Placement Test and Pre-Registration

For 2011 Placement Tests' Results, please click HERE

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Placement Test Information

• Please arrive at least 10 minutes before your scheduled test session
• Bring your Yale ID card
• Bring one or more pencils with erasers
• Bring a watch – cell phones must be turned OFF during the Exam

Placement Examination Schedule

Attention: change of date because of hurricane

• Date: SATURDAY, August 27, 2011 (AND NOT SUNDAY AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED)
• Location: Linsly-Chittenden Hall (63 High Street)
• Time: 3-4:30 PM, LC 101-102. French Exam for students A-M.
  4:30-6 PM, LC 101-102. French Exam for students N-Z.

Make-Up Session (for students unable to take the exam during the above scheduled times)

• Date: Monday, August 29, 2011
• Location: Linsly-Chittenden Hall – Room 101
• Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.

Results will be posted on Tuesday, August 30 at 2:00 pm on the French department’s website www.french.yale.edu, and in the following locations:

• Linsly-Chittenden Hall 63 High Street (Outside LC 211)
• 82-90 Wall Street, Third Floor (French Department)

Proper placement is essential for productive language study. All students who have not yet taken French at Yale are expected to take the departmental placement test, with the exception of students who have no previous knowledge of French whatsoever and those whose placement has already been established by other means (see placement and registration information on the French department Web site: www.french.yale.edu).

Please note that the departmental placement test is given only once a year, in the fall. Students who wish to begin taking French in the spring must take the test in the fall.

The placement test will be given on Saturday, August 27, 3-4:30 PM, LC 101-102. French for students A-M.  4:30-6 PM, LC 101-102. French Exam for students N-Z.

Students unable to attend may take a makeup test on Monday, August 29, at 9 a.m. in 101 LC.

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Schedule for required PREREGISTRATION (for all fall courses listed below)

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:00-4:00 pm

DUS, Prof. Yue Zhuo – LC 209

French 110a/121a, Elementary and Intermediate French – LC 208

French 130a, Intermediate & Advanced French I – LC 211

French 140a, Intermediate & Advanced French II – LC 211

French 150a, Advanced Language Practice I – LC 209

See www.french.yale.edu for details