World Language Studies Placement Exam

Academic Integrity  

The purpose of a placement exam is to give an approximate measure of your current language abilities so that you will have a better opportunity to be successful in your courses. There is no benefit to inflating or deflating your abilities on the assessment. While you are taking the assessment, do not consult with any other source for help (friends, family, internet searches, textbooks, etc.), and do your honest best. Use of outside resources may result in you being placed into a course you are not prepared for.

Japanese

The Japanese placement exam is a Canvas-based exam; you may self-enroll at any time. You may take the exam one time only. You may not use any outside resources to complete the exam. Each section must be completed in one sitting (i.e. you cannot pause and return to a given section). You may complete different sections at different times.

Length of the exam

Each section of the Japanese placement exam has a time limit between 50 and 75 minutes. Please note the time limit before starting the exam.

Follow these steps to start the exam

1. Self-enroll in the Japanese Placement Exam Canvas page.
2. Go to the exam page in Canvas.
3. Begin the exam. Placement recommendations are provided upon completion of the exam.

French, German, and Spanish

The French, German, and Spanish exams are computer adaptive and completed online. You may take the exam one time only.  You may not use any outside resources to complete the exam.  It must be completed in one sitting (i.e. you cannot pause it and return later).

Length of the exam

The average time to complete the exam is 20 minutes, but please allow up to an hour. You will be taking a multiple choice, computerized, adaptive language placement exam.  Each question the exam generates for you is based on how you answer previous questions.  It will continue to give you questions until it determines your language level.   Therefore, the amount of time it takes you to complete the exam may vary depending upon your level.

Follow these steps to start the exam

1. Go to the placement exam website.
2. Create your account and confirm your password. Please make note of your password – you can log in at any time to review your results.
3. Log in to the system, using your newly created account information
4. Choose the language exam you are taking and click Take Test
5. Complete the Pre-test Survey page and click submit to start the exam
6. Complete the exam to the best of your knowledge.
7. Upon completing the exam, you will be able to access your score report with your exam score and recommended course placement.

How to interpret your placement exam results
Your score report will list both your exam score and recommended course placement. For reference, these are the placement cutoffs.

Questions
Email larcsb@iusb.edu.