Overview
The Special Language Credit Option is a challenge-for-credit mechanism that allows students in high school to obtain credits for proficiency in languages other than English or French, which are the two official languages of instruction in Manitoba. The languages for which students may challenge for credit vary from year to year. Schools are responsible for coordinating and administering Special language Credit Option examinations.
Policy and Administrative Handbook
For a full description of this initiative and the regulations concerning the administration of examinations and reporting procedures for the Special Language Credit Option see Special Language Credit Option: A Policy and Administrative Handbook for Senior 1 - 4 (Revised 2005).
The support documents for the Special Language Credit Option have been updated to relfect the change in reporting "retroactive" credits. These may be reported as a percentage grade or S (Standing).
American Sign Language
As of the 2004-2005 school year, students may be eligible for up to 4 Senior Years credits for American Sign Language (ASL) through the Special Language Credit Option. There are special procedures for American Sign Language (ASL) examinations. For more detailed information, see American Sign Language and The Special Language Credit Option (Revised 2005).
SPLCO and Manitoba’s Graduation Requirements
Special Language Credit Option credits may be used to meet Manitoba ’s Senior Year’s graduation requirements. For further information on the graduation requirements see School Programs and Graduation Requirements.
Course Codes
Computer course codes for reporting Special Language Credits may be found in the Subject Table Handbook.
List of Examiners
Manitoba Education maintains a list of registered examiners for Special Language Credit Option purposes. Examiners may not be available for all languages. For a list of examiners or to register as an examiner, please contact Tony Tavares (see contact information).
Range of Languages
The specific languages which are examined on a year to year basis varies according to student requests and
availability of examiners. Below is a chart which provides a list of languages for which students have been
examined and awarded credits in the last few years.
| Special Language Credit Option: Languages Reported | ||
| American Sign Language | Albanian | Afrikaans |
| Amharic | Arabic | Bangla (Bengali) |
| Bembe (Ebembe) | Bosnian | Bulgarian |
| Burmese | Cambodian | Chinese - Cantonese |
| Chinese - Mandarin | Cree | Creole |
| Croatian | Czech | Dakota |
| Dari | Dinka | Dene (Chipewyan) |
| Dutch | Farsi (Persian) | Filipino (Tagalog) |
| Finnish | Flemish | Gaelic |
| German | Greek | Gujarati |
| Hebrew | Hindi | Hokkien |
| Hungarian | Icelandic | Igbo |
| Inuktitut (Inuit) | Island-Lake Dialect | Italian |
| Japanese | Korean | Krio |
| Kurdish | Laotian | Latin |
| Luganda | Macedonian | Malay |
| Malayalam | Nepali | Norwegian |
| Ojibwé (Saulteaux) | Pashto | Polish |
| Portuguese | Punjabi | Romanian |
| Russian | Serbian | Sinhalese |
| Slovak | Somali | Spanish |
| Swahili | Tamil | Thai |
| Tigrinya (Eritrean) | Turkish | Twi |
| Ugandan | Ukrainian | Urdu |
| Vietnamese | Yoruba | |
