Spanish Proficiency Questionnaire

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Spanish Proficiency Questionnaire

All students who have previous knowledge of Spanish and wish to continue their study of Spanish while at Mount Holyoke must:

Take a Spanish Placement test for more information.
Fill out the Language Proficiency Questionnaire (below).

Upon completion of the Placement test, your score will be available to you, and it will also be sent to the Spanish and Italian Department at Mount Holyoke College, along with pre-registration materials. Both the questionnaire and the placement test are needed to place you in a Spanish course that is most appropriate for you.

* Required fields

1. Last Name *

2. First Name *

3. Placement Score *

4. Home Phone

5. Email

6. How many years have you studied Spanish?

	middle school *	(use 0 if none)
	high school *	(use 0 if none)

7. High School Spanish
a) Did you study Spanish in your last year of high school? *

	yes
	no
b) If yes, how many classes per week?
c) How many minutes per class?

8. Did you take an Advanced Placement course in Spanish? *

	yes
	no

9. Did you take an Advanced Placement examination in Spanish? *

	yes
	no

10. Spanish-speaking countries
a) Have you ever lived or studied in a Spanish-speaking country? *

	yes
	no
b) If yes, where?
c) How long?

11. In your study of Spanish, which of the following characterizes what you did?

	Check all that are appropriate:
	Systematic study of Spanish grammar
	Rules were studied in Spanish
	Rules were studied in English
	Studied the use of imperfecto
	Studied the use of pret
	Studied the use of subjonctif

12. Did you study vocabulary by means of translation? *

	yes
	no

13. Was speaking in Spanish emphasized? *

	yes
	no

14. Did the teacher speak Spanish? *

	always	frequently	infrequently	never

15. Did students speak Spanish? *

	always	frequently	infrequently	never

16. Oral Reports in Spanish
a) How often did you give oral reports in Spanish in class? *

	always	frequently	infrequently	never

b) How many minutes?

c) Was listening to Spanish emphasized? *

	yes
	no

d) Did you work with:

		yes	no
Audiotapes?	*
Videotapes?	*
Films?	*
Computers?	*

17. What reading in Spanish was done?

		yes	no
short passages on culture in textbook?	*
poems?	*
plays?	*
short stories?	*
other?	*
novels?	*
none?	*

18. Were texts discussed

		yes	no
in Spanish?	*
in English?	*

19. How frequently did you write? *

	daily	weekly	infrequently	never

20. Did your writing involve:

		yes	no
exercises?	*
compositions?	*
short papers?	*
long papers?	*

21. Language Learning Center
a) Did your school have a language learning center? *

	yes
	no

b) If yes, how many times a week did you go?

c) Did you use a computer program for language study:

		yes	no
in class?	*
in lab?	*

22. Are you considering spending your junior year in a Spanish-speaking country? *

Note: If you are planning to spend your junior year in a Spanish-speaking country, you must elect a four-credit Spanish course each semester of your first and second years at Mount Holyoke College.

	yes
	no
	uncertain

23. Please comment on special considerations that may affect your placement. In particular, indicate if you are taking Spanish during the summer (or fall if you are entering in February).

Department of Spanish
Mount Holyoke College
211 Ciruti Center South Hadley, MA 01075 413-538-2347 413-538-2853 fax
Last Modified: March 11, 2008
Maintained by Sue LaBarre