What is the Language Placement Evaluation (aka “the placement test”)?

<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_blue.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_blue.svg" width="40px" /> The Language Placement Evaluation – through Emmersion – is an online language placement test developed by Brigham Young University to test beginning-level (i.e., 101, 102, and 201) reading comprehension and grammatical accuracy. Modern Languages and Literatures uses this placement test to give students an opportunity to test into higher-level courses for registration and faster completion of the BA world language proficiency requirement or a language major/minor.

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What you need to know about the placement test

<aside> <img src="/icons/warning_yellow.svg" alt="/icons/warning_yellow.svg" width="40px" /> Note: Placement test scores cannot override a grade earned in a previous course. E.g., if you’ve taken a 102 course and you did not pass the class, you cannot take the LPE to try to place into 201 after the fact. The LPE is designed for placement before you begin taking classes; placement tests taken after you begin your course sequence will be discarded. Additionally, The LPE cannot be used to skip courses in a sequence.

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LPE languages

Supported

Unsupported

<aside> <img src="/icons/warning_yellow.svg" alt="/icons/warning_yellow.svg" width="40px" /> For Arabic placement testing : please reach out to the Arabic Section Coordinator, Majd Al-Mallah ([email protected]) to discuss placement testing options for the GVSU Arabic program.

For Chinese placement testing (Mandarin-Simplified): please reach out to the Chinese Section Coordinator, Meghan Cai ([email protected]) to discuss placement testing options for the GVSU Chinese program.

For Japanese placement testing: please reach out to the Japanese Section Coordinator, Jeremy Robinson ([email protected]) to discuss placement testing options for the GVSU Japanese program. See here for additional information on Japanese placement testing at GVSU.

For Latin & Ancient Greek placement testing: please reach out Charles Ham ([email protected]) in the Classics Department to discuss placement testing options for GVSU Classics programs.

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<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_blue.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_blue.svg" width="40px" /> For additional information, please check out the Emmersion FAQ below, and email the Language Resource Center Help Desk ([email protected]) with any questions you may have!

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February 2, 2024