The Department of Spanish and Portuguese will offer its annual examination on reading proficiency in Spanish to graduate students from other departments on:

Wednesday, November 8, 2023
9:00am to 6:00pm EST

Find more information on The Princeton Center for Language Study dedicated website.

Format: The exam will be accessible on CANVAS. Students will have 90 minutes to complete:

• A translation from Spanish into English of a short passage (35 lines) of scholarly prose in the humanities or social sciences.
• Two questions in English on a different passage.

The use of a bilingual dictionary is permitted (paper version only). The use of online dictionaries and automatic translators is strictly forbidden under the University’s Honor Code.

Registration: To register, graduate students should provide their name, department and e-mail address to the Graduate Administrator, by Wednesday, November 1, 2023.

• Registered students will receive a link to the CANVAS site the day before the exam.
• Students who do not register in advance will not be able to take the exam.

The Reading Proficiency exam is only offered once a year and that there will be no make-up exam. Students who must take the exam this year must make sure to make the appropriate arrangements.