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Language Studies Program Overview | Language Placement Exams and Organizational Information 
Fall 2008

Please attend the Annual Language Fair onThursday August 28, 2008, which will take place at the Nitze Cafeteria from 1:30-3:00 PM.  The language coordinators will be happy to answer specific questions that you may have.

If you are interested in taking the proficiency exam, please pay careful attention to the information provided below.

Please note:  Students need to sign-up for language proficiency exams. The deadline to sign up for the exams is 3 days prior to the exam administration. Walk-ins for language proficiency exams are not permitted.

New Students: Please contact the language program coordinator for your language of interest. The Coordinator will inform you whether or not you are eligible to sign up for the proficiency exam. Again all language program coordinators will be available during the language fair to speak with all students.

Returning Students: Sign up for the exam only if you have completed the fourth semester or level of language instructions at SAIS. Otherwise you need to contact the Language program coordinator to determine your eligibility prior to singing up for the proficiency exam.

Please note: The Language placement & proficiency exams dates are subject to change due to the availability of the party guest examiners.  Please check the language studies, and individual language pages for updates

Language Studies Program: September 2008 PLACEMENT EXAMS

LANGUAGE

DATE & TIME

PLACE

Arabic

September 2, 2008
11:00 am to 2:30 pm

R102

Chinese

September 2, 2008
10:45 am to 3:00 pm

Please report to R332 to receive instructions from the language coordinator

The exam will take place in R533

English

September 2, 2008
10:45 am to 2:00 pm

September 3, 2008
9:00 am to 11:00 am

R534

For students who wish to simply take the proficiency only.  Oral interviews will be conducted by appointment only, please contact professor Washburn at gwashburn@jhu.edu

French

September 2, 2008
8:30 am to 3:30 pm

R 320 & 321 For Oral interviews only. 

Please, take the online written test before showing up for the interview. You can take the online written test any time before Aug 30th. You can access the  online test in the MMC or in your own computer at: http://webcape.byuhtrsc.org/nwcregister.php?acct=jhusais

The password is “Elahi1”

German

September 2,2008
8:30 am to 4:00 pm

R309 for Oral interviews only. 

Please, take the online written test before showing up for the interview. You can take the online written test any time before Aug 30th. You can access the  online test in the MMC or in your own computer at: http://webcape.byuhtrsc.org/nwcregister.php?acct=jhusais

The password is “Elahi1”

Italian

September 2, 2008
11:00 am to 12:00 noon

R532

Hindi

September 2, 2008
11:00 am to 2:00 pm

R204

Japanese

September 2, 2008
10:30 am –4:00 pm


Please report to R307 to receive instructions from the Language coordinator

Korean

September 2,2008
11:00 am to 2:00 noon

N410

Indonesian

September 2,2008
10:45 am to 2:00 pm

R206

Persian

September 2, 2008

11:00 am – 2:00 PM

R 103

Portuguese

September 2,2008
11:00 am to 2:00 pm

R308

Russian

September 2,2008
10:00 am to 12:00 pm

R318

Spanish

September 2,2008
9:00 am to 3:00 pm

R330 (For Oral Interviews, only).

Please, take the online written test before showing up for the interview. You can take the online written test any time before Aug 30th. You can access the  online test in the MMC or in your own computer at: http://webcape.byuhtrsc.org/nwcregister.php?acct=jhusais

The password is “Elahi1”

Thai

September 2,2008
6:30 pm-8:30 pm

R104

Vietnamese

September 3,2008

4:30-6:30 pm

R104



Language Studies Program: September 2008 PROFICIENCY EXAMS

LANGUAGE

READING

WRITING

LISTENING

SPEAKING

Arabic

Date: September 3, 2008
Time: 9:00 am to 11:00 Place: R533

Writing proficiency not required

Date: September 4 ,2008
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Place: R102

Date: September 4 ,2008
Time: 12:15 pm to 2:00 pm
Place: R202

Chinese

Date September 3,2008

Time 9:00 am to 11:00 pm

Place: R206

 Writing proficiency not required

Please contact the Xueying Wang in R332 Coordinator for details 

Please contact the Xueying Wang in R332 Coordinator for details 

English (ESL)

Date: September 12, 2008

By appointment only, please contact professor Washburn at gwashburn@jhu.edu to arrange a time

Date: September 10, 2008

Time: 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm

Place: TBA

Date: September 2, 2008

Bappointmen only, please contact professor Washburn at gwashburn@jhu.edu to arrange a time

Date: September 5,2008, oral interviews conducted
by appointment only, please contact professor Washburn at gwashbu1@jhu.edu

