French placement

[gooddaysunshin3]

<p>how does french placement work?</p>

<p>what sat ii scores/ap scores correspond with the different french classes at brown?</p>

<p>just wondering what french ill be in. im studying a bit over the summer so if im not in a high enough class i can take the placemet test in sept.</p>

[Uroogla]

<p>AP scores

French Language and Literature
4: earns credit for French 0400 and placement into French 0500 or 0520. 5: earns credit for French 0500 only. Students may take French 0520 for credit. Placement in French 0600 (language) or French 0750 or 0760 (literature) to be confirmed during Orientation week or the first week of classes after consultation with the senior language coordinator or concentration advisor.</p>

<p>Students with a 5 in AP Literature and very strong language skills may be allowed to take a 1000-level course with permission. All incoming students with a score of 5 should consult a faculty member regarding appropriate placement.

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<p>There’s also a placement exam in the Language Lab on the 2nd floor of the CIT during orientation; it’s done on a computer so no appointment is necessary. You take the exam, it gives you a recommended placement. So long as your AP score placed you at least that high, you’d be able to take any course to that level - you’d need to talk with a professor to place higher.</p>

[ontheradio]

<p>what about sat ii scores?</p>

[Uroogla]

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I took my SAT II in French, what level should I go to?</p>

<p>The current guideline is as follows for incoming students with recent results, all others should go directly to the placement tests:</p>

<p>Below 300 Take the placement test
300-390 FREN 0100
400-450 FREN 0200
460-510 FREN 0300
520-590 FREN 0400
600-690 FREN 0500-FREN 0520
700-800 FREN 0600,0750,0760 or higher

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<p>That’s from the French department website.</p>

[franglish]

<p>My D took the SAT II in Fr w/listening and scored high enough on that and on the Brown placement test to place into a more advanced course than she actually took. I think that was a good plan; she is not concentrating in French, and really didn’t want to be too accelerated right away. If she really wanted to take a lot of French, then she would have gone into the higher level, but she was concerned about taking a class that was too intense during the first semester.</p>

[Sungchul]

<p>I would definitely advise taking, or at least shopping, a level below where you were placed. I had only taken French for a summer before freshman year (101 and 102 at a local community college), but I wound up being placed in FREN0400. It was a struggle for me, but I got through it, and am now considering French as a concentration.</p>

<p>For those of you looking for some review, the French department’s website has an excellent resource for quick excercises: [ELFE</a> Index](<a href=“French and Francophone Studies | Brown University”>French and Francophone Studies | Brown University)</p>

<p>I’m personally using it to fill in the holes.</p>