World Language

Lane Tech offers the following World Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.  Students should take the language placement exam if they speak the language they will be taking as a freshman OR if they took the selected language at their elementary school. The language exam will allow students to test out of the level one language and into a higher level.

Students who speak conversational Spanish at home and will be taking Spanish as a freshman should take the Spanish placement exam. Lane offers a Spanish for Heritage Speakers course that many of our students place into.  Students who indicate on the Home Language Survey that they or someone that they live with speaks Spanish at home will automatically be placed in Spanish for Heritage Speakers.

Click here for information on the difference between Spanish and Spanish for Heritage Speakers.

All language exams will take place in-person at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 10th. We will use the STAMPS language proficiency tests to determine student placement. STAMPS is a general language proficiency assessment of Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking skills designed for second-language learners.  The exam may take up to 2 hours to complete.

If a student took the STAMPS test at their elementary school as an 8th grader, they can submit those results once they receive them and do not need to take the test at Lane Tech. They should have already taken the exam as the testing window is closed. 

If you are unable to take the exam on Saturday, May 10th, a small makeup session will be held at 10 am on Saturday, May 17th and 4 pm on Thursday, May 15th. Please indicate on the form below if you need to schedule one of the make up dates.  If neither alternate date works, please email Ms. Johnson at tecarroll@cps.edu.

Click here to sign up for a language placement exam.