Language Placement or Language Proficiency Test
1. Demonstrate language proficiency with a placement test.
Advantages:
- At some schools, scoring at the prescribed level of proficiency means you are not required to take any language classes at all.
- Language placement tests are a routine part of the freshman registration process. These tests allow students who have learned a second language to place into advanced courses.
- If you score into the second course of the language sequence, you can complete your language requirement one semester sooner.
- At most schools, testing into a 102 course does not earn college credit hours for 101, although there are exceptions.
- Instead, you have three "extra" credit hours to use for courses in your major or more advanced courses in your foreign language.
- Be sure to check with your academic advisor to find out exactly how your institution determines satisfaction of the language requirement.
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My Language Requirement courses prepare you to take a standardized test of language proficiency or the language placement test at your college or university.
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Each My Language Requirement course equals one college course. Our courses help you place into more advanced classes or to achieve the proficiency level you need to satisfy your language requirement. My Language Requirement helps you reach your academic goals while saving you money and stress and giving you the flexibility to work on your own schedule.
Disadvantages:
- There are no disadvantages!
- Placing into more advanced courses saves you thousands of dollars on tuition, fees, communting and textbooks.
- Take greater advantage of the resources of your school by moving into advanced courses sooner.
- We do not offer credit hours for our courses at present, but this works to your advantage: Use your credit hours to take courses in your major, your minor or for study abroad.