese, even the basic 1?
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<p>i read somewhere that everyone has to. if that's the case, then just fail it. last year though, everyone who wanted to enroll in 1 or 1A could just walk out of the test and then show up on the first day of lecture. maybe there's a new policy that requires everyone to "take" the test (or show up at least). </p>
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oh, and do 1pm discussions fill up fast? cause those are the ones I want
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<p>not as much. 10am and 11am are most popular, followed by 12pm. but do try to show up at the 10am lecture to grab the PTE for the 1pm discussion if possible.</p>
<p>so even if im not enrolled in that lecture do i just show up and grab the PTE?</p>
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so even if im not enrolled in that lecture do i just show up and grab the PTE?
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<p>yeah you can do that. that's what some people did. technically nobody's actually enrolled in any lecture anyway. the PTE is specific for a discussion and you can't change it after you get it though. i think when you're on URSA registering, you'll get to pick which lecture you want.</p>
<p>are the chinese courses at UCLA taught in traditional or simplified chinese? will the placement exam be traditional or simplified?</p>
<p>The courses are taught in traditional Chinese.</p>
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are the chinese courses at UCLA taught in traditional or simplified chinese? will the placement exam be traditional or simplified?
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<p>both. every chinese student will have the choice to choose between the two, and the two will be simultaneously taught in class, especially if you are in the A-series. i think beginning winter quarter, the lecture slides will alternate between traditional and simplified, as the professor thinks it's useful to at least recognize both. the A-series has more students doing traditional and the regular series has more students doing simplified (i think), but students are free to choose whichever one they wish and won't feel disadvantaged in class for choosing one or the other. the professor and the TA's know both. </p>
<p>for the placement exam, you can choose to write in traditional or simplified as well.</p>
<p>Hey kfc4u,</p>
<p>I took some cantonese and mandarin way back when I was little. I have forgotten everything since then, but my accent is still there. (I hope)</p>
<p>How hard is the interview portion for the exam? What are the questions like?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>if you don't sign up for chinese, is it still possible to sit-in on the lectures to learn chinese? i'm thinking if i don't take chinese, i'll try to sit-in on the lectures. do you guys learn everything from just the lectures because i want to know if i'll be able to learn chinese just from the lectres.</p>
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if you don't sign up for chinese, is it still possible to sit-in on the lectures to learn chinese? i'm thinking if i don't take chinese, i'll try to sit-in on the lectures.
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<p>you'll probably have to ask the professor. or at least for professor yao in the A-series, she's really invovled with the students. she knows everyone by name. and she randomly calls on people. she knows if you're from another lecture but showing up for a different time. and she recognizes people who aren't in the class. so i guess ask her if it's okay. </p>
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do you guys learn everything from just the lectures because i want to know if i'll be able to learn chinese just from the lectres.
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<p>you wont really LEARN chinese unless you go to discussion. that's where you'll get a chance to practice it. you learn grammar from lectures, but you dont really LEARN chinese until you use it everyday and practice it.</p>
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How hard is the interview portion for the exam? What are the questions like?
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<p>um i never did it myself cuz i walked out of the exam so i could place myself into 1A. but someone else who did it said it was just a casual 5 minute conversation with a TA, like where are you from, etc.</p>