At Chapman, you are required to take language classes as part of your General Education requirements. But if you already know a language besides English proficiently, you can test out of some or all of your language classes with a language exam. We offer two types of language exams:
- Language Placement Exams, which let you demonstrate your skills in a language so that you are placed into the right class for your level.
- Language Proficiency Exams, which let you test out of your language requirement.
If you plan on taking one of these exams, you must do so before you start taking language classes at Chapman. If you have already started taking language classes at Chapman, you are no longer eligible to take a language exam.
Language Placement Exams
Language Placement Exams will place you in the appropriate level of language class (101, 102 or 201) based on your abilities. They won’t let you test out of your General Education language requirement, but they will make sure you are placed into the right class for your skill level.
Online Language Placement Exams
We offer online Language Placement Exams in:
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Latin
- Spanish
To take an online Language Placement Exam:
- Log in to Canvas.
- Click “Courses” in the left column.
- Select the Language Placement Exam you want to take.
When you are done with the exam, your score will be manually added to your transcript (so give it a few days). You will then be able to enroll in the appropriate level of language class through your Chapman Student Center.
In-Person Language Placement Exam
We also offer an in-person Language Placement Exam in Greek.
To take a Greek Placement Exam, contact Professor Jared Hammad at hammad@chapman.edu.
Before starting your Placement Exam, keep in mind that:
- You can only take the Placement Exam once. Make sure you have enough time to complete the whole exam before you start.
- For the Placement Exam to count, you have to take it before you begin your language classes at Chapman. If you’ve already started taking language classes at Chapman, you are no longer eligible to take the exam.
Language Proficiency Exams
Language Proficiency Exams let you test out of your General Education language requirement by demonstrating your proficiency in a language other than English.
Students may take each exam only once.
Listed below are some of the languages that you can take a proficiency exam in.
For a full and updated list of available languages please be sure to visit the BYU F.L.A.T.S, NYU Proficiency Testing, or Gallaudet University American Sign Language Proficiency Interview (ASLPI) websites directly.
- Albanian
- American Sign Language (ASL)
- Arabic
- Armenian
- Bulgarian
- Cambodian
- Cantonese
- Cebuano
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Estonian
- Farsi/Persian
- Fijian
- Finnish
- French
- Georgian
- German
- Greek
- Gujarati
- Haitian Creole
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hmong
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Italian
- Ilonggo/Hiligaynon
- Indonesian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Malagasy
- Malay
- Mandarin
- Mongolian
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese - Brazilian
- Portuguese - Continental
- Romanian
- Russian
- Samoan
- Serbian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Tagalog
- Tahitian
- Thai
- Tongan
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese