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Voraussetzung für die Zulassung zum Studium Bachelor, Master Ed:
Das Bestehen der Eignungsprüfung (Entrance Test).
Bedingung zur Teilnahme an der Eignungsprüfung (Entrance Test):
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Gültigkeit der Eignungsprüfung (Entrance Test):
Die Eignungsprüfung (Entrance Test) ist nur an der Universität Bielefeld gültig!
Everybody who wishes to study English in Bielefeld has to take and pass
our entrance test. The aim of this test is to ensure that all our
students have the necessary language skills (reasonable grammar and
vocabulary resources) to cope with their studies and graduate within
the specified time.
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 we suggest you
revise and practise any areas of English grammar you find difficult, and
build up your vocabulary and control of the language by listening to,
speaking, writing and reading, reading, reading as much English as
possible.
You will find a sample test with instructions and
solutions below.
You must have passed your "Abitur" before you take the test. You cannot register to study English unless you have passed the test. Students who fail the C-test by a narrow margin will have the opportunity to participate in a brief interview to determine whether their speaking ability can compensate for their performance in the C-test. The results of the interview will be decisive. You may repeat the test as often as you wish.
There are four parts to the test. In each part you are given the first and last sentences of each text (sometimes even more); the other sentences all contain incomplete words, with about half the letters missing. Your task is to complete the blanks using either the same number of letters or one letter more than the number of letters given. That means if only 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; if five are given, you either add five or six. Complete the blanks so that the text as a whole makes sense. In this model entrance test, successful candidates would make approximately 14 mistakes or fewer, those with approximately 15 to 18 mistakes would come for an interview to assess their oral ability, while those with 19 mistakes or more would not pass.
For my generation, university meant freedom to explore. But would I have gone for a degree under the system proposed by Downing Street this week? My par___ strenuously opp______ my choice of sub______, but they did not have to sup______ me finan_________. The st_____ took ca____ of that. It wo_____ have been har______ to oppose th_____ wishes if I h_____ anticipated a moun_____ of de____ that I would have had to p_____ back la_____. The pleasure of a career in universities might just have seemed too risky and expensive.
In a finding that has surprised researchers, baboons in laboratory experiments showed hints of abstract thinking by picking out various images on a computer screen. The discovery rai_____ new ques_______ about evol__________ and what distin___________ humans from the re______ of the animal kin______.
The scien_______ who repo______ the results caut_______ against rea_______ too much into the find______ at this st_____ of the rese______ because only two baboons partic______ in the comparative tests and both were veterans of ear______ cognitive experiments. Moreover, the baboons had to repeat the tests thousands of times to learn how sets of images were the same or different.
In a nation of family history buffs, my desire to look into my DNA isn’t that unusual. A lot of peo____ do it to find living rela_______. Many African-Americans do it to fi____ out where they came from before sla______. My reason was sim_______: I was ready to get to the bot______ of my family tr____ because I had already expl______ all the higher bran_____. A few years back, in the cou_______ of writing a mem____, I had discovered the dirt on several gener_________, learning which fam____ members had been ado_____ (in secrecy) and which “cou____” was really a half sister and how much great uncle Harry drank the night he was run over by a train. Now I hoped to figure out exactly what sort of hunter-gatherers had started my family down our path.
Text 4:
There is no reason why the grammar of English should be based upon the grammar of Latin or upon the grammar of any other language. Similarly, we should never exp____ the grammar of a____ other language to be based upon th____ of English. It is the assum________ that other languages wi____ be li____ our o___ in their gramm___________ structures that ma______ it so diff_______ for peo______ to le________ foreign languages. At a very ea______ age we become condi_______ to thinking that our nat_____ language does things in the “right” or “natural” way. We think there is something rather odd about the way other languages work.
Text 1
For my generation, university meant freedom to explore. But would I have gone for a degree under the new system proposed by Downing Street?My parents strenuously opposed my choice of subject , but they did not have to support me financially . The state took care of that. It would have been harder to oppose their wishes if I had anticipated a mountain of debt that I would have had to pay back later . The pleasure of a career in universities might just have seemed too risky and expensive.
In a finding that has surprised researchers, baboons in laboratory experiments showed hints of abstract thinking by picking out various images on a computer screen. The discovery raises new questions about evolution and what distinguishes humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. The scientists who reported the results cautioned against reading too much into the findings at this stage of the research because only two baboons participated in the comparative tests and both were veterans of earlier cognitive experiments. Moreover, the baboons had to repeat the tests thousands of times to learn how sets of images were the same or different.
In a nation of family history buffs, my desire to look into my DNA isn’t that unusual. A lot of people do it to find living relatives/relations. Many African-Americans do it to find out where they came from before slavery. My reason was similar: I was ready to get to the bottom of my family tree because I had already explored all the higher branches .A few years back, in the course of writing a memoir, I had discovered the dirt on several generations, learning which family had been adopted (in secrecy) and which “cousin” was really a half sister and how much great uncle Harry drank the night he was run over by a train. Now I hoped to figure out exactly what sort of hunter-gatherers had started my family down our path.
There is no reason why the grammar of English should be based upon the grammar of Latin or upon the grammar of any other language. Similarly, we should never expect the grammar of any other language to be based upon that of English. It is the assumption that other languages will be like our own in their grammatical structures that make it so difficult for people to learn foreign languages. At a very early age we become conditioned to thinking that our native language does things in the “right” or “natural” way. We think there is something rather odd about the way other languages work.
Das Prüfungsamt akzeptiert den Nachweis vom Bestehen folgender Tests:
Die Tests müssen innerhalb der letzten zwei Jahre absolviert worden sein.
