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Foreign Language Placement Tests

Before You Start…

You will access Foreign Language Placement Test below. To complete the test, you will need the following:

  • A computer with a high-speed Internet connection and a Web browser. The listening sections on the Spanish and French exams do not work at all with certain browsers. You must use Google Chrome or Firefox.
  • Speakers or headphones (French or Spanish exam only)
  • MAC USERS: Students using Macintosh computers have often experienced difficulties if they take the test in French or Spanish (these tests include a listening section). If you are taking one of these two tests, you must use Google Chrome, unless you scored 3 or higher on your AP or a 6 or higher on your IB higher-level exam. In that case, see below for information about course placement for AP/IB students.
  • An uninterrupted block of time. Approximately one hour and a half for French or Spanish and one hour for any of the other languages (Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin or Russian). Completion times will vary by individual.

Information concerning foreign language requirements is available in The Undergraduate Bulletin. Your academic advisor can also assist you in understanding your placement score and the foreign language requirement during Orientation.

Foreign Language Placement Tests

Be sure not to use outside help on this assessment. Cheating on this assessment will be detrimental to accurate placement in a foreign language. 

ChineseJapanese
FrenchLatin
GermanRussian
ItalianSpanish

**You may only take the test for the language you studied in High School!

**You may only take the test for a particular language ONE TIME!

If you have technical problems while taking the placement test, please verify that you are using the recommended browser (Google Chrome). If problems persist, contact the Information Systems Service Desk at AskDeac for help.

If you lose your internet connection while taking the placement test, contact the professor below to explain and follow the instructions they provide.

  • Arabic: Dr. Rayed Khedher—  
  • Chinese: Dr. Qiaona Yu —
  • French: Dr. Ryan Schroth — 
  • German: Dr. Tina Boyer — 
  • Hebrew: Dr. Mary Foskett — 
  • Hindi-Urdu: Dr. Peter Knapczyk— 
  • Italian: Dr. Rémi Lanzoni — 
  • Japanese: Dr. Yasuko Takata Rallings — 
  • Latin: Dr. John Oksanish — 
  • Russian: Dr. Elena Clark — 
  • Spanish: Dr. Luis H. González —  or Dr. Diego Burgos —