Placement Procedure

ALL incoming students who wish to take ANY CHIN, CNTO, or CLCH courses are required to complete the placement procedure whether you’re a new or continuing student. Students who do not follow the placement procedure will be removed from the course. 

Step 1: Take the Online Questionnaire

The online questionnaire will place students into the appropriate level of classes according to their language background. Please register a Chinese course in accordance with your online questionnaire result (certificate).

Step 2: Understand Your Result

Upon completion of the online questionnaire, the student will receive a certificate email titled “Placement interview completed”. Please first carefully read through your certificate.

 

 

What to expect?

If you are eligible to enroll

You can ignore the prerequisites for your approved courses and register for them on SSC. It is not mandatory for you to sign up for the placement interview.

You will need a placement interview if:

a) If you are required to do a placement interview

You have a complex language background and are required to do an additional placement interview in order to better determine your language levels.

b) If you have concerns regarding your online questionnaire result (certificate)

If you think the placement does not accurately reflect your language level, please sign up for a placement interview↓. If you have further questions concerning the placement, you can email Chinese.Placement@ubc.ca. Please follow the proper email format found here.

PLACEMENT INTERVIEW

Please note that the location of the in-person placement interview will take place virtually in ZOOM due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Please enroll yourself to THIS CANVAS COURSE↓ to make an appointment and access the zoom link. 

Email Format

If you have further questions concerning the placement, you can email Chinese.Placement@ubc.ca.

Your email title should include FULL NAME and # STUDENT NUMBER, e.g. Robert Smith, #12345678. If you are concerned about your eligibility for a certain course, add the course number at the end, e.g. Robert Smith, #12345678 CHIN233.

You can expect to hear back within 48 hours during regular teaching days. During peak registration days, please allow up to 5 days before sending in another email with the same inquiry. You may experience delays if the email title convention is not followed.

Please note if your question is specifically about CNTO courses, please email the Cantonese Language Program at cantonese.info@ubc.ca