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REGISTRATION LANGUAGE SURVEY
Complete the following survey in order to determine with more accuracy your language background.
Read the definition and answer the question. The course options provide specific suggestions for
enrolling in a language class.
I. Native Speaker
Question:
Course options:
Definition: A person whose first
language is Spanish and who is able
to communicate at the speaking,
reading, writing, and listening level
comparable to a native speaker of
the language who lives in a Spanishspeaking country.
Are you a Spanish native
speaker?
 If your answer is –Yes-, you are
not allowed to enroll in Spanish
111 or in Spanish 112.
 You may consider upper level
Spanish courses based on the
department’s offerings each
semester.
 You may consider other
languages, such as French 101.
II. Heritage Learner
Question:
Course options:
Definition: A heritage learner is a
person who may understand Spanish
and who communicates in English or
in code-switching by mixing Spanish
and English in the same sentence.
Are you a heritage speaker?
 If your answer is –Yes-, you are
not allowed to enroll in Spanish
111.
 It is highly recommended that
you enroll in Spanish for Heritage
Learners.
 You may consider other
languages, such as French 101.
III. Advanced Placement (AP) student
with no Transfer Credits:
Question:
Course options:
Are you a Spanish advanced
placement (AP) student?
 If your answer is –Yes-, you are
not allowed to enroll in Spanish
111.
 You may take the CLEP (College
Level Examination Program) test.
 If you do not pass the test, you
may enroll in Spanish 112 or
another upper-level division
course.
 You may consider other
languages, such as French 101.
Definition: Advanced placement
students enroll in high school in
courses
that
provide
similar
parameters to a college-level course
in a particular discipline (such as AP
Spanish).
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 No
 No
IV. False Beginner 2
Question:
Course option:
Definition: A false beginner 2 is a
native speaker of languages other
than Spanish who has studied
Spanish for two or more years,
approximately two to six years ago.
Are you a false beginner 2?
 If your answer is –Yes-, it is
highly recommended that you
enroll in Spanish 112.
V. False Beginner 1
Question:
Course option:
Definition: A false beginner 1 is a
native speaker of languages other
than Spanish who has studied the
Spanish language for two or more
years, approximately seven to ten
years ago or more than 10 years
ago.
Are you a false beginner 1?
 If your answer is –Yes-, it is
highly recommended that you
enroll in Spanish 111.
VI. True Beginner
Question:
Course options:
Definition: A true beginner is a
learner who has never studied the
language in the classroom. True
beginners are learners who have not
had any exposure to the language at
home or in a Spanish-speaking
country.
Are you a true beginner?
 If your answer is –Yes-, it is
highly recommended that you
enroll in Spanish 111.
 If a student has studied other
languages in the past, such as
French, Portuguese, German,
and/or Italian, they should
enroll in Spanish 111.
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 No
 No
Prospective language learners who have any questions/concerns regarding their language level,
enrollment possibilities, and/or any doubt regarding the language courses options, should contact:
Mayra E. Bonet, Ph.D.
Department of Global Studies
Email: [email protected]
NOTE: Please return original to Julie Carey, Administrative Assistant, [email protected]
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