<p>I plan on taking both placement tests. I am taking the placement test for Intermediate Chinese and the Japanese placement test. </p>
<p>How hard are the tests and what will I probably place in? </p>
<p>I have an 800 in Chinese like the rest of the Chinese population and a JLPT 2 somehow...</p>
<p>I cannot write Chinese at all. I have had almost no practice at all. I can read fairly well, and I am completely fluent speaking it. </p>
<p>Japanese I can write somewhat. I can understand it well enough to enjoy certain anime without subtitles and listen to it without straining to understand. I can read Slayers (a manga) in Japanese but only with dictionary for the words I do not understand.</p>
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All new language students, regardless of their backgrounds, must take the Chinese placement test if they (1) plan to take Chinese language classes at UCLA for the first time whether they had Chinese language classes elsewhere or not and (2) need to fulfill the foreign language requirement (for one or two years) at UCLA. Beginning students with no background in Chinese speaking or writing ability must take the Elementary-Beginner Placement Test. Students who can speak some Mandarin, read and write some characters, and intend to enroll in Chinese 1A thru 3A in 2007-08 must take the Elementary-Waiver Placement Test (a 60-minute written examination followed by a 5-minute interview). Students who pass the Elementary-Waiver Placement Test will have fulfilled the one-year foreign language requirement. Those who do not pass are placed in Chinese 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 3, or 3A, according to their scores. There are no official sign-ups for the tests; just show up at the correct time and place with your UCLA I.D. The Elementary-Beginner Placement Test is Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at 9 a.m. in 118 Haines Hall. The Elementary-Waiver Placement Test is Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at 9 a.m. in 39 Haines Hall. Students who did not take elementary Chinese courses (1 thru 3A) at UCLA but wish to enroll in intermediate Chinese (4 thru 6A) should take the Intermediate Level Test (a 60-minute written examination followed by a 5-minute interview). Students who pass the Intermediate Level Test will have fulfilled two years of the foreign language requirement. Those who do not pass are placed in Chinese 4, 4A, 5, 5A, 5C, 6, 6A, or 6C, according to their scores. There are no official sign-ups for the test; just show up at the correct time and place with your UCLA I.D. The Intermediate Level Test is Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at 9 a.m. in A51 Humanities Building. See <a href="http://www.alc.ucla.edu/Chinese/FAQ/faq.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.alc.ucla.edu/Chinese/FAQ/faq.htm</a> for more information. ENROLLMENT INFORMATION FOR CHINESE 1 AND 1A: Students who intend to enroll in Chinese 1 or 1A in Fall Quarter 2007 must follow these steps: (1) sign up for 1 or 1A thru URSA (all students who sign up will be placed on the waitlist) and (2) take the Elementary-Beginner or Elementary-Waiver Placement Test on September 25. Students who took the placement test in Winter Quarter 2007 and placed into 1 or 1A should sign up for the class and e-mail <a href="mailto:alcgen@humnet.ucla.edu">alcgen@humnet.ucla.edu</a> to be moved from the waitlist into the class. After the placement test results are available, the department will enroll waitlisted students who placed into Chinese 1 or 1A. Students who sign up for Chinese 1 or 1A but do not place into those courses will be dropped from the waitlist. Students intending to enroll in 1 or 1A who have not signed up for the waitlist nor have taken the placement test should show up on the first day of instruction (enrollment priority is given to students who have followed the procedure above). Enrollment slots will only be offered on the first day of instruction if there are spaces available. For more information, see <a href="http://www.alc.ucla.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.alc.ucla.edu</a> and click on Placement Exam Times.
<p>well, the main problem is that i rarely had any opportunities to write chinese. i can almost read the newspapers, and i could recognize 2000 characters at one point. i am as fluent as any chinese native, but i think i will have trouble writing the more complex characters. i can recognize them but nothing more.</p>