Language Learning Center

NOTE: Please email llc@ou.edu if you are from out of state or have a condition preventing you from coming onto campus to test. Also, the language placement test does NOT grant academic credit for language classes. The test is used to evaluate your language skill level ONLY for placement into a specific language class.

By entering my student identification number and my name below, I affirm that I will complete the language placement exam to the best of my ability and in good faith, in order to place into the level that most accurately corresponds to my skill level in the selected language. On my honor, I affirm that I will neither give nor receive inappropriate aid in the completion of this exam. I understand that the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics reserves the right to consider all relevant factors when making the final placement decision.

For academic credit you can take CLEP exams or Advanced Standing Exams, for more details please contact: testing@ou.edu

Please allow 24 - 72 business hours to process the background waivers.

To be filled out by Student:

I certify by submitting this form that I have had less than two years of instruction in the language noted (including ZERO years) or it has been more than five years since I have taken a language course. I understand that if this is not the case, I can be charged with academic misconduct for giving incorrect information for academic advantage.

NOTE: Native and heritage speakers, please see official Native Speaker Policy by clicking here.

Click on the Below Link to fill out the background waiver form!! Below are the details required to fill the form: 

• Language
• First name
• Last name
• OU ID
• OU Email
• Semester

Statement of Background Waiver Form

The Language Learning Center at the University of Oklahoma provides technology, resources, and an engaging environment in which students, faculty, instructors, and visitors are supported in their language acquisition pursuits. The LLC creates opportunities for more meaningful contact with international languages through cultural programming, partnerships, technology, access to specialized resources, and modular, flexible, active learning spaces.

For departmental purposes, the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics defines a native speaker of a language as any individual who has been raised in a family and a society where this language is habitually used for everyday communication and is the language of instruction in the student's school system. A heritage speaker, in contrast, may not have been raised in a society where the target language is widely spoken and may not have attended school in the target language but may regularly use the target language in communication at home or in a diaspora community.

The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics welcomes both heritage and native speakers in its classes and programs. Like all other students with prior knowledge of the target language, heritage and native speakers are expected to take a placement test in the target language before enrolling in courses in the language and are expected to select courses in accordance with their placement results (online placement test and/or oral/written assessment offered by the section). Students may not enroll in a course if they have placed out of it.

Native and heritage speakers are very much encouraged to take content courses taught in the target language, or in English under the MLLL prefix. In some cases, students may, at the discretion of the instructor, be allowed to complete reading and writing assignments for MLLL courses in the target language or other accommodations may be offered to address the needs of native and advanced heritage speakers.

To schedule a placement test please contact the Language Learning Center. To ask about the process of getting OU’s foreign language requirement waived as a native speaker (a Foreign Language Requirement Assessment (FLRA) waiver), please contact the OU Testing Center.

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