<p>Based on my above average score on the Spanish summer placement exam, I was advised to try and test out of Spanish altogether by taking the Proficiency Examination at the beginning of the quarter. The Santa Clara website describes a qualified applicant as an individual who satisfies the ACTFL guidelines for Listening, Reading, Writing, and Oral skill on an Intermediate-Low Level (Characteristic of a student able to listen, read, write and understand sentence-length utterances, which consist of recombination or learned elements in a limited numbers of content areas). I would like to adequately, or perhaps even over-prepare myself for the exam in anyway possible. If someone has experience with the exam, or would like to offer any knowledge of practice exams or lessons, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.</p>
<p>Hi, </p>
<p>Will you be in arts and sciences or business? If you’re in business, you’ll have to perform at the Beginning Spanish II level, which is two quarters of Spanish. It’s things like “Where are you from?” and “Do you have any brothers or sisters?” and “What’s your favorite food?” If you’re in A&S, you’ll have to go one quarter further. </p>
<p>My guess is that if you passed the initial assessment, you’re good. If not, you’ll probably wind up having to do one quarter of Spanish, which you’ll probably get a high score in.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I only know one person who took the equivalency exam. She was Hispanic and completely fluent in Spanish, which the interviewer quickly found out. It wound up being a five minute conversation, but the interviewer (understandably) picked up the pace on her since it was obvious her Spanish was so good.</p>