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07-02-2009 at 03:51 PM

hi, yup i have another question,

. i was wondering about the language courses, specially the Spanish language course. im a native speaker in Spanish, but i haven't i haven't wrote a word since grade 5, and it would be nice if i could improve my grammar and spelling (which is basically non existent now) in spanish.

would i be able to take any of the language courses however, being a native speaker?

07-02-2009 at 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JonV

hi, yup i have another question,

. i was wondering about the language courses, specially the Spanish language course. im a native speaker in Spanish, but i haven't i haven't wrote a word since grade 5, and it would be nice if i could improve my grammar and spelling (which is basically non existent now) in spanish.

would i be able to take any of the language courses however, being a native speaker?

Well, maybe you can e-mail the department and ask. They might give you a placement test.

07-02-2009 at 04:45 PM

ok thanks, i'll try, problem is im a little affraid of that because they might place me on the highest level just because i can speak it, but if i have to write an essay or read a whole story im going to be in trouble :S

thanks for the help.

07-02-2009 at 04:50 PM

Haha, I think that's the point of the placement test. If they find that you can't write or read well in it, they wouldn't put you in the advanced class.

07-02-2009 at 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JonV

ok thanks, i'll try, problem is im a little affraid of that because they might place me on the highest level just because i can speak it, but if i have to write an essay or read a whole story im going to be in trouble :S

thanks for the help.

http://www.macinsiders.com/showthread.php?t=2101 6

Apparently you don't write anything over 500 words. It's only an introduction to literary analysis. Everything else seems to be grammar and oral/written practice.

http://www.humanities.mcmast er.ca/...rgrad/1A06.pdf

07-02-2009 at 10:45 PM

The intro class would be too easy for you. Even as a fifth grader you would have written more than we did in the class.

And the prof will get mad at you if you're speaking with a correct accent.