MODERN LANGUAGES
This document explains the streaming system for students entering the French and Spanish programs or taking courses in those languages (for full information on how to register, consult the relevant Faculty Handbook and other literature provided). The system is designed to place you at a level that suits your exposure thus far to the language in question. If you are in any doubt about the information provided, please contact your respective first-year language Coordinator using the contact information that appears at the end of this document. Remember, you will have several weeks at the beginning of the semester during which your registration can be changed: if you feel you are in the wrong group, you should alert your tutor immediately so that we can assess whether you should move.
1. If you are a total beginner:
You should register for FREN/SPAN 0101 Beginners French/Spanish I.
This will apply to you if you are seeking to fulfill the Faculty of Humanities and Education requirement that you take a foreign language course if you do not have a CXC in one, or you may simply have an interest in taking such a course. On passing this course, which is offered in both semesters, you will qualify to continue into FREN/SPAN 0102 Beginners French/Spanish II the following year, if you wish.
2. If you have a CXC only in the language you wish to study:
You should register for FREN/SPAN 0102 French/Spanish Beginners II.
You will thus take two years to finish level one in the language (assuming you pass all courses):
| Year One, Semester One |
Year One Semester Two |
| FREN/SPAN 0102 Beginners II |
FREN/SPAN 0103 Beginners III |
| Year Two, Semester One |
Year Two, Semester Two |
FREN 1401 / SPAN 1001 |
FREN 1402 / SPAN 1002 |
If you are Majoring in the language and thus need to take literature courses, you must take these in your second year: you need to pass Beginners II and III in language before tackling the literature courses. Use the first year to take all necessary Foundation Courses, courses for any Minor you are taking, or necessary electives (see relevant Faculty Handbook).
3. If you have a CXC AND both units of CAPE or an A-level in the language you wish to study:
You should register for FREN 1401/SPAN 1001 French/Spanish Language 1A.
4. If you have a CXC AND a BCC Associate Degree with French/Spanish as a major subject area:
You should register for FREN 1401/SPAN 1001 French/Spanish Language 1A. To be clear: your Associate Degree title must contain the name of the language you wish to study at Cave Hill.
5. If you have taken and passed FREN/SPAN 0102 and FREN/SPAN 0103:
You should register for FREN 1401/SPAN 1001 French/Spanish Language 1A.
6. If you do not fit into any of the above categories, or have reason to believe your formal qualifications may not accurately reflect your level:
E-mail your respective level-one Coordinator (see below) to arrange a Placement Test. This will apply to you, for example, if:
a. You have had significant exposure to the language through immersion or a parent who speaks it.
b. You only completed or passed one unit of CAPE in the language.
c. Your qualifications are from a system outside the Anglophone Caribbean.
d. You are bilingual in, or a native speaker of, a Romance language other than the one you wish to study (e.g. CXC only in Spanish, but native speaker of Portuguese).
e. You have no qualification but have studied the language and are thus not a beginner.
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