Uploading CEFR Certificates for Freshmen English Placement

Note: Due to the outspread of COVID-19, the 2022 Freshmen English Placement Test will NOT be held. Instead, students can use either their English grades of the General Scholastic Ability or upload their English certificates to register for their English modules.

1. Target students: Freshmen of the 2022 academic year
2. The following students do NOT need to register for English modules.

● Students who are eligible to apply for English four-credits exemption.
● FLLD students
● Reenrolling, new transferred, or exchange students (Please go to the NCKU Course Information & Enrollment System to choose an English course. Students who need to take four credits for English courses should take hard copies of their English certificates to the FLC and register for English modules by the end of December, 2022. Otherwise, students of this category will not be allowed to select any English course online next semester.)

3. English Module Placement:

1. Students admitted through regular pathways (such as personal application, recommendation, and the Advanced Subjects Test) will be assigned to modules in accordance to the grades provided by their departments.
   Please go to the English Placement System (https://eagle.english.ncku.edu.tw/eagleclassfiy) to confirm your English module assigned in accordance with your English grades on the General Scholastic Ability Test. The system will be open from 09:00am, August 19 to 09:00am, August 29, 2022. Students who register English modules successfully at this stage can select an English course at the 3rd Stage of Course Enrollment, “English Module Program Course Enrollment.”
   

NCKU English Modules in accordance with grades of the General Scholastic Ability Test (Click the picture to zoom in!)

2. Students admitted through alternative pathways are required to upload their English grades on the General Scholastic Ability Test(GSAT) or other official documents that prove students’ English proficiency level (CEFR) to the English Placement system.
   Please go to the English Placement System (https://eagle.english.ncku.edu.tw/eagleclassfiy) to upload your English grades on GSAT or a CEFR certificate/transcript to register for an English module. The system will be open from 09:00am, August 19 to 09:00pm, August 29, 2022. Students who register English modules successfully at this stage can select an English course at the 3rd Stage of Course Enrollment, “English Module Program Course Enrollment.”
   
   Notes:

(1) Please make sure the scanned certificate or transcript is complete and clear. Images that show only fragments of the certificate/ transcript or print-screened transcripts will NOT be accepted. Students should take full responsibility for the confirmation of the result, and should re-upload the documents needed in due time if the first application is rejected. The Foreign Language Center assumes no responsibility for students’ negligence.

(2) A high school diploma or the grades of a (placement) test held by high schools are NOT accepted.

(3) English modules will be assigned based on the following principles:.
Module 1: CEFR B1 and below
Module 2: CEFR B2
Module 3: CEFR C1 and above

NCKU English Module Courses with their CEFR Alignments (Click the picture to zoom in!)

4. In the English Placement System, students should use either their English grades on GSAT or their English proficiency CEFR certificates to register for modules. Simultaneous application is NOT permitted. Otherwise, conflicts in module registration may be caused.
5. The placement result for English Module is scheduled to be published on the website of NCKU Course Information and Course Enrollment System by 17:00 September 1.
6. Students are required to select courses preferred in the category of English Module Program. Selection of English module courses for this semester starts from 9:00, September 2 to 17:00, September 3.
7. Please note that “The English Placement System ” and the “Confirmation of Foreign Language Competence System” are used for different purposes. Students should make sure to upload their English certificates/transcripts for module registration via the English Placement System. The Foreign Language Center assumes no responsibility for students' neligence.
8. Students who neither use their English grades on GSAT nor upload valid certificates/transcripts of their English proficiency in the English Placement System will NOT be allowed to select any English course this semester. Instead, students should take a standardized test, such as GEPT, TOEIC, TOFEL, IELTS, on their own expenses in order to register for modules. Students who fail to register for modules in the time designated can only select an English course next semester.
9. English module courses are not freshman-limited. Students are only required to take four credits of English courses before graduation.