Placement

Information on the Oxford Online Placement Test (OOPT) is available in the FAQ.

You must take the placement test if you have already studied French at some point (at school, at another institution, at the VHS, during a semester abroad, etc.)

You do not need to take a placement test:

• if you are a beginner in French (enroll for A1.1 course),
• if you have already successfully completed a French course at h_da, or
• if you have already taken the placement test at h_da in a previous semester. 

How to take the test
Take this test alone and without online support. Allow a maximum of 15 minutes per level. Please note that there are also tasks with audio files.

Start with level 1. When you have finished the tasks for this level and click on "Finish test", you will receive your score plus one of these messages:

1) „Chapeau ! Anhand des Testergebnisses empfehlen wir Ihnen, mit der Lektion xy von Chapeau ! xy einzusteigen“.

OR

2) „Chapeau ! Sie haben über xy% des Tests richtig gelöst! … Um Ihr genaues Niveau zu ermitteln, können Sie den Einstufungstest zu Chapeau ! A2 bzw. Chapeau ! B1 durchführen“.

In this case, go back to the list and continue with the test for the subsequent level and so forth until you receive the following message: „Chapeau ! Anhand des Testergebnisses empfehlen wir Ihnen, mit der Lektion xy von Chapeau ! xy einzusteigen“.

This means that you have completed the test and your level has been determined. In this case, click on "Ergebnis senden". You will see a form which you should fill in. At the end you have the opportunity to write a comment in a field. Be sure to enter your name, your matriculation number and your degree program/faculty and answer the following questions:

• When, where and for how long did you study French?
• How much time has passed since then?
• Tell us about the situations in which you have used French recently and for how long.

Notification of the result
Please forward the completed form from your university email account to: marcela.constenla@h-da.de (emails from private email accounts will not be processed). 

Link to the test

The result of the placement test can be found in the in my.h-da. (We need at least two working days to process it.) Please note that registration is only possible for courses that correspond to the result of the placement test. With a result of A21, students can take an A2.1 course and are only admitted to this level.

However, the placement test only determines passive knowledge. For this reason, the level is still checked in class and the lecturer may upgrade or downgrade students if their actual knowledge does not seem to match the test result.

You must take the placement test if you have learned Spanish at any time in the past (at school, at another institution, at the VHS (“Volkshochschule” - adult education center), during a semester abroad, etc.)

You do not need to take a placement test:

• if you are a beginner in Spanish (enroll for A1.1 course),
• if you have already successfully completed a Spanish course at h_da, or
• if you have already taken the placement test at h_da in a previous semester

How to take the test
Do the test by yourself, without the aid of a dictionary or the internet. Allow a maximum of 10 minutes per level. Please note that some of the tasks involve audio files.

Start with level 1. When you finish the questions for this level and click on "Test beenden", you will receive one of the following messages:

1) „Bitte fahren Sie mit der Stufe 2 [Stufe 3 / 4 / ...] des Tests fort, um Ihr Niveau zu ermitteln“. In this case, return to the list and continue with the next test in each case until you receive the following message:

2)  „Anhand des Testergebnisses empfehlen wir Ihnen, mit der Lektion xy von Universo.ele xy einzusteigen“. Your test is now complete and your level has been established. In this case, click on "Ergebnis senden". A form will appear which you should fill in. At the end you have the possibility to leave a comment. Be sure to enter your name, matriculation number and degree program/faculty here and answer the following questions:

• When, where and for how long did you learn Spanish?
• How much time has passed since then?
• Give a short description of the situations and the amount of time in which you have used Spanish recently.

Notification of the result
Send the completed form via your university email account to: spanisch@h-da.de (emails from private email accounts will not be processed). 

Link to the test

The result of the placement test can be found on my.h-da. (We need at least two working days to process it.) Please note that it is only possible to enrol for courses that match your placement test result. Students with an A21 result can take an A2.1 course, and will only be admitted to this level.

However, the placement test only tests passive knowledge. For this reason, the level will be further assessed in class, where teachers might upgrade or downgrade students if their actual knowledge appears to differ from the test result.