<p>For my degree, it is required to take an intermediate language course as a general. I’m trying to take a test at the beginning of the upcoming semester to by pass the two elementary spanish classes and go straight to intermediate spanish.</p>
<p>Here is my issue. I never taken a spanish course since elementary school and I actually can’t speak it so I’m trying to learn it over the summer to take the test so I only have to take 1 spanish class instead of three. I want to know what are my chances at getting into the intermediate class.</p>
<p>My family are fluent spanish speakers so I am getting a lot of help from them. Also, I learned the basic sentence structure in spanish and have a grasp on the past and present and future tense and how to use the verbs with each. I have a moderate vocabulary, knowing the most common nouns. Will this be enough to get into an intermediate class. I can also read spanish books at a teenage level and understand. Every now and then I would have to look up a noun or verb to remember the meaning.</p>
<p>It sounds like you know enough… An intermediate Spanish class generally picks up right after High School Spanish 3 and is roughly the equivalent to getting a 3 on the AP Spanish Exam.</p>
<p>It depends on the college you’re attending. At some schools, Spanish 3 is the equivalent of Spanish 4; at some other schools, it’s like AP Spanish; at some other (typically top) schools, you have to read a whole novel and function at a pretty high, post-AP level.
Basic sentence structure, present/past/future, most common nouns = Spanish 1 → you should place into Spanish 2.
You should check to see if there’s a Spanish for Heritage Speakers class at your college.
Finally, be aware that the pace will be brutal - a typical College course (at a 4-year decent college) will cover 2 years in 1 semester.
You may want to think of starting in Spanish 3 but be ready to switch to Spanish 2 if the class is overwhelming. Depending on the college, you could do fine since you’re a Heritage Speaker… or it could be really hard for you.</p>