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calmom:
My daughter studied Russian for 4 years in high school, and also spent a semester living with a host family and attending high school in Russia – but she was not able to place into 2nd year Russian at her college. She came close, and her adviser would have allowed her to attempt a 2nd year class – but despite an excellent vocabulary and decent speaking ability, her grasp of the nuances of Russian grammar was too weak. She ended up repeating 1st year Russian, where she earned an A+ grade - which probably was a good choice because it was a nice boost to her GPA – but she still had to study another year of Russian to meet her college’s language requirement.
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<p>She could not have been placed in the second semester Russian course (i.e. starting a half year ahead of the beginner course, rather than starting in the beginner course or starting a full year ahead)?</p>