Placement Tests

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 and those who can speak some Mandarin and can read and write some characters must take the Elementary Level Placement Test (a 60-minute written examination followed by a 5-minute interview). Students who pass the Elementary Level 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 test; just show up at the correct time and place with your UCLA I.D. The Elementary Level Placement Test is Monday, January 8, 2007, at 4 p.m. in location TBA.

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 Monday, January 8, 2007, at 4 p.m. in location TBA. Students who took the placement test in Fall Quarter 2006 and placed into a course in Winter Quarter 2007 should contact the department for enrollment instructions.