<p>What exactly does the language test find out? What kind of questions could a test ask to see what language you would succeed at?</p>
<p>it's some test on a made up language using English words...i think, I don't remember since I was sleeping. but it just tests to see how well you can remember vocab and grammar. THis helps them decide what kind of language to take. If you do well, you will be put in something like Russian, chinese, Arabic, etc. or if you do bad on it (or are really good at it already) then you'll get spanish, french, german.</p>
<p>there's a listening test-you differentiate between different sounds (that all sound very similar), and a written test where they put a bunch of gobblety gook and ask you to draw logic from it.
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<p>As far as Viper talking about the differences between Spain spanish and Mexican spanish...ya...HUGE difference. I went to spain for three weeks this summer. The kid I was with kept telling me to stop speaking spanish that I learned in school because it sounded south american. aka = the difference between Grathias and Gracias. And Spain spanish is alot easier to get than South American...not like spanish is hard anyways but ya, I digress</p>
<p>Hmmm, very interesting... Thanks!</p>
<p>I'd argue that the Spanish seseo in a region like Andalusia is much harder to pick up than a more neutral Colombian Spanish, for example. You'll find that it's slightly different everywhere - similar to the different kinds of English you'll hear in Boston versus southern Alabama. My vote for the toughest region definitely goes to Puerto Rico and their ridiculous amounts of slang.</p>
<p>As a side note, I'm predicting that the voseo will be the dominant form of Western Spanish within 10 years. You heard it here first! (The Castilians, of course, will never convert.)</p>