Self-Evaluation for Spanish
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Department of Language and Thought
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Placement in Foreign Language Classes at GRCC
GRCC does not have a test or other placement instruments to help you determine the best placement in our Spanish courses. The Department of Language and Thought and The Counseling Center apply the same general criteria to help you make an academically and financially good decision for you. That criteria is listed here:
GRCC is an “open enrollment” institution. We do not use testing to place students in foreign language classes. The students place themselves. In order to help them with the decision as to where they should be, we have the following guidelines. this is what we recommend to students:
A. 1-2 years of High school Spanish you can take 101 for review or take 102.
B. 2-3 years of high school Spanish and you should start in SP 102.
C. If you have completed 3-4 years of high school you should enroll in SP 231.
D. If you have 4 or more years of high school or if you are a native speaker with some educational background in a Spanish speaking country you should take SP 232.
E. If you are a native speaker but have never studied in high school or grammar school here or in a Spanish speaking country you should start in SP 102.
F. If you have had family exposure to the language and can talk and understand but you have never written or read the language, depending on your interests and reasons for taking the language, you should start in SP 101.
These recommendations hold true for French and German also.
If, after reading the above, you still have some doubts or if your experience with Spanish is more than two years old, please take the following self-evaluation. The self-evaluation is available by clicking on the link.
Self-Evaluation Containing Questions and Answers (.pdf)
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