If you have been exposed to Japanese, you need to take a langauge exam. There are two types of language exams available; Japanese Placement Exam and Japanese Proficiency Exam.
The Japanese Placement Exam or the Simple Proficiency-Oriented Test (SPOT) is for students who have had previous study or exposure to the language. The exam will help you determine the course level in which to enroll.
The exam consists of two parts: 1) the listening exam and 2) interview with lecturers after the exam.
The listening exam is 15 minutes long.
The format of the listening exam is to listen to an exam CD and fill in the corresponding blanks () with a hiragana symbol. There are 10 practice questions followed by 120 exam questions.
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Grading of the exam may take three days. After the exam is graded, students are notified of a lecturer to contact for an interview. Please make an appointment and take an interview.
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UCSD Students may wish to have it certified that they have attained a level of conversational and reading proficiency to satisfy their language requirements. Revelle and Eleanor Roosevelt Colleges require such certification for the baccalaureate degree and some UCSD departments have an undergraduate language requirement as part of their major program. We offer a proficiency exam for Japanese.
Please follow these procedures.
You must make arrangements to give the tester the “Proficiency Guidelines” and “Proficiency Test Form” before the test date. After the test, the test administrator fills out the form and either certifies that you have passed proficiency or indicates that you are not proficient.