Hi guys. So I took 3 years of Chinese in HS (didn’t have room on my schedule in senior year for Chinese 4). I’ve been admitted to UCSD at ERC which has a one year language proficiency requirement. I feel like my chinese class was really easy, and that my chinese is sub par - however I don’t know what the test is like. Maybe it’s actually super easy. I did not take the AP test or the SAT II for Chinese.
Would I take this test before I accept my admittance or after?
Does anyone know what’s on the actual test? What kind of words (subject of the reading), if it’s an oral exam, or if there’s writing as well?
Thanks!
I had to take the French placement exam, it was multiple choice and placed me into LIFR 1D/1DX (the fourth/last quarter). This was in July or August, after I SIR’ed. The proficiency test would be on campus once you move in, and it would let you skip the entire sequence. I believe that one’s an oral + written test. If I were you, I wouldn’t take it unless the Chinese placement exam placed you into CHIN 10C or 20A.
@DoctorP I’m guessing 10C and 20A are like Chinese one or two?
I’d call CHIN 10A the equivalent of high school Chinese 1, 10B = Chinese 2, 10C = Chinese 3, 20A = Chinese 4, and so on. My experience with French was that one quarter of LIFR 1D/1DX was equivalent to a semester of French 3 or 4 at my high school.
@DoctorP Okay sorry to make sure (Because I keep thinking about courses in terms of year long, like high school)
I would get placed into one of the four QUARTERS right? and chinese 4 (20A)/quarter 4 would be all i need to pass the one year proficiency right?
i heard that if you’re too fluent they won’t allow you to take the proficiency exam. does that mean you’re just placed in the last quarter of the language or they force you to take a whole year of something else?
Correct and I think for Chinese you’d need to complete 10C to count as a full year (not sure on that). If you’re too fluent they might require you to take a Chinese for Chinese Speakers type of course but that probably won’t be a realistic issue for you
The placement test is challenging to figure out which level of language class you belong in. It’s pretty good at figuring that out. Don’t overstudy or cheat or you’ll end up in the wrong class and struggle. If you ace it/get placed in 20A directly, consider taking the proficiency exam.
@doctorp thank you so much!