13 - 09 - 2024
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GD&TĐ - After completing the admission of new students, universities have begun organizing English proficiency tests to place them in appropriate classes.
On September 20 and 21, Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry organized an English proficiency test for students of the 2024 class. According to the school's announcement, all new students will be tested for English proficiency to arrange classes suitable for the main curriculum, except for students of advanced programs and English Language majors.
For the Food Technology and Animal Husbandry - Veterinary majors, students will be tested according to the faculty's own schedule. Students will take a paper-based test, consisting of 200 multiple-choice questions in 120 minutes.
The University of Economics and Law (Ho Chi Minh City National University) also organized an English proficiency test for all students who have not met the required foreign language standards on September 4 and 5. Students can retake the test if they do not achieve the desired results on the first attempt. Before that, the school announced a sample test so that new students can take a free trial test at home. The exam of the University of Economics and Law includes 3 skills: Listening, Reading, Writing.
According to the school's regulations, students who have not reached the required English level to participate in the main program must participate in the basic English course at the school. The basic English course is designed to support learners to quickly reach the foreign language level to participate in the main program.
At Ho Chi Minh City Open University, the English proficiency assessment is applied to all new students of the general and high-quality programs. Students of English Language, Japanese Language, Korean Language, and Chinese Language are exempted from the exam. This is to place students in classes appropriate to their level and improve the quality of training. The exam will be held from September 16 to 20, with the exam sessions following the order in which students complete online admission procedures.
Ho Chi Minh City Open University uses an English placement test called Placement Test, designed and compiled by Oxford University Press. The test consists of 2 parts, to be completed in 90 minutes. The English test includes requirements to complete a conversation with appropriate grammar and vocabulary patterns, read and understand short conversations, and fill in the blanks with grammar and vocabulary patterns.
The listening part includes short conversations, long conversations, and monologues, then determine the speaker's meaning. New students take the test in a computer room connected to the online system of Oxford University Press.
At Van Lang University (HCMC), the English test at the beginning of the course is also a mandatory activity in the training program for new students. Based on the results of the test, the school arranges general English classes suitable for the students' level, arranges appropriate teaching methods, and improves foreign language skills to meet output standards.
From August 20 to September 10, the school's Testing Center will organize an English entrance exam for students of the 30th course (enrolling in 2024). The second test from September 11 to September 30 is for additional cases.
Previously, Tan Tao University (Long An) organized an English entrance exam for new students of the 2024 course. The exam has 4 skills: Listening, speaking, reading, writing. The test helps to comprehensively assess the vocabulary, grammar and communication skills of new students.
Based on the results of this assessment, learners will receive detailed feedback on their current foreign language proficiency, helping to identify strengths and weaknesses to build a suitable learning path and improve if necessary.
At some universities, the English entrance exam for students is applied to some English-taught training programs. For example, Hong Bang International University (HCMC) organizes exams for students who wish to register for English-taught programs in the following majors: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Digital Marketing.
Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport organizes an entrance English proficiency assessment for new students studying a program entirely in English, an international joint program. The exam includes 3 or 4 skills, in the form of a shortened IELTS.
At universities, when taking the English entrance exam, students can use this result to exempt or transfer credits for English courses in the training program if needed. Also according to the regulations of the schools, new students can submit a foreign language certificate that meets the entrance standards according to the regulations to be exempted from the English proficiency assessment test, exempted from some English courses in the program.
MSc. Truong Thi Ngoc Bich - Deputy Director of the Admissions and Communications Consulting Center of Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance said that most of the school's training programs are bilingual, with English accounting for 50% of teaching and learning time. Right from the admission procedure, each candidate is tested for English proficiency. Through the test results, they are arranged in classes with appropriate levels.
In addition to the English proficiency test, the school organizes exams and considers exemptions from English courses for new students. Accordingly, depending on the foreign language ability demonstrated through international English certificates, students are exempted from the corresponding English course. For example, new students with IELTS 5.0, TOEIC (listening, reading) 550 - 600 or TOEFL iBT 59 - 64 are exempted from 3 English courses in the program.
With IELTS 5.5 or higher, TOEIC (listening, reading) 605 or higher and TOEFL iBT 65 or higher, students are exempted from 4 courses. For the test organized by the school, based on the results, students are also considered for exemption and recognition of passing the course (maximum 2 courses), depending on the score.
MSc. Pham Thai Son - Director of the Admissions and Communication Center, Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade, said that the main purpose of the English entrance test is to place them in the appropriate class. According to the school's regulations, students with a score below 4 will register for the elementary English course; 4 and above will register for English 1.
“Students with a foreign language certificate according to the 6-level foreign language proficiency framework for Vietnam or equivalent international foreign language certificates valid for 2 years can be considered, exempted from studying, exempted from exams and converted to corresponding foreign language course scores,” noted Master Son.
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