Advisory Placement Test for Chinese (Mandarin)

The Chinese Placement Test is used by the Chinese Program to assess students' Chinese language proficiency level so that they may be placed in the appropriate language classes at CVCSF.  The score of the CPT is used for advisory purposes only!

The next CPT will be on: 

Friday, May 10 from 1:15-2:30 

in Arts 211 

For more information on the CPT, click here.  

Some Interesting Facts about Foreign Languages to Inspire You!

The Spring 2013 semester is underway.  There are estimated to be over 7,000 languages in the world; City College offers 9 languages in its credit program to get you started.  They are: American Sign Language, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Pilipino, Russian, Spanish.  To inspire you to jump right into your studies, click here for some interesting facts about language and language learning.

And, for your amusement, check out these true-life stories of foreign language usage gone terribly, or not so terribly, wrong. (BBC)

Chinese Advisory Placement Test

The first advisory placement test for Chinese (Mandarin) for the Spring 2013 semester will be given on Friday, January 18 from 1:15-2:30 in the Arts Building, room 211.  Find out what this placement test is ... and what it isn't, by clicking here.  

Then select the appropriate class and register for your Chinese class for Spring 2013 right away. Chinese language classes will be offered at the Ocean, Downtown and Chinatown campuses!

Chinese (Mandarin) Advisory Placement Test: Friday, December 7, 1-2 in Arts 211

The last advisory placement test for Chinese (Mandarin) for the Fall 2012 semester will be given on Friday, December 7 from 1:00-2:30 in the Arts Building, room 211.  Find out what this placement test is ... and what it isn't, by clicking here.  

Then select the appropriate class and register for your Chinese class for Spring 2013 right away. Classes will be filling up quickly at the Ocean, Downtown and Chinatown campuses!

Something "extra" for Students of French, German, and Spanish

From the European continent, where just about everyone speaks at least one foreign language, here's a fun and informative site for students of French, German, and Spanish, called Extra from the Channel4Learning.  In a series of videos, you will meet 4 students living in, variously, France, Germany, and Spain.  Activities accompany each episode.  If you click on the "18" in a circle, you will find a link to transcripts for all episodes, all languages.  Or you can click here.

Here are some sneak previews:

Spring 2013 Schedules for Day/Evening/Saturday Classes are now Online

Classes begin on January 14 - Register Early!!!  Right Now!!! This way> Don't Delay, classes fill up!  Take a placement advisory test to find the best level of class for you: Chinese. French, German, Japanese, Spanish. 

Spring 2013 Day Schedule

Spring 2013 Evening/Saturday Schedule

Bonus!  New Language Classes are at New Locations:

Downtown: Chinese, French, German, Italian, 

Japanese, Russian, Spanish 

Chinatown/North Beach:  Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish             

    

Mission: French, German, Italian & Spanish 

John Adams: Russian, Spanish 

Ocean: American Sign Language (ASL), French, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Pilipino, Spanish

Spring 2013: Expanded Course Offerings at the Downtown, Mission, Ocean and Chinatown/North Beach Campuses

Good news for Spring 2013!  There will be expanded offerings of foreign language courses at the ever-popular Downtown Campus, the Mission Campus, the main Ocean Campus, and the brand new Chinatown/North Beach Campus, where (tentatively), Chinese, Japanese and Spanish classes will be offered. Classes will no longer be offered at the Castro Campus (Everett Middle School).  Check back here or go to the Foreign Language Departmentwebsite toward the end of October for details and class schedules.