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5 L A N G U A G E T E S T I N G A N D P L A C E M E N T published work." It is our assumption that you will complete the language placement test alone without help from other people, internet translators, or other internet resources. If you receive help, you are violating the Academic Integrity policy; and we are obliged to bring this violation to an Academic Integrity officer. It is in your best interest to accurately demonstrate your current language proficiency so that we can place you in the class that most closely matches your proficiency level. Transfer Students Transfer students who wish to transfer language credits or who will continue studying a language at TCNJ must take the placement test in that language. Students will receive transfer credit for the levels they place out of. Transfer students who enter with an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science from a New Jersey community college are exempted from all College Core requirements, including the language proficiency requirement. However, students whose majors require language courses above the 103 level (such as International Studies, Spanish/Spanish Education, or World Languages and Linguistics) will need to take the placement exam to start or continue their language studies to fulfill the level required by their major. Four or More Years of Prior Language Study Students who have completed four or more years of study (or its equivalent) in high school in French, German, Italian, or Spanish will not receive credit for 101 if they place into it. In this case we recommend that you fulfill your language requirement with a different language. ___________________________________________ Drs. Holly Didi-Ogren and Marimar Huguet-Jerez, Chairs of World Languages and Cultures AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE All students majoring in Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or those planning to pursue the Deaf Studies minor or those who wish to meet the college requirement for language credit by taking the ASL course sequence will be required to sign up for the test if they have previously taken sign language classes or if they have heritage signing skills. Students are advised that those unfamiliar with ASL will be placed in ASL 101: American Sign Language One. Entry into higher level ASL classes is dependent on the placement test score. Students may not register for ASL 102 or higher without having taken the placement test. Students who have been assessed on the Sign Language Proficiency Interview (SLPI) do not need to take the ASL Placement Test or ASL classes if a proficiency of Intermediate or higher was earned. Students must give the Department of Special Education, Language and Literacy an official copy of the SLPI score. Please contact Melanie Phillips at mphillip@tcnj.edu to make an appointment.

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