what leval am I at?

[crazy-queer.livejournal.com]

Hi All,

I'm going to graduate school in the fall for political science and also plan on continuing to learn russian. I'm not sure which classes to take though and I'm not sure what word to use that would acuratly describe how much russian I know. Is there a test I can take that would place me?

My backround with Russian is this.

Taken Rus 101 + 102 at college (2001-2002)

spent 6 months in Russia (the city of Syktyvkar, so fab!) (2002)

took a higher leval Rus class-unfortunatly it was all review for me because other students in my class were way below my leval (2003)

I visited Russia this winter, 2004 but only for a couple weeks.... I havn't been keeping up my language lately... pretty lazy of me actually, but I always try to speak russian with russian friends of mine and I also try to think in russian so I don't loose what I do know

So.... I'm not sure I'm ready to take graduate leval courses in russian but I really don't want to take another class where fellow students can't even remember the days of the week, I want chalenging content and a fast pase

I want to be fluent before I get my PhD..... :-)

any thoughts?

Comments

[superslayer18.livejournal.com]

That sounds great, if you can find some kind of placement test! Please post it, as I too would like to know what level I'm at (way below your level though.)

[ex-nikitagr.livejournal.com]

Where do you actually live now?

[crazy-queer.livejournal.com]

the grand ol state of Maine, but not for much longer

[ex-nikitagr.livejournal.com]

I mean, really good option for you is to find out a Russian family not far from your study/work place... to live with.
Lots of Russian immigrants need to improve their English, in turn.
You even can find somebody in LJ.
It may seem crazy but... Just find the right people. :)

[bandelero.livejournal.com]

Although these are not placement tests, they should give you an idea about the level of your Russian ;)

http://www.russian.language.ru/test.htm
http://eleaston.com/ru-qz.html

[raeyn.livejournal.com]

Sweet! According to the first, I'm at an intermediate level! (Still.. glad I haven't last all of my groove!)

*boogies*

xox

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

I've passed the 1st one with 49 out of 50, which gave me the "Advanced" level. Ha ha ha. I wonder which one was wrong! (Ha ha ha again.) The trick is that I am not only a native speaker, but also a pro editor (with a 10 years experience in Russian media,) and the test is kind of... hmmm... mockery, since some of the wrong answers are VERY... hmmmm... imitating the typical mistakes that most English-speaking students make...
"И все-таки, где же у него кнопка?" (с) "Приключения Электроника" :-)))

[glugglug.livejournal.com]

I've answered with 50 out of 50 and my level is advanced too. :)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Cool, then. Nobody's perfect :)))