For Spanish

** EXAM RESULTS **

August 2011

The placement examination will be given on Sunday, August 28, from 9 to 11 a.m. and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in LC 101 and 102. Students should arrive by 8:30 a.m. to sign up for the first exam, and by 10:45 a.m. for the second. No other preregistration is required. A makeup examination will be given on Monday, August 29, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (arrive by10:45 a.m.) in LC 101 and LC 102.

All students, including native speakers, who wish to enroll in a Spanish course above SPAN 110 or 125 and who have not earned a score of 5 on either of the Spanish Advanced Placement tests must take the placement examination. The students who score 6 and 7 on the IB exam, and those who score C1 on the CEFR European test are exempt. The results of the placement examination are valid for one academic year from the date on which it was taken.

Frequently asked questions

Mandatory Pre-registration for Places in Spanish Language Courses, Levels L1-L4

All students who wish to take a Spanish Language course in Levels L1-L4 (SPAN 110, SPAN 120, SPAN 130, SPAN 140), must pre-register through Preference Selection during the Online Pre-registration period: 9:00 a.m. on December 2, 2011 through 6:00 p.m. on December 16, 2011.  

NOTE: For students who intend to enroll in Intensive Intermediate Spanish (SPAN 145), which meets five days a week for two hours each day: register directly at OCS for the one section offered. All others follow the links below. 

For students who have taken the Department's placement exam: You must follow the link below for your placement exam result level. For example, if you have placed into L2, you will follow the L2 preference selection link to register for SPAN 120.  

For students who have already taken a Spanish language course at Yale:You will follow the link below for the next appropriate course in the sequence. For example, if you have already taken SPAN 110, you will follow the L2 preference selection link to register for SPAN 120. If you are currently enrolled in, and expect to successfully complete by January 8, 2012, a language course, follow the link for the next appropriate course in the sequence.  

If you placed into L1 on the Yale placement exam, click this L1 link:                                              

L1 (SPAN 110) https://students.yale.edu/ocs-preference/select/select?id=4555   

If you placed into L2 on the Yale placement exam, or if you have already taken L1 (SPAN 110) at Yale: click this L2 link:              

L2 (SPAN 120)  https://students.yale.edu/ocs-preference/select/select?id=4498   

If you placed into L3 on the Yale placement exam, or if you have already taken L2 (SPAN 120/ SPAN 125) at Yale, click this L3 link:

L3 (SPAN 130) https://students.yale.edu/ocs-preference/select/select?id=4558   

If you placed into L4 on the Yale placement exam, or it you have already taken L3 (SPAN 130) at Yale, click this L4 link:              

L4 (SPAN 140) https://students.yale.edu/ocs-preference/select/select?id=4561  

For Portuguese

Director of undergraduate studies: K. David Jackson, 82–90 Wall St., 432-1158, k.jackson@yale.edu

Portuguese is taught at Yale as part of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese; the names of departmental faculty members teaching Portuguese courses appear in the faculty list under “Spanish.”

The major in Portuguese is a liberal arts major intended to develop competence in the Portuguese language and to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge of the literatures and cultures of Portugal, Brazil, and African and Asian lands of Portuguese language or influence.

Students begin the study of Portuguese with PORT 110 or 125, elementary courses without prerequisites. After two years of Portuguese language study, students have sufficient proficiency to take advanced courses in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture.

The standard major, for which the prerequisite is PORT 140 or the equivalent, consists of twelve term courses. Students must take at least two term courses each in the literatures of Portugal and of Brazil. In completing their programs, students may elect up to four courses in other languages and literatures, anthropology, history, or history of art, or from study abroad , that are related to their field of study and approved by the director of undergraduate studies. Juniors and seniors majoring in Portuguese may, with the permission of the instructor and the director of graduate studies, enroll in graduate courses in Portuguese.

Senior requirement All majors must either present a senior essay or take the departmental examination. The essay is written in PORT 491 or 492. A maximum of two credits counts toward the major. The examination is both written and oral and covers three periods of Portuguese and Brazilian literatures.

Placement

All students who have not yet taken Portuguese at Yale are expected to take the departmental placement test, with the exception of students who have no previous knowledge of Portuguese whatsoever. The departmental placement test covers reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. The examination will be given on:

Sunday, August 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 4.30 to 6.30 p.m. LC 103 (Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street), and in the spring term on Sunday, January 8,

at 6 p.m.  

REQUIREMENTS OF THE MAJOR

Prerequisite PORT 140 or equivalent