Language-Skill (OOPT)

(Ⅰ)OOPT Introduction

In order to serve our master's and PhD students, bachelor's degree students who need to take additional exams, faculty and staff, as well as members of the community to take the English test near their homes, our Language Teaching and Research Center specially organizes an on-campus English test, which adopts the 🔗Oxford Online Placement Test (OOPT). It is a computerized adaptive test (the system automatically adjusts the level of difficulty according to the respondent's performance) with about 45 questions divided into two parts, namely Reading and Listening. The test takes about 60 minutes and is scored automatically at the end of the test.

1. Publicly funded applicants:
(1) Freshmen students who have been enrolled in OOPT since the 110th school year are limited to three attempts, but if they exceed three attempts, they may apply to take the examination at their own expense.
(2) Transfer students from the 110th school year onward may take the OOPT for up to two times and may apply for self-funded examinations if they take the OOPT for more than two times.

Students who fail to take the examination within the prescribed time will be regarded as giving up their eligibility to take the examination .

2. Self-application : Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors, Masters and PhD students
Self-application fee: NT$500

(Ⅱ) OOPT Pre-Test

All freshmen and transfer students are required to take the Oxford Online Placement Test (OOPT), or OOPT pre-test, upon enrollment, and their scores are used as the basis for placement in English classes. Freshmen and transfer students who are proficient in English and are eligible for a waiver of the OOPT may apply for a waiver of the OOPT by submitting their English test scores (within the two-year validity period of the test scores) or documentation of English proficiency to the NCNU Language Teaching & Research Center during the first week of the school year. Students who do not submit their English test scores or proof of English proficiency by the deadline will be required to take the OOPT pre-test. Students who meet the criteria for "Exemption from English Ⅰ" may apply for exemption from the OOPT pre-test.

1. For those who are eligible for exemption, the required English credits will be converted into free elective credits.

If a student is eligible for exemption from English still required to use credits from other courses (not limited to language courses) to fulfill the number of graduation credits (i.e., 128) in the department, and there is no restriction on the type of courses to be taken. For example, if a student does not need to take English (1) and English (2) because the exempted from English Ⅰ, will need to take another 4 credits of other courses; if exempted from English Ⅱ,its means all 6 credits of English will be converted to free elective credits.

2. English exemptions can only be granted by applying to the Language Teaching & Research Center .

If a student meets the requirements for exemption, he/she must apply to 🔗 the Language Teaching & Research Center by the fifth Monday after the start of the semester (or one day later in case of a holiday) for the next semester within the time limit for exemptions specified by the NCNU, and submit the original of the relevant documents and fill out 📝the exemption application form, or the application form will not be processed after the deadline.

3.English Proficiency Placement Classes

The OOPT pre-test results are used as the basis for English class placement and are divided into three levels of classes: the top 10% of the OOPT pre-test students are assigned to "Advanced English Class"; the middle 80% of the students are assigned to the original English class; and the bottom 10% of the students are assigned to the "Basic English Class. Students who are exempted from "English I" but not "English II" will be directly assigned to the Advanced English class when they study English in the sophomore year.

4. Scholarships

If you achieve a score of 90 on the OOPT, you may apply for the 🔗 English Proficiency Test Incentive Grant of $3,000 from the Language Center.

(Ⅲ) OOPT Post-Test

Students enrolled in English Ⅰ and English Ⅱ are required to take the OOPT post-test during the semester in which they complete their sophomore year of English (English Ⅱ). Students who have met the🔗 IBS basic foreign language proficiency requirements may apply for a waiver of the OOPT no later than two weeks after the beginning of the semester by submitting proof of test scores and an application for a waiver of the OOPT to the NCNU Language Teaching & Research Center .