<p>How hard is the French SATII? If I study for the AP, will that be enough? Also, is the French test viewed differently by colleges than the French w/ listening?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I'm also wondering about the French SatII. I've taken french from 7th-10th(now), but 7th and 8th grade only counted as 1 year of high school french. I have no intention of taking French 4 next year, as I want to take Latin. I was wondering how hard the test is and what the curve is like.</p>
<p>Well if you took it after only French 3, consider that you'd be up against kids who've had French through AP level...</p>
<p>I'm also curious as to whether taking French without listening will hurt me... because listening is only in November, and I'd prefer to do it in June the year I take AP French...</p>
<p>Do native speakers take the test?</p>
<p>French was mandatory in elementary school (2-6), then I have taken French from 7th until 10th (now) as a class. I am currently in AP Lang, and next year am taking AP French Lit. Should I wait until next yr to take the test b/c i will have had more practice with french readings? or should i just take it this year after the AP exam?</p>
<p>Oh wow, your school has AP French lit? I wish we did!</p>
<p>Actually, I'm the only student taking it, and it's pretty much me sitting in a class with the lang kids and getting one-on-one attention every 2 weeks. so its basically independent study</p>
<p>...or so the teacher says</p>
<p>Aw, that's no fun. Still, better than nothing I suppose, which is what I'll have senior year.</p>
<p>ha I was just going to ask the same thing...</p>
<p>Anyhow, my french class is pathetic, and it's sad to think I've been "learning" the language for 6 years.</p>
<p>In class all we do is have discussions, and vocab once every couple of weeks ( which is never reinforced), and we do ridiculous projects on cities and people and cultural stuff.</p>
<p>So HOW DOES one study for this exam? Is it a wing-it type of thing, or can I actually prepare?</p>
<p>Well to start with, check out the sample questions College Board made: <a href="http://collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/prof/counselors/tests/sat/2005-06-SAT-subject-tests-preparation-booklet.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/prof/counselors/tests/sat/2005-06-SAT-subject-tests-preparation-booklet.pdf</a></p>
<p>There are quite a few French questions on there. So use that as a gauge to see how well you're doing.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the scale for the test is? What % of the questions do you need to get a 600, 700, etc?</p>
<p>I'd like to know that as well.</p>
<p>My school offers French Literature...about 3-10 people take it each year....it's ok to be jealous :D</p>
<p>I'm Jealous.</p>
<p>Xd</p>
<p>I'm taking it on May 6, along with lit and math 1.</p>
<p>if the practice tests are anywhere near accurate (PR book), then it's really not that hard at all. A lot of qui, que, dont, ce qui, ce que, ce dont, etc. and things like which verbs take de/a (avoir envie de, parler a, etc.)</p>
<p>I'm in 4 honors and if you look at scaled scores for sections B and C, I got a 590 on B and 790 on C. I'll see if I can work on the B grammar.</p>
<p>"A lot of qui, que, dont, ce qui, ce que, ce dont, etc. and things like which verbs take de/a (avoir envie de, parler a, etc.)"</p>
<p>Hm, that stuff isn't that bad...</p>
<p>So you like the PR book? After you take the test, you'll have to tell us how accurate the book was :)</p>
<p>like. i didn't do a single bit of studying and got 800 with guessing. just find out the format of the test and you'll be fine.
but then again, i'm in french immersion (canadian) and i've been learning french since i was 5.</p>
<p>From my view (by looking at the practice questions) it looks easy but I tend to rush. I believe that if you know a romance language (spanish in my case) and have a background in french, you'll be okay.</p>