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Prüfungsamt: Zugang zu den Studiengängen Anglistik

Fakultät für Linguistik und Literaturwissenschaft

Checkliste (Zulassung zur Anglistik)

Voraussetzung für die Zulassung zum Studium Bachelor, Master Ed:
Das Bestehen der Eignungsprüfung (Entrance Test).

Bedingung zur Teilnahme an der Eignungsprüfung (Entrance Test):
Fristgerechte Anmeldung! Siehe im linken Übersichtsmenü Bachelor oder Master!

Gültigkeit der Eignungsprüfung (Entrance Test):
Die Eignungsprüfung (Entrance Test) ist nur an der Universität Bielefeld gültig!

Wissenswertes zum Entrance Test:
Wie man sich den Inhalt und den Ablauf
unserer Eignungsprüfung (Entrance Test) vorstellen kann ...

General Information

From the winter semester 2003/4, everybody who wishes to study English in Bielefeld has to take and pass our entrance test. We have introduced this test to ensure that all our students have the necessary language skills (reasonably sound grammar and adequate vocabulary) to be able to graduate within the specified time. When we only had a diagnostic entrance test on the basis of which we could not exclude those who failed, we found that many weak students who began to study English despite our warnings fell behind with their courses, and very often dropped out without taking their finals.

The test takes 30 minutes and is what is known as a C-test. It has been carefully tested and evaluated and is a reliable instrument to diagnose general language proficiency. To prepare for it you should study and practise English grammar and build your vocabulary. You will find a sample test with instructions and solutions below.

You must have passed your A-levels (Abitur) before you take the test. You cannot register to study English unless you have passed the test. Should you fail you have the option to come to interview; the results of the interview will be decisive. You may repeat the test as often as you wish.

What You Must Do

  • There are four parts to the test -- in each part you are given the first and last sentences of each text.
  • Every second word of the other sentences is incomplete, with about half the letters missing. You must fill up the gaps using either the same number of letters or one letter more than the number given.
  • That means if the first letter of a word is given, you must add either one or two letters, but not more. If two letters are given, you add either two or three; if three are given, you add either three but not more than four; if four letters are given, the whole word consists of either eight or nine letters.
  • We allowed 18 errors at this test. Time: 30 minutes.

Model Entrance Test

TEXT 1:

Brussels is the capital of Belgium and of Brabant province. Gre_______ Brussels is b___ far t____ country's lar_________ metropolitan ar___, with a popul________ of 970,500 (1989 estimate). Brussels is loc_________ on the rol_________plain th____ makes up the cen____ of the cou________. It stra_________the sm_____ Senne (Zenne) River, which jo_____ the Rupel, a trib________of the Scheldt. The Willebroek Canal has been cut from the city to the Scheldt.

TEXT 2:

The political and ideological background of the American Revolution has been studied by more people over a longer period of time than any other topic in American history. But old histo_____ problems do not prec_____ new solu_____: indeed, they req____ them, for historical explan______ are deli_____ contrivances, capable of be____ fundamentally up____ by small bi___ of information and trans_______ by shi____ in historians’ ang_____ of vision. The his____ of the ma___ lines of interpr_____ of the Revolution and its background constitutes in itself an important chapter in American intellectual history, and it provides a natural introduction to a reconsideration of the subject.

TEXT 3:

Whatever happened to burglary? In the late 1980s, it was a__ ubiquitous as ba_____ jeans. Ever_________ who w____ not be______ burgled seemed to b___burgling, or othe________supporting the indu_______ by buy_______ cheap vid_____, no ques_________ asked. B___ the houseb________ fad i___now in dan________ of becoming retro. Domestic break-ins have fallen by 45% in the past ten years, according to the British Crime Survey.