French

Date: September 3,2008
Time 8:00 am to 10:00 am

Place R320

Date: September 3,2008
Time 10.15 a.m.-12.15 p.m.
Place R320

Date: September 4,2008
Time 10:45 am to 12:45 p.m.
Place R320

September 4,2008 
1:15 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. 
Place: R320

German

Date: September 3, 2008

Time: 9:00 to 11:00 am

Place: R 103

Date: September 3, 2008

Time: 11:00 to 1:00 pm

Place: R103

Date: September 4, 2008

Time: 11:00 to 1:000 pm

Place: R103

Date: September 4, 2008

Time: 1:00 to 2:00 am

Place: R103

Italian

Date: September

 3, 2008

9:00 am to 11:00 am
Room: R532

Date: September 3, 2008

12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Room: R532

Date: September 4,2008

2:00 am to 4:00 pm
Room: R532

Date: September 4,2008. 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
By appointment only, please contact Professor Caminiti at bjohans1@jhu.edu

Hindi

Date: September 3, 2008

Time: 12:00 pm –2:00

Place R206

Writing proficiency not required

Please contact Coordinator @ lgusian1@jhu.edu

Please contact Coordinator lgusain1@jhu.edu

Japanese

Date: September 3, 2008

Time 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Room: 204

Writing proficiency not required

Date: September 4, 2008,

Time 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Room: R204

Date: September 4, 2008

Time 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Room: R307

Korean

By appointment

Contact Prof. Tak  ktak1@jhu.edu

By appointment

Contact Prof. Tak  ktak1@jhu.edu

By appointment

Contact Prof. Tak  ktak1@jhu.edu

By appointment

Contact Prof. Tak  ktak1@jhu.edu

Indonesian

Date: September 3, 2008
Time:10:00 am to 12:00 Place: R535

Writing Proficiency not required

Date: September 4, 2008
Time: 10:45 am to 12:00 am
Place R533

Date: September 4, 2008
Time: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Place: R533

Portuguese

Date: September 3, 2008
Time: 8:00 am to 10:00 am

Place: R308

Date: September 3 ,2008
Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 9m

Place: R308

Date: September 4,2008
Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Place: R308

Date: September 4,2008
Time: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Place: R308

Russian

Date: September 2,2008

Time: 12:00 pm to 2:00 Place: R535

Writing proficiency not required

Date: September 3,2008

Time: 10 am to 11:30 am

Place: R318

Date: September 4,2008

Time: 1:15 pm

Place: R318

Spanish

Date:September 4 ,2008

Time: 10:45 am -12:45

Place: R203

Date: September 3,2008

Time: 9:00 am -10:30

Place: R200

Date: September 3,2008

Time: 10:30 am -12:00

Place: R200

Date: September 5 , 2008

 Time 9:00 – 5:00 pm

(By individual appointment. Sign-up sheet on door of R330).

Thai

By appointment.  Contact Prof. Kurniani at nkurniani@jhu.edu

Writing proficiency not required

By appointment.  Contact Prof. Kurniani at nkurniani@jhu.eduBy appointment.  Contact Prof. Kurniani at nkurniani@jhu.edu

Vietnamese

By appointment.  Contact Prof. Kurniani at nkurniani@jhu.edu

Writing proficiency not required

By appointment.  Contact Prof. Kurniani at nkurniani@jhu.eduBy appointment.  Contact Prof. Kurniani at nkurniani@jhu.edu

Language Studies Program: September 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS

LANGUAGE

DATE & TIME

PLACE

Arabic 

September 5,2008 10:00 am to 11:00 am

R533

Chinese

September 5,2008 11:00 am to 12:00 am

R533

English (ESL)

September 5,2008 11:00 am to 12:00 noon

R535

French

September 5,2008
Levels 1, 2, 3, 4   @11 a.m.
Level 5                 @12 Noon

R200

German

September 5,2008 10:00 am to 11:00 am

R532

Italian

September 5,2008 11:00 am to 12:00 am

R532

Hindi

September 5,2008 10:00 am to 11:00 am

R202

Japanese

September 5,2008 10:45 am to 12:00 pm

R204

Korean

September 5,2008 10:45 am to 12:00 pm

N412

Indonesian

September 5,2008 11:00 am to 12:00 noon

R202
PersianSeptember 5, 2008 10:00 am to 11:00 amR104

Portuguese

September 5,2008 10:00 am to 11:00 am

R206

Russian

September 5,2008 11:00 am to 12:00 noon

R206

Spanish

September 5,2008
Returning Students: 10:00 am to 10:45 am

Incoming Students:  11:00 am to 11:45 am

R534

Thai

September 5,2008 Begins at 5:00 pm

R532

Vietnamese

September 5,2008 Begins at 4:00 pm

R532


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