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WORLD LANGUAGES PLACEMENT GUIDELINES

 

*These guidelines are general.  If you have any questions or do not find yourself fitting into any of the student profiles, please contact Ana Martin-Mejia at (303) 340-7567 or at ana.martin@ccaurora.edu.

 

*If you are a heritage speaker (grew up speaking a language but have not studied it formally), please contact Ana Martin-Mejia for assistance with appropriate placement. 

 

*Insert your language of interest in the blank (______) below under the student profile section.

 

COURSES

STUDENT PROFILES

ASL 121: American Sign Language I

Japanese 111: Japanese Language I

Russian 111: Russian Language I

Spanish 111: Spanish Language I

 

 

 

  • “I have never studied ______.”
  • “I completed 1 to 2 years of ______in high-school but I found it very difficult.”
  • “I completed 1 to 3 years of ______in high-school but it’s been several years since then and I remember very little.”

ASL 122: American Sign Language II

Japanese 112: Japanese Language II

Russian 112: Russian Language II

Spanish 112: Spanish Language II

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • “I successfully completed the first semester of ______ in college.”
  • “I successfully completed 2 to 3 years of ______ in high-school.  I am confident using the present tense and have been introduced to the past tense.  I am confident using basic vocabulary that allows me to describe myself, food, numbers, weather, and tell time.  If I spend a little time reviewing the first half of the book for ______ I, I’m confident I can succeed in ______ II.” 

 

Japanese 211: Japanese Language III

Russian 211: Russian Language III

Spanish 211: Spanish Language III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • “I successfully completed the second semester of ______ in college.”
  • “I successfully completed three to four years of  _______ in high-school.  I have learned all the verb tenses and am comfortable with answering and asking simple questions, reading an essay on a familiar topic, and writing a composition between ½ page and a page in length.  I’m interested in improving my skills and learning more about the culture of the language I’m studying.”

Japanese 212: Japanese Language IV

Russian 212: Russian Language IV

Spanish 212: Spanish Language IV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • “I successfully completed the third semester of _______ in college.”
  • I successfully completed four years or more of _______ in school.   I have learned all the verb tenses and am comfortable with answering and asking questions, reading an essay or short story, and writing a composition at least one page in length.  I’m interested in improving my skills and learning more about the culture of the language I’m studying.” 

Spanish 201: Conversational Spanish III

*This course can be taken simultaneously with Spanish 211 and/or Spanish 212

  • “I successfully completed at least one year of college Spanish.  I am comfortable with all verb tenses and have previously learned large amounts of vocabulary.  I’m primarily interested in working on my speaking skills in real-world situations.”

 

 

Any questions???

 

Please contact:

 

Ana Martin-Mejia

World Languages Coordinator

Community College of Aurora

16000 E. CentreTech Parkway

Office #C308H

Aurora, Colorado 80011

(303) 340-7567

ana.martin@ccaurora.edu