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Language Proficiency Assessments

Illinois State will accept certification via Language Testing International (LTI), an organization affiliated with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).  LTI provides certification for schools, universities, and other organizations for a growing list of over 100 languages. Credit will be awarded per the chart below. 

Additional information from the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures about which assessment to take and the required score. 

Difficulty Level Expectations for completion of LAN 112** 
(two semesters of college coursework or equivalent)
Expectations for completion of LAN 115** 
(three semesters of college coursework or equivalent)
Expectations for completion of LAN 116** 
(four semesters of college coursework of equivalent)

Graduation / General Education
Requirements met

Meets CAS graduation requirement

Meets requirement for BA degree; Quantitative Reasoning

Language and the Humanities

Category I
Offered at ISU: French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish.*
Also includes Afrikaans, Danish,
Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, and others. 

Novice High / Intermediate Low

Intermediate Low / Intermediate Mid

Intermediate Mid / Intermediate High

Category II-III
None offered at ISU. 
Includes Farsi, Hindi, Polish, Russian, Tagalog
and others. 

Novice Mid / Novice High

Novice High / Intermediate Low

Intermediate Low / Intermediate Mid

Category IV
Offered at ISU:
 Mandarin and Japanese.* 
Also includes all varieties of Arabic, Cantonese,
Korean, and others 

 

Novice Low / Novice Mid

 

Novice Mid / Novice High

 

Novice High / Intermediate Low

*For languages offered at ISU, you do not need to utilize the services of LTI. Please see the department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures for more information on our proficiency exams (111-116 for all languages; also 214 for Spanish) for academic credit and our self-placement exams for courses offered.

**LAN 112, 115, and 116 are "general" language course references. Language-specific courses may be offered in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese.

Note that students who complete a language course at ISU with a C or better can earn up to eight hours of CAP credit. Contact the department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures for more information. 

 

 

 

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