TEXT 4:

The European Union accounts for more than half of all legislation across the Union. But it te____ to deal with the bor____ stuff. The iss_____ that get people marc_______in the street (pens_______, welfare bene______, education) are st____largely dec____at a national le____, although the EU is begi__________to nibble at the ed_____. The Union has y___to w___the ri____ to le____ taxes. Europe’s nation-states are still keeping a fairly firm grip on their wallets.


Model Entrance Test: Full Texts (60 GAPS)

TEXT 1 (15 gaps)

Brussels is the capital of Belgium and of Brabant province. Greater Brussels is by far the country's largest metropolitan area, with a population of 970,500 (1989 est.). Brussels is located on the rolling plain that makes up the center of the country, some 40 km (25 mi) south of Antwerp. It straddles the small Senne (Zenne) River, which joins the Rupel, a tributary of the Scheldt. The Willebroek Canal has been cut from the city to the Scheldt.

TEXT 2 (15 gaps)

The political and ideological background of the American Revolution has been studied by more people over a longer period of time than any other topic in American history. But old historical problems do not preclude new solutions: indeed, they require them, for historical explanations are delicate contrivances, capable of being fundamentally upset by small bits of information and transformed by shifts in historians’ angles of vision. The history of the major lines of interpretation of the Revolution and its background constitutes in itself an important chapter in American intellectual history, and it provides a natural introduction to a reconsideration of the subject.

TEXT 3 (15 gaps)

WHATEVER happened to burglary? In the late 1980s, it was as ubiquitous as baggy jeans. Everybody who was not being burgled seemed to be burgling, or otherwise supporting the industry by buying cheap videos, no questions asked. But the housebreaking fad is now in danger of becoming retro. Domestic break-ins have fallen by 45% in the past ten years, according to the British Crime Survey.

TEXT 4 (15 gaps)

The European Union accounts for more than half of all legislation across the Union. But it tends to deal with the boring stuff. The issues that get people marching in the streets (pensions, welfare benefits, education) are still largely decided at a national level, although the EU is beginning to nibble at the edges. The Union has yet to win the right to levy taxes. Europe’s nation-states are still keeping a fairly firm grip on their wallets.

Anmeldung / Testverlauf

  1. Anmeldung, Anmeldungsort, Anmeldungsfristen
    Anmeldungen zum Entrance-Test nimmt Frau Marilyn Schapiro entgegen.
  2. Während des Tests:
    Sie dürfen keine Bücher, mobilen Telefone, Jacken, Taschen etc. zu Ihrem Tisch bringen. (Beispiel-Test = siehe oben)
  3. Nach bestandenem Test:
    1. Sie erhalten kein Zertifikat! Es wird lediglich Ihr Name an das Studierendensekretariat weitergeleitet.
    2. Schreiben Sie sich im Studierendensekretariat ein.
    3. Tragen Sie sich dann möglichst schnell im Vorlesungsverzeichnis in die von Ihnen gewählten Veranstaltungen ein.
  4. Gasthörerstatus:
    Sie können sich als Gasthörer für die Kurse melden, sollten Sie sich noch nicht einschreiben können. Orientieren Sie sich am „Leitfaden für die Basisphase“ des Fachs.
Bewerbung zum Bachelor-Studiengang Anglistik:
Zum Wintersemester & Sommersemester.

Bewerbung zum Master-Studiengang Anglistik:
Termine im Sommer- und im Wintersemester.

Nachweis/Anrechnung äquivalenter Leistungen

Das Prüfungsamt akzeptiert den Nachweis vom Bestehen folgender Tests:

  • TOEFL-Test
    • computer-based test (Ab 220 Punkte)
    • paper-based test (Ab 560 Punkte)
    • internetbasierten TOEFL-Test iBT (83 der 120 Punkte)
  • UNIcert
    Levels III und IV (English)
  • IELTS
    International English Language Testing System, Academic Module, ab Band 6.5
  • CPE Examination
    Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
    (A, B oder C)
  • CAE Examination
    Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English
    (A oder B)

Die Tests müssen innerhalb der letzten zwei Jahre absolviert worden sein.



 
 


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