Hindi Proficiency & Placement

Proficiency

If you want to take the Hindi proficiency exam in order to waive the one-year UW foreign language requirement, please email asianll@uw.edu in order to arrange a time for the exam. If you have any questions about the content of the exam, please email.

Please see here for IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TESTING DEADLINES AND POLICIES.

NOTE: You should only arrange a proficiency exam if you wish to waive the one-year foreign language requirement from the College of Arts & Sciences. If you wish to take Hindi classes at UW, please follow the procedures below, under Placement.

Placement:

Enrollment Restrictions: Because it is quite possible that students enrolled in Hindi 101 or 201 may already have some exposure to or proficiency in Hindi, it is important that the University of Washington policy concerning taking language courses at the first and second-year level be understood. This policy reads as follows:

First-year (elementary) or second-year (intermediate) foreign-language credit is not granted either by examination or by course completion in a student’s native language. “Native language” is defined as the language, or one of the languages, spoken in the student’s home during the first six years of his or her life and in which he or she received instruction through the seventh grade.

Students who misrepresent the extent of their background so as to gain entrance to a course at the elementary of intermediate level may be dropped from the rolls of that course.

Placement to Intermediate Hindi requires completion of Elementary Hindi or the equivalent of one year of study of Hindi at the university level. Similarly, Advanced Hindi requires completion of Intermediate Hindi or the equivalent of two years of study of Hindi at the university level. If you feel you satisfy these requirements and would like an add code to register for either Intermediate or Advanced Hindi, please contact asianll@uw.edu to arrange for an informal interview & testing to determine optimal placement. No preparation is required

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