Online Placement Exam

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The placement exam in Spanish is an on-line multiple-choice format exam; it consists of questions on vocabulary, grammar and reading comprehension. There is no oral or listening part to the exam. Since it is a computer-adaptive test, the length varies from one individual to another, with the average time being 20 minutes. Please supply all the required information. Your score and placement will become available immediately upon completion of the exam. A copy of your score along with a placement determination will be sent by email to you as well as to the Spanish Language Program at Penn. You MUST print out your results and bring the print out to class. You will be asked to present these results in class as proof of placement. If you do not present proof of placement, you will not be able to receive credit for the course. After receipt of this report, you may then register in the appropriate course by following the instructions you have received to that effect.

Since you are taking the exam on your own, the exam must represent your own work; it is also in your interest to work to the best of your ability. By taking this test you are bound by the terms of the University´s Code of Student Conduct and Code of Academic Integrity. Please familiarize yourself with both of these documents before taking the exam.

Placement Scores and Levels:

The following table shows scores and placement levels for the on-line placement examination is Spanish:

If you are a college student, you may register for one level higher than you are assigned; that is, if you placeinto SPAN 110, you may take SPAN 121, SPAN 121 may take SPAN 130, and SPAN 130 may take SPAN 140. If you are a Wharton, Engineering, Nursing, or CGS student, you must take the course you place into. If you feel you have special circumstances, consult the specific course coordinator. However, the online placement test is for diagnostic purposes only and will be supplemented by instructors' evaluations during the first week of classes. Under no circumstances may you choose to take a level lower than the one to which you are assigned without the explicit permission of the appropriate Spanish course coordinator.

NOTE: this examination may not be used for exemption from the language requirement. Students who score higher than 546 on this exam are eligible to take a 60-minute standardized multiple choice test (MCE) which covers comprehension of grammar, vocabulary, and reading. There is no oral or listening component. For information on the times and dates of this examination, check the Department's general page on placement.

Should you have any questions about your placement, you may email the Co-director of the Spanish Language Program or the Undergraduate Coordinator.

You may take the online exam right now by clicking on the link below. You will need to supply the password (enter exactly as is; all lower case):

• password quakers1

Good Luck!

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