German entry level test

The following information is provided to support your enrolment in the correct language unit level.

Before completing the Language Entry Test please note:

  • If you have never studied German, you are not required to complete the language test; please go to ‘Never studied German language’ below for next steps.
  • You must provide a valid Monash University email address to receive the email indicating what unit you should enrol in.
  • It is in your interest to follow the test guidelines. A distorted score as a result of external assistance will result in an incorrect entry level.
  • You must not purposefully misrepresent your competence in the language in order to enrol in a level lower than your actual competence. Doing so may breach the University’s Academic Integrity requirements.

Complete the test

Unit enrolment guide

Never studied German language
If you have never studied German language, you should enrol in:

To enrol in this unit, you need to: self-enrol via Web Enrolment System (WES).

Completed VCE units 3 and 4 (or equivalent) in German language
Your language test results will confirm which unit you need to enrol in. However, as a guide, if you have completed VCE Units 3 and 4 in German language you would usually enrol in:

To enrol in this unit, you need to complete a manual enrolment.  For information on how to do this, please see the below section: ‘Manual unit enrolment’.

I am from a German language speaking background
Your language test results will confirm which unit you need to enrol in. However, as a guide, if you are from a German speaking background you would usually enrol in:

To enrol in this unit, you need to complete a manual enrolment.  For information on how to do this, please see the below section: ‘Manual unit enrolment’.

Manual unit enrolment 

You can request enrolment in the units by submitting an enrolment amendment form, attaching

  • a screenshot of your test results and/or
  • your VCE  / equivalent results.

Commencing the language unit 

Please note that the Language Entry Test does not measure some important aspects of competence such as oral skills, and results may be biased if you are very strong in one area and weaker in others. It is therefore important that you sample the content of the unit you are recommended to enrol in and speak with the unit coordinator of the unit which you have been assigned to if you believe you have been assigned to a unit which is either too high or too low.

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