diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py
index cd6aa199a852..ceee2e3ead9d 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 """
 
 from bok_choy.page_object import PageObject
+from bok_choy.promise import Promise, EmptyPromise, fulfill_after, fulfill
 from . import BASE_URL
 
 
@@ -18,14 +19,6 @@ class DashboardPage(PageObject):
     def is_browser_on_page(self):
         return self.is_css_present('section.my-courses')
 
-    @property
-    def current_courses_text(self):
-        text_items = self.css_text('section#my-courses')
-        if len(text_items) > 0:
-            return text_items[0]
-        else:
-            return ""
-
     @property
     def available_courses(self):
         """
@@ -38,6 +31,47 @@ def _get_course_name(el):
 
         return self.css_map('section.info > hgroup > h3 > a', _get_course_name)
 
+    def change_language(self, code):
+        """
+        Change the language on the dashboard to the language corresponding with `code`.
+        """
+        # Get the current section heading, so we can compare it to the heading
+        # when we change the language.
+        old_text = self.current_courses_text
+
+        lang_changed = EmptyPromise(
+            lambda: old_text != self.current_courses_text,
+            "Current courses text changed"
+        )
+
+        with fulfill_after(lang_changed):
+            self.css_click(".edit-language")
+            self.select_option("language", code)
+            self.css_click("#submit-lang")
+
+    @property
+    def is_dummy_lang(self):
+        """
+        Return a boolean indicating whether dashboard is displaying dummy translation strings.
+        """
+        return u"ÇÜRRÉNT".encode('utf-8') in self.current_courses_text.encode('utf-8')
+
+    @property
+    def current_courses_text(self):
+        """
+        Return the text of the "current courses" title.
+        """
+        def _check_func():
+            text_items = self.css_text('section#my-courses')
+            if len(text_items) < 1:
+                return (False, None)
+            elif not text_items[0]:
+                return (False, None)
+            else:
+                return (True, text_items[0])
+
+        return fulfill(Promise(_check_func, "Retrieved current courses title"))
+
     def view_course(self, course_id):
         """
         Go to the course with `course_id` (e.g. edx/Open_DemoX/edx_demo_course)
@@ -68,11 +102,3 @@ def _link_css(self, course_id):
             return "a.enter-course:nth-of-type({0})".format(link_index + 1)
         else:
             return None
-
-    def change_language(self, code):
-        """
-        Change the language on the dashboard to the language corresponding with `code`.
-        """
-        self.css_click(".edit-language")
-        self.select_option("language", code)
-        self.css_click("#submit-lang")
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/logout.py b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/logout.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9302dec3a243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/logout.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from bok_choy.page_object import PageObject
+from . import BASE_URL
+
+
+class LogoutPage(PageObject):
+    """
+    Logout from the LMS by directly going to the logout URL.
+    """
+    def is_browser_on_page(self):
+        return True
+
+    @property
+    def url(self):
+        return BASE_URL + "/logout"
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/tests/test_language.py b/common/test/acceptance/tests/test_language.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d3597fbfecc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/tests/test_language.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from bok_choy.web_app_test import WebAppTest
+from bok_choy.promise import fulfill, Promise
+
+from .helpers import UniqueCourseTest
+from ..pages.lms.dashboard import DashboardPage
+from ..pages.lms.logout import LogoutPage
+from ..pages.studio.auto_auth import AutoAuthPage
+
+
+class LanguageTest(UniqueCourseTest):
+    """
+    Tests that the change language functionality on the dashboard works.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+        Visit the dashboard page.
+        """
+        super(LanguageTest, self).setUp()
+
+        # Log in and visit the dashboard page
+        self.auto_auth = AutoAuthPage(
+            self.browser, course_id=self.course_id, username=self.unique_id[0:10]
+        ).visit()
+        self.dashboard_page = DashboardPage(self.browser).visit()
+
+    def test_change_lang(self):
+        # By default, should not be using the dummy language
+        self.assertFalse(self.dashboard_page.is_dummy_lang)
+
+        # Change language to Dummy Esperanto
+        self.dashboard_page.change_language('eo')
+        self.assertTrue(self.dashboard_page.is_dummy_lang)
+
+    def test_language_persists(self):
+
+        # Change language to Dummy Esperanto
+        self.dashboard_page.change_language('eo')
+
+        # Log out and log back in
+        LogoutPage(self.browser).visit()
+        self.auto_auth.visit()
+
+        # Return to the dashboard and verify that we still see the dummy language
+        self.dashboard_page.visit()
+        self.assertTrue(self.dashboard_page.is_dummy_lang)
diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/tests/test_lms.py b/common/test/acceptance/tests/test_lms.py
index 13d82cff4a65..0419f7bc34d0 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/tests/test_lms.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/tests/test_lms.py
@@ -70,66 +70,6 @@ def test_register(self):
         self.assertIn(self.course_info['display_name'], course_names)
 
 
-class LanguageTest(UniqueCourseTest):
-    """
-    Tests that the change language functionality on the dashboard works
-    """
-
-    @property
-    def _changed_lang_promise(self):
-        def _check_func():
-            text = self.dashboard_page.current_courses_text
-            return (len(text) > 0, text)
-        return Promise(_check_func, "language changed")
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        """
-        Initiailize dashboard page
-        """
-        super(LanguageTest, self).setUp()
-        self.dashboard_page = DashboardPage(self.browser)
-
-        self.test_new_lang = 'eo'
-        # This string is unicode for "ÇÜRRÉNT ÇØÜRSÉS", which should appear in our Dummy Esperanto page
-        # We store the string this way because Selenium seems to try and read in strings from
-        # the HTML in this format. Ideally we could just store the raw ÇÜRRÉNT ÇØÜRSÉS string here
-        self.current_courses_text = u'\xc7\xdcRR\xc9NT \xc7\xd6\xdcRS\xc9S'
-
-        self.username = "test"
-        self.password = "testpass"
-        self.email = "test@example.com"
-
-    def test_change_lang(self):
-        AutoAuthPage(self.browser, course_id=self.course_id).visit()
-        self.dashboard_page.visit()
-        # Change language to Dummy Esperanto
-        self.dashboard_page.change_language(self.test_new_lang)
-
-        changed_text = fulfill(self._changed_lang_promise)
-        # We should see the dummy-language text on the page
-        self.assertIn(self.current_courses_text, changed_text)
-
-    def test_language_persists(self):
-        auto_auth_page = AutoAuthPage(self.browser, username=self.username, password=self.password, email=self.email, course_id=self.course_id)
-        auto_auth_page.visit()
-
-        self.dashboard_page.visit()
-        # Change language to Dummy Esperanto
-        self.dashboard_page.change_language(self.test_new_lang)
-
-        # destroy session
-        self.browser._cookie_manager.delete()
-
-        # log back in
-        auto_auth_page.visit()
-
-        self.dashboard_page.visit()
-
-        changed_text = fulfill(self._changed_lang_promise)
-        # We should see the dummy-language text on the page
-        self.assertIn(self.current_courses_text, changed_text)
-
-
 class HighLevelTabTest(UniqueCourseTest):
     """
     Tests that verify each of the high-level tabs available within a course.