Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Modern Languages

Chinese Placement Background Questionaire

Name: Date: Class desired: CHIN...

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Answer the following questions completely.

1.  / Language(s) spoken at home (specify dialect[s]).
2.  / Years of formal study of Chinese – specify when, where and what curriculum (text used?)
3.  / Grade completed abroad in school in China, Taiwan, etc.
4.  / Your score on the online Chinese Placement Test:
5.  / List the Chinese classes you’ve taken at GT (or elsewhere):
6.  / Approximate number of characters you recognize.
7.  / Length of time spent abroad (or lived abroad) -- where and when.
8.  / Individual self-assessment of spoken, reading and writing skills (write 0 - 5: none – strong). / Speaking:
Reading:
Writing:
9.  / Can you read the newspaper?
10.  / What Chinese websites do you frequent?
11.  / Can you understand popular songs and KTV with or without subtitles?
12.  / Do you understand simplified or traditional characters, or both?
13.  / Can you write in Mainland Chinese romanization system Hanyu Pinyin? Or Taiwan’s Mandarin Phonetic Symbols?
14.  / Parents' native language(s).

Sign hardcopy or write your email address in the box in the right to signify the accuracy of your answers. Note: You are bound by the GT Honor Code. Students who falsify this form will be removed from class and assigned a withdrawal.

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