Placement Exams

Vietnamese

Thanks for your interest in taking Vietnamese at Brown University!
We would like to ask all incoming students to take the placement test the week of August 22nd.
The test is about 60 minutes long and includes three parts.

● Part 1: Survey (10 minutes recommended). Part 1 is a short questionnaire that
asks you about your background in the language(s) you speak or have learned.

Korean

Korean Placement Test for Fall 2021

Placement Test for Korean: FAQs 

1. Who does NOT need to take a placement test? 

a)   The so-called ‘true beginners’ (i.e. who has never learned Korean before or who does not have any background/prior knowledge in the Korean language). These students can register for KREA0100. 

b)  Those students who completed a course at Brown with a passing grade and want to move up to the next level 

Chinese

Chinese Placement Test for Fall 2023

The EAS Chinese Placement Test for the Fall of 2023 will be offered at 12pm on September 5th, 2023 in Barus & Holley at 184 Hope St, Providence, RI 02912 in Room 168.  Please bring your computer with you to the written test.

If you have any questions regarding the test, contact Liwei Jiao.

Please find a short introduction to the Chinese language program below: