Testing Out of Spanish 4

Question

Hello, so I am currently a freshman in high school taking Spanish 3. Over time, I have learned to love Spanish and learning new tenses and grammatical concepts, so I was wondering whether I should try and study to test out of Spanish 4. Spanish comes pretty easily to me, and I'm not sure how to say this, but it all just "clicks." I was wondering if I should and how to go about learning the subjunctive mood.

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Answer 1

Hi.

I wonder whether you should be asking your Spanish teacher(s) this? We don't know as much about you and your situation.

Testing out of a level is hard, and doing so makes the following level harder as well, because you will have missed out on some details and practice. But you seem motivated, and I'm all for not taking the easy route.

The Web is full of good resources for learning the subjunctive. For example, the grammar page on this site contains links to many worthwhile lessons. There are also good books, like "Spanish Verb Tenses" (in the "Practice Makes Perfect" series) by Dorothy Richmond.

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:) - ian-hill, Feb 10, 2016

I wondered what the expression testing out meant ! If I am correct, it seems to mean to skip/miss a level - FELIZ77, Feb 11, 2016

Yes, Feliz, that is what it means. Taking a test instead of taking a course. - jtaniel, Feb 11, 2016

Answer 2

Hola, Pritzel.

Te voy a dar unos enlaces a unas pruebas de colocación. (placement tests)

Puedes usar éstas para determinar si estás listo para aprobar un exámen de salida de español IV. Si todavía no sabes lo del subjunctivo déjame asegurarte de que te será dificilísimo aprobar un exámen de español IV.

Hay más enlaces. Hay que buscar en Google "Spanish placement tests."

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Dani, I had a go at these two placement tests for fun and achieved Advanced 3 for the 123 test ad B2 for the Cervantes, just missing the C1 by 1 mark I keep copies of my results - FELIZ77, Feb 11, 2016

Good going!! - Daniela2041, Feb 11, 2016

Thank you very mch, Dani! ;) I completed them when I was dog tired lol just before going to bed I will try to do them again when I am more alive lol :) - FELIZ77, Feb 11, 2016

I have redone them and achieved Superior for the 123 test and C1 advanced (9 out of 10 ) for the Cervantes :) - FELIZ77, Feb 11, 2016