<p>I am fluent in French from being French and having lived there 'till I was 10 years old, and speaking it at home everyday. However, I have barely written since I left, which is about 7 years, so my writing isn't the best. I still remember a lot, but I need to review it. If I just see it, I will be fine, but I do need that. So I was wondering, what French review book went over every topic on the AP French Language test? It does not need to teach it extremely well, only to mention everything necessary. If it had a few practice tests included that would be even better, to make sure I do know everything needed. </p>
<p>Also, for physics C: I am self-studying, and was wondering which of the two exams I should start with, electricity or mechanics, or if it matters at all. </p>
<p>I don't particulary have a book suggestion but I recommend that you go on amazon and look up a French Language Review Book. For Physics check the compliation of prep book list on this board.</p>
<p>Lody -- It is good that you are thinking about the AP exam now, as May will be here before you know it. My daughter also lived in France until she was ten, and we made a big effort to keep her French up. She had a tutor for several years, and then she took advanced French and AP Lang and Lit. The teacher said that it would not be easy to get back into academic French, and it did require a certain amount of discipline. Speaking is definitely not the same as reading and writing. Nonetheless, you will have no difficulty with the listening part of the test if you are taking Lang. If it is Lit, there is no getting around the reading. Which ever book you don't read is the one that will have the essay question. Did you take the SAT II in French? My daughter said that it was the easiest one that she took. Anyway, bonne chance!</p>
<p>I took the SAT II in july and finished it in all of 15 minutes, getting an 800 xD It was almost funny, it was so easy.<br>
As for the writing, I don't think I would have TOO much trouble--I have a very good memory and while I haven't written in a good while, when I try it comes to me pretty quickly. I just tend to forget which tenses have the s and which don't, for example. As for formal sentence structure, I should be fine there if I study--when we go back to france for two months in the summer, I am speaking like a native (with a tiny accent--UGH :( ) by the end.
How did your daughter do on the test, and do you know what she studied? (would you say a bled is as useful as an american review book for the language test? lol)
thanks ^^</p>
<p>In July? Is there a SAT II test date in July?
I think if you speak french fluently you will go great on the AP. I took AP Span and did OK after only taking span for two years and a half. If there is a REA AP French it will help you quite a bit. We use REA AP Spanish and it reviews all the grammer. </p>
<p>Btw. AP Spanish and AP French Test are exact in format from what I heard. The difference is the language being tested :)</p>
<p>Salut, Lody! I think that a bled is probably as good as one of the American review books, but I will ask my daughter her opinion when I speak to her today or tomorrow. She thought that the Lang was relatively easy, but a little more 'difficult' than the SAT II. Her school wasn't a testing center because they don't have a language lab, and she had to take it at a local college. There was a little more anxiety built in, but perhaps you won't have that problem in Hawaii. As you know, there is an oral section on the AP. My daughter actually took the Lang twice, because the first time the oral section could not be scored; there was some technical glitch. She was given a 4, and the College Board was quite insistent about that. So she took it over again the following year and got 5's on Lang and Lit. You will probably be fine if you review les accords and basic grammar. I don't know if they deduct for misplaced/forgotten accents, but those little points probably add up. I have never known anyone who moved from France to Hawaii; how fascinating. I bet that you have a lot of great stories to tell. Bonne chance et bon courage cette annee!</p>
<p>Hi, Lody -- My daughter thought that you should definitely get the AP review book so that you can familiarize yourself with the vocabulary. You undoubtedly know most of the words, but this way there won't be any surprises or spelling mistakes. A Bescherelle or whatever bled you have would be fine for the grammar.</p>
<p>I've taken 12 ap tests and self-studied half of them. I took the class for Phys C and I still thought it was the hardest test I've taken. If you can self-study for it, congrats, but I wouldn't be able to. It would take extreme dedication, doing hundreds of problems without much guidance, and going through a textbook (i recommend Physics by Ohanian) and a couple of review books. at least think about a tutor or something.</p>
<p>"In July? Is there a SAT II test date in July? " Oops, I meant june XD I hate when I don't type what I mean =( yeah, sorry for confusing you!</p>
<p>"I have never known anyone who moved from France to Hawaii; how fascinating." You'd be surprised!!! I know at least 10 families here who have...actually, more, even. xD</p>
<p>As for accents...I HATE them XD gah! But that's nothing new--I sucked with them even when I went to school in France and I hate them in spanish. But I will review xD Thanks =)</p>
<p>bananaman: I am already started with trying to study it--other people in this thread have done it and done fine =) I might do bad but I think I still really want to try. Thanks for the warning, though! XD</p>