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[quote=Anonymous]There's almost always a language placement test or they will use scores from AP, IB or SAT 2.

In general, high school foreign language is planned to be half the speed of college foreign language. So in general, four years of high school foreign language (levels 1-4) are the equivalent of two years of college foreign language. However, colleges normally will not place a student out of any 300 or 400 level classes unless they are native speakers or the equivalent. Based on this, I would say that a student who has taken 3 years of high school Spanish or French should probably go into 2nd or 3rd semester college Spanish or French, depending a bit on how well they did, how far the teacher taught and how the curriculums match up. MCPS focuses on oral abilities so I would choose the easier level, in case any grammar topics taught in college are new to the student. (That's not a criticism of MCPS curriculum. I've actually taught in it and the kids generally have solid speaking and listening comprehension skills for their level - but some places still teach very grammar-heavy curriculums.)[/quote]

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