Placement Testing for LCTL Classes
Heritage speakers of a language and students with past experience learning the target language need to contact the LCTL Coordinator (Dr. Emily Heidrich Uebel) to determine which level is appropriate. Native speakers of a language who are fluent and literate in that language should not enroll in that language class; instead they should read the recommendations for waiving foreign language requirements (below).
Proficiency Testing
We are currently revising our procedures/processes for proficiency testing and do not offer any proficiency testing “in-house.” We currently recommend that students interested in proficiency testing pursue official proficiency tests from a national center. The following are well-respected and internationally recognized centers, but it is the student’s responsibility to determine if these tests will satisfy their language requirement:
- Avant Assessment
- Language Testing International, the ACTFL Testing Office
- Brigham Young National Language Achievement Testing Service
Waiving Foreign Language Requirements for Students Educated in a Language Other than English
Students who have completed at least 8 years of formal education at an institution where the language of instruction was not English may be able to have their language requirement waived for that particular language. The student must be able to provide documentation of such schooling. If these documents are not written in English, the students must locate and pay for a translation of these documents, and submit a copy of the original and translated versions to LCTL Coordinator (Dr. Emily Heidrich Uebel).