<p>I am planning on taking French (reading only) on December
I am currently in French 3 but listening is the hardest for me soooo
here's my question. do colleges see regular french scores and french w/ listening scores differently? Is it okay just to take french reading?</p>
<p>another reason why i want to take only the reading part is that i want to get over with this before SAT 1 comes up. i checked CB and it only provides listening tests on november. I dont think I am gonna be ready until then: ( so if someone can give me a goood answer, that'd be aaawesome :P</p>
<p>AFAIK, it makes no difference which one you take. French w/o listening has a lower average score, whatever that means. I took French w/o listening and it had no negative impact at all on my applications.</p>
<p>thank you :] if thats the case, I think I am going to take one on December. Oh btw.. what would be a decent score on French w/o listening for a non-native speaker??</p>
<p>um its really hard for me to get review books (living in australia), but I took french 4 in tenth grade and got a B, now I'm in 12th grade and have done 2 more years of french. I get decent grades at school. Should I be fine doing the french w/o listening test?</p>
<p>Beeish - This is the mother using this screen name- two of us use it.</p>
<p>If you've had 6 years of French, you should be pretty good on the w/o listening test. Even living in Australia you have access to those materials- check out your online bookstores- amazon for example.</p>
<p>For anyone wanting to take the listening, with all the availability of listening opportunities online you should be able to take the test, although this may be a little late to start. Ask your teachers if they have any listening programs, such as Champs Elysees, or anything from TV-5 that you can use at home. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Things you did not understand the first time will become easy by the tenth time. I mean repeat even the exact same passage. I would do two or three 15 minute sessions daily. At first you will feel like you are not making progress, but after a while the puzzle will start fitting together more and more quickly, and voila, you'll understand.<br>
(Former French teacher AP and IB)</p>
<p>Trouble is, some kids can have four or five years of a foreign language and not get the exposure of a student who has had two years with a really good teacher. If your teacher does not "speak" the language fluently (and most MAJORS who have graduated from college only have intermediate oral proficiency), you will not do as well on the listening. Sad, but true. There are lots of great foreign language writing and reading teachers who cannot teach listening and speaking skills because they are not comfortable with oral language. </p>
<p>Push YOURSELF if your teacher doesn't. TV 5 (pronounced a la francaise) is available in most major tv markets and has many shows that include subtitles for French shows (both speech and subtitles in French) which should help those of you who are very visual learners. Bon Courage!</p>
<p>Quick question seeing as you were an IB teacher. Would a score of 7 in French SL be equivalent to a high score on the SAT II's? It's kind of a vague question, but since the test formats are different I was wondering how they'd translate.</p>
<p>I haven't taught IB French (or anything else) in ten years but a 7 on the IB (even at subsid level) is much more difficult than a high score on the SAT subject test. The subject test is much shorter, plus there is no language production. You will not have to speak or write in French. Additionally, the reading selections are short - only a paragraph or two, plus you do not have to prepare reading selections in advance. The only reading is what is actually on the test. I cannot imagine the subject test being any real problem for you if you have been in an IB program and are currently in your final year. Even if you are in your junior year, you should do fairly well if you are a good French student. There are sample items online at the collegeboard website.</p>