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All students wishing
to take a course higher than 1011 (the first of a two-semester sequence
of Beginning Japanese) are required to take a placement test if:
(1) you have not
taken Japanese at the University of Minnesota.
(2) your grade for the preceding course is not a C- or better nor an
S.
(3) you completed the preceding course prior to Fall 2008.
*You may not take
a placement test for the same course twice within a calendar year.
Prerequisite:
Your name on the Classlist or Waitlist for the course (or your instructor's
consent)
In order to take a placement test, you must enroll
for the course or put your name on the waitlist, or get consent from
the course instructor.
1.Date,
Time and Place
Spring
2010
Date: 1/21/2010 (Thurs.)
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Place: TBA
2.
How to Prepare for the Test
The placement test
for each level consists of two parts: written and oral. Please read
the texbook(s) and chapters indicated below to prepare. Textbooks are
available at the University Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union (612-625-6000).
1012
(the second semester of Beginning Japanese):
Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese,
Vol.1 (Japan Times), up to and including Lesson 6 |
3021
(the first semester of Intermediate Japanese):
Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese,
Vol.1 (Japan Times), up to and including Lesson 12 |
3022
(the second semester of Intermediate Japanese):
Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese,
Vol. 2 (Japan Times), up to and including Lesson 17 |
3031
(the first semester of Third-Year Japanese):
Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese,
Vol. 2 (Japan Times), up to and including Lesson 22 |
3032
(the second semester of Third-Year Japanese):
Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese,
Vol. 2 (Japan Times), up to and including Lesson 22
An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese (Japan
Times), Lessons 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 |
4041
(the first semester of Fourth-Year Japanese):
Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese,
Vol. 2 (Japan Times), up to and including Lesson 22
An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese (Japan
Times), up to and including Lesson 13 except Lessons 2, 7 and 10 |
4042
(the second semester of Fourth-Year Japanese):
'Images of
Japan ' For
Pre-Advanced and Advanced Learners of Japanese , Text. University
of Tokyo Press.; theme 2 & 3 |
*To determine which
level would be best for you, please refer to the
course guide, the
schedule, and the respective syllabus for each course from the previous
year, below, as well.
3.
Online Registration Form
*NOTE: Please enroll
for the course you wish to be placed in before the semester begins and
attend that class on the first day, so that you will not miss anything
if / when you are officially admitted to the course. (Please note that
attendance points are given only to those who are physically in class.)
We will notify you of the results of the placement test via email on
the day you take the test. Please change your enrollment status upon
receiving those results, if necessary. Passing the placement test does
not guarantee you a seat in the class. Should you have any questions,
please contact an instructor of the course you want to be placed in.
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