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Home » Admission & Aid » Admitted Students » New Student Information » Language Placement Exams

Language Placement Exams

ll students must fulfill Austin College’s Foreign Language Competency requirement in order to graduate. To determine your placement in a language, please follow the guidelines below. (International Students or students with fluency in a language not listed in options one, two, or three must see the Chair of the Classical and Modern Languages Department, Dr. Wolfgang Lueckel, about the possibility of a waiver of the Language Competency Requirement.)

For Students interested in Spanish, French, German, Greek, Latin, or Japanese:

  OPTION ONE
No previous experience, or ONE year of a language in high school
OPTION TWO
Students who have taken TWO years of a language in high school
OPTION THREE
Students who have taken THREE OR MORE years of a language in high school or who speak the language at home
Spanish Register for SPAN 101 Register for SPAN 102
See Spanish Placement Details
See Spanish Placement Details
French Register for FR 101 Register for FR 102 Placement Test
German Register for GER 101 Register for GER 102 Placement Interview
Greek Register for GRK 101 Register for GRK 102 Placement Interview
Latin Register for LATN 101 Register for LATN 102 Latin Placement Survey
Japanese Register for JAPN 101 Register for JAPN 102 Placement Interview
Other Language     See the Chair of CML, Dr. Wolfgang Lueckel, about the possibility of a waiver of the Language Competency Requirement.

OPTION ONE:

  • Students who have NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE in a language or wish TO BEGIN A NEW LANGUAGE, different from the one that they have previously studied in high school, are not required to take a placement test. They simply register for level 101 in the language they wish to take.
  • Students who have taken ONE YEAR (in high school) in any of the languages mentioned above should enter that same language at the 101 level.

OPTION TWO:

  • Students who have taken TWO YEARS (in high school) in any of the languages mentioned above should enter that same language at the 102 level.

OPTION THREE:

  • Students who have taken THREE OR MORE YEARS (in high school) in any of the languages mentioned above MUST take the placement test to be placed at the appropriate level.
    • Note: If any change in level needs to be made, the student should talk to their language instructor.  The change will be at the instructor’s discretion, based on the student’s best interest.

ATTENTION:
International Students or students with fluency in a language not listed in any of the options mentioned above must see the Chair of CML about the possibility of a waiver of the Language Competency Requirement.

  • Dr. Wolfgang Lueckel, Associate Professor of German, CML Department Chair

Spanish
For students who need the Spanish Placement test (those who have taken 3 or more years in high school and do not have AP or IB scores, or those who speak Spanish at home), the placement exam must be completed before registering for a course in the language.

Please contact one of the professors indicated below to ask any questions you may have and to arrange to take a test. Please also see the Spanish Placement Details for frequently asked questions and more information.

  • Dr. Patrick Duffey, Professor of Spanish
  • Dr. Julie Hempel, Professor of Spanish
  • Dr. Elena Olivé, Professor of Spanish

French

For students who need the French Placement test (those who have taken 3 or more years in high school and do not have AP or IB scores, or those who speak French at home), the placement exam must be completed before registering for a course in the language.

Please contact the professor indicated below to ask any questions you may have and to arrange to take a test.

  • Dr. Colin Foss, Assistant Professor of French

German
Required placement assessment will be conducted by phone or Zoom for students who want to take German.  Please contact one of the professors indicated below for a five to ten-minute conversation about your background in the language in order to determine which course will best serve your needs. The placement exam must be completed before registering for a course in the language.

  • Dr. Ruth Cape, Associate Professor of German
  • Dr. Wolfgang Lueckel, Associate Professor of German

Greek/Latin
Required placement assessment for Latin is available online: Latin Placement Survey.

Required placement assessment for Greek will be conducted by phone or Zoom.  Please contact the professor indicated below for a five to ten-minute conversation about your background in the language in order to determine which course will best serve your needs. The placement interview must be completed before registering for a course in the language.

  • Dr. Robert Cape, Professor of Classics

Japanese
Required placement assessment for Japanese will be conducted by phone or Zoom. Students who have already studied Japanese need to contact the faculty member responsible for placement in that language for a five to ten-minute conversation about your background in the language and your interest in future study.  Through this conversation, they will determine which course will best serve your needs. The placement interview must be completed before registering for a course in the language.   Please contact:

  • Dr. Scott Langton, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies

Chinese
Austin College no longer offers instruction in introductory Chinese.  For students seeking placement in the third semester, offered for the final time in Fall 2020, a required placement assessment will be conducted by phone or Zoom. The placement interview must be completed before registering for a course in the language.   Please contact:

  • Dr. Jennifer T. Johnson-Cooper, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies

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