Placement and Promotion

Placement

During LCC Welcome Week, new students (and returning students who were away from the LCC for seven weeks or longer) will be required to take two placement tests:

Speaking Test
An oral examination that tests content, grammar, and fluency
Writing Test
A test that evaluates grammar, vocabulary, organization, content, and mechanics

Promotion

Your course grades and your score on the exit Writing Test will be used to calculate the promotion score.

In order to progress to the next level (or graduate from Level 6), a student must meet both requirements below:

1) a final course grade of C (73%) or higher in each area (listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and structure); and

2) an exit Writing Test score in the next higher level.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens when I do not make sufficient academic progress?
If you do not make satisfactory progress or have to study in the same level more than twice, you might be required to leave the LCC.
Will I be retested at the beginning of each semester?
No. If you take the Writing Test at the end of a semester, you will not be retested at the beginning of the next semester. You will start the new semester in the level based on your promotion score in the previous semester.
Will I be retested if I leave the LCC during Fall or Spring?
Yes. You will be retested when you return to the LCC.
I studied in Spring. Will I be retested if I return to the LCC for Summer II?
Yes. If you leave the LCC for seven weeks or longer, you will be retested when you return to the LCC for Summer II.