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.
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COURSES |
STUDENT PROFILES |
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ASL 121: American Sign
Language I Japanese
111: Japanese Language I
Russian 111: Russian Language I
Spanish 111: Spanish Language I
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“I have never studied ______.”
- “I completed 1 to 2
years of ______in high-school but I found it very difficult.”
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“I completed 1 to 3 years of ______in
high-school but it’s been several years since then and I remember very little.”
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ASL 122: American Sign
Language II
Japanese 112: Japanese Language II
Russian 112: Russian Language II
Spanish 112: Spanish Language II
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“I successfully completed the first semester
of ______ in college.”
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“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.”
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Japanese 211: Japanese
Language III
Russian 211: Russian Language III
Spanish 211: Spanish Language III
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“I successfully completed the second semester
of ______ in college.”
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“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.”
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Japanese 212: Japanese
Language IV Russian
212: Russian Language IV
Spanish 212: Spanish Language IV
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“I successfully completed the third semester
of _______ in college.”
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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.”
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Spanish 201:
Conversational Spanish III
*This course can be taken
simultaneously with Spanish 211 and/or Spanish 212 |
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“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.”
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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