Undergraduate placement testing
Language placement test for undergraduates
If you want to determine which level language course to take, the School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University offers a variety of placement tests to meet your individual needs as an undergraduate student.
Please note: Unless otherwise indicated, the School of International Letters and Cultures language courses are designed for second language learners. Native speakers of the target language may not register for language courses in their native language but are welcome to take content courses (culture, film, literature) taught in their native language. The School of International Letters and Cultures defines a native speaker as someone who has completed secondary school in the target language.
The results do not constitute the completion of the second language requirement. Some language placement tests are available online while others must be completed in person.
Students are permitted to take a language placement test no more than two times per academic year.
Placement testing
Placement tests will provide a recommended course level for an ASU language course (101, 202, etc.).
The results do not constitute the completion of the second language requirement. Some language placement tests are available online while others require you to schedule an in-person test.
Please select the language for which you wish to take a placement test from the list below.
Languages offered for placement include:
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American Sign Language
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Arabic
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Bosnian | Croatian | Serbian
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Chinese
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French
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German
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Hebrew (modern)
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Indonesian
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Italian
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Japanese
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Korean
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Latin and ancient Greek
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Polish
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Portuguese
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Romanian
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Russian
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Spanish
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Vietnamese
Placement information for advisors
Language placement milestones and scores
Placement in French, German, and Spanish has been automated to produce milestones in PeopleSoft that correlate to student scores on the WebCAPE exam. Students will be eligible to enroll in the course that their score indicates to be the correct one for their level of language ability. Note: there are two placement tests in the Spanish language — one (Spanish) is for second language learners and the other (Español) is for heritage learners as identified through the questionnaire.
Below are listed the finalized and approved cutoff scores for placement exams in Spanish, French and German.
| Spanish Language Learner | Low score in range | High score in range |
| SPA101 SPA110 |
0 | 249 |
| SPA102 | 250 | 369 |
| SPA201 | 370 | 420 |
| SPA202 | 421 | 520 |
| SPA313 | 521 | >521 |
| Spanish Heritage Learner (Español) | Low score in range | High score in range |
| SPA203 | 0 | 369 |
| SPA204 | 370 | 520 |
| SPA315 | 521 | >521 |
| French | Low score in range | High score in range |
| FRE101 FRE110 |
0 | 280 |
| FRE102 | 281 | 340 |
| FRE201 | 341 | 394 |
| FRE202 FRE210 |
395 | 476 |
| FRE311 | 477 | >477 |
| German | Low score in range | High score in range |
| GER101 GER110 |
0 | 230 |
| GER102 | 231 | 328 |
| GER201 | 329 | 407 |
| GER201 GER210 |
408 | 443 |
| GER210 GER202 |
444 | 469 |
| GER202 | 470 | 547 |
Milestone information (PeopleSoft)