Online Placement Exam Instructions
The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures employs an online placement exam to assess the language skills of those with prior knowledge or study of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. To take this exam, please follow the steps below:
Chinese: Complete the online placement exam, which will evaluate your reading only. You will then need to meet with Chinese Placement Advisor Ping Pian to evaluate your listening and speaking skills. If you have questions, you may contact Guoming Tian at guoming.tian@rochester.edu.
French: Complete the online placement exam. Questions? Contact French Placement Advisor Carole Nasra at cnasra@ur.rochester.edu.
German: Complete the online placement exam. Questions? Contact German Placement Advisor Lisa Cerami at lisa.cerami@rochester.edu.
Italian: Contact the Italian Placement Advisor Teresa Murano at teresamurano@gmail.com.
Japanese: Complete the preliminary questions (PDF) and send it to the email address is provided on the form. Then, read the instructions for the Japanese placement test, which will provide details about the test and where to find it. Questions? Contact Japanese Placement Advisor Mariko Tamate at mariko.tamate@rochester.edu.
Korean: Complete the online placement exam. Fill in the Korean language placement form and submit it to Professor Myounghee Cho by email to get the test result. Questions? Contact Korean Placement Advisor Myounghee Cho at myounghee.cho@rochester.edu.
Polish: Contact Polish Placement Advisor Małgorzata Wojciechowska, at wmalgorz@ur.rochester.edu.
Portuguese: Contact Portuguese Placement Advisor Teresa Valdez at tvaldez@ur.rochester.edu.
Russian: Complete the online placement exam. Questions? Contact Russian Placement Advisor Laura Givens at laura.givens@rochester.edu.
Spanish: Complete the online placement exam. Questions? Contact Spanish Placement Advisor Kirt Komocki at kkomocki@ur.rochester.edu.
Note: Any semester placement you may receive with your online numerical test score is not based on UR's official placement rubrics and, therefore, should not be taken as an indication of your actual placement.
If you do not hear back within a week or so of taking the placement test, please consult the appropriate program representative listed below:
Chinese
Guoming Tian
Associate Professor of Instruction in Chinese
Phone: (585) 275-4251
Email: guoming.tian@rochester.edu
French
Carole Nasra
Associate Professor of Instruction in French, Language Placement Coordinator
Phone: (585) 275-4251
Email: cnasra@ur.rochester.edu
German
Lisa Cerami
Assistant Professor of German
Phone: (585) 275-4251
lisa.cerami@rochester.edu
Italian
Teresa Murano
Associate Professor of Instruction in Italian
Phone: (585) 275-4251
Email: teresamurano@gmail.com
Russian
Laura Givens
Professor of Instruction in Russian
Phone: (585) 275-4251
Email: laura.givens@rochester.edu
Spanish
Kirt Komocki
Associate Professor of Instruction in Spanish
Phone: (585) 275-4251
Email: kkomocki@ur.rochester.edu