AP French Language Re-Take Option

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<p>Via the National Associate for College Admission Counseling listserv,Carol Miller, a school counselor from Lansing, NY, asked other high school teachers and administrators if their students had had the same problems with the AP French Language exam that her own students experienced. She noted that many of her students reported that there were "almost no pauses for students to give an answer in the first four questions of the listening section."</p>

<p>After hearing similar complaints from other high schools and after contacting the College Board this morning, Carol reported back to the NACAC listserv:</p>

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This morning I called AP services and was told that for EVERY student questions 2 and 3 would be thrown out because there was only 3 seconds given for response time. They are offering an opportunity for students to retake the listening section only on the late testing date if the student feels like they were "thrown off" for the rest of the section due to this flaw. If students want to retake that section, you must call the College Board and they will send your school this special exam. Please note that not every student needs to retake this section, but only those who want to. Coordinators should fill out an IR report and send it back with the returned exams. Hope this helps those that also experienced problems.

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<p>Thus, if you (or your child) noted the same problems with this exam, make sure that your school's AP coordinator is aware of this re-take option.</p>

<p>And thanks, Carol.</p>

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<p>If we retake it, is our old listening section thrown out? And it’s going to be a new listening section, correct?</p>

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<p>Here is the complete letter that just went out to high school AP Coordinators:</p>

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<p>Actually, I’m really sorry that they’re throwing those questions out, because I’m pretty sure that I got them! Oh well…</p>

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<p>Hmm… so wait, do we have to retake the reading part? That’s the only part I’m confused about, since we’re ordering a new “MC” test. Reading’s part of it…</p>

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<p>Ask your school AP coordinator to spell out exactly what the retest will entail. Note, too, that the retest is only for those who feel that they were thrown out of kilter by the mistiming on a couple questions. Not everyone experienced this mistiming, and many who did notice it didn’t think that it affected their test performance.</p>

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<p>Yes, I understand that. I was thrown off by it a little… I would not mind retaking the listening section again though.</p>

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<p>Haha! me too! the people asked the question, then i wasnt even done reading the answers and it moved on! i was like 0________o okay… im not retaking it tho.</p>

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<p>is anyone thinking of retaking it? i dunno if i want to. it freaked me out though… but i might just be too lazy to do anything about it… also the makeup test would be the day before my birthday!!! D:</p>

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<p>My son said the listening part was weird. I imagine this bobble was what he was referring to. He does not want to retake – and I think he’s fine without retaking.</p>

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<p>I want to take it but I don’t know if I have to retake the reading part too…</p>

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<p>I was completely thrown off…I know it was what two questions but I got really behind and its a vicious cycle…in fact I was so upset that I randomly guessed on reading because i thought I did so bad on the listening that i wasnt getting a 4 or 5.</p>

<p>I’m not going to be able to take the retest because I have to take the Comp gov makeup because that was a conflict with french language in the first place</p>