Placement information

Entry to Spanish and French Courses & Programmes

The following table explains the streaming system for students entering the French and Spanish programmes 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 the Modern Languages Coordinator.
 
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 Lecturer immediately so that we can assess whether you should move.

Click on the sentence that best describes you and your knowledge of the language.

• I am a total beginner
• I have a CXC and
  • Nothing else
  • Both units of CAPE in the language I wish to study
  • An A-Level in the language I wish to study
  • A BCC Associate Degree with the name of the language I wish to study in its title
• I have passed FREN/SPAN 0102 and 0103
• I have had significant exposure to the language through immersion or a parent who speaks it
• I only completed or passed one unit of CAPE in the language
• I have qualifications from a system outside the Anglophone Caribbean
• I am bilingual in, or a native speaker of, a Romance language other than the one I wish to study (e.g. CXC only in Spanish, but native speaker of Portuguese)
• I have no qualification but have studied the language and am thus not a beginner

Courses to register for:

• FREN/SPAN 0101 (Beginners French/Spanish I), either semester
  • This will apply to you if
  • 1. you are seeking to fulfil the Faculty of Humanities and Education requirement that you take a foreign language course if you do not have a CXC in one, or
  • 2. you simply have an interest in learning a new language from scratch.
• FREN/SPAN 0102 (Beginners French/Spanish II)
• You will take two years to finish Level One in the language (assuming you pass all courses), which you need to do to take the literature courses necessary for a major
• Consult with your advisor to make the best plan to finish all courses on schedule
• FREN1401/SPAN 1001 (French/Spanish Language 1A)

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• Contact the Modern Languages Coordinator before registering for any course