foreign language classes

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<p>Hi..</p>

<p>How are the foreign language classes like at this school? How many hours of homework should I expect?</p>

<p>Do beginner language classes expect students to have high school knowledge of the language they're taking? </p>

<p>Just any information about the classes would be great.</p>

<p>Thanks^^</p>

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<p>I tested out of the beginner levels, and I haven’t taken a lot of foreign language classes yet, so I’m not sure how useful this will be, but I don’t think beginner classes would expect any prior knowledge of the language. If you’ve already studied the language, you can take the Measurement and Research Services tests <a href=“http://mars.tamu.edu/testingsite/HTMLfiles/dept.htm#MOCL[/url]”>http://mars.tamu.edu/testingsite/HTMLfiles/dept.htm#MOCL&lt;/a&gt; . You can get up to 4 semesters of credit, and I believe you pay $50 for each class you get to skip. </p>

<p>I enjoyed my French 301 course, but another student thought it was more difficult than other French classes she had taken at A&M, so she dropped it. As that’s the only French class I’ve taken, I can’t compare the level of difficulty to other classes. We had a reading in French to do between once and twice a week, and it took about 30-45 minutes without looking up unfamiliar vocab. We also filled out worksheets a couple of times and wrote a one page paper.</p>

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<p>How was the French placement test? </p>

<p>It looks like I’ll be taking the Spanish one …</p>

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<p>Sorry, I don’t remember too much. I asked this question here <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/texas-m-university/969157-foreign-language-placement-testing.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/texas-m-university/969157-foreign-language-placement-testing.html&lt;/a&gt; so you might find aggiemom2011’s reply useful. I didn’t think it was too difficult, and I got credit for all four semesters. I think I reviewed some common conjugations and word placement, but I’m not sure I even needed to use that. I believe there were two parts: answering multiple choice questions and listening to some short excerpts and answering multiple choice questions about them.</p>