Spanish Proficiency Questionnaire

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

  1. Take a Spanish Placement Exam for more information.
  2. 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.

Language Proficiency Questionnaire

* Required fields

1. Last Name *



2. First Name *



3. Placement Score *



4. Home Phone (include area code)



5. Email



6. How many years have you studied Spanish?

middle school  * (indicate 0 if none)

high school  * (indicate 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:

Audiotapes? * Yes No

Videotapes? *  Yes No

Films? *  Yes No

Computers? * Yes No

17. What reading in Spanish was done?

Short passages on culture in textbook?   * Yes No
Poems? * Yes No
Plays? * Yes No
Short stories? * Yes No
Other?  * Yes No
Novels? Yes No
None? * Yes No

18. Were texts discussed

In Spanish?* Yes No

In English?* Yes No

19. How frequently did you write? *

Daily
Weekly
Infrequently
Never

20. Did your writing involve:

Exercises?  * Yes No
Compositions?  * Yes No
Short papers?  * Yes No
Long papers? * Yes No

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:

In class?* Yes No

In lab?* Yes No

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

Yes No uncertain

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.

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).