<p>I was once told that the SAT II for Spanish was graded on separate curves for native speakers and those that are learning the language. Does anyone know if this statement is true or if I'll just have to deal with high curves set by the native speakers?</p>
<p>I believe that you were misled... How would they know, after all, who was a native Spanish speaker and who wasn't?</p>
<p>Something interesting to mull over...you may actually have a better understanding of the RULES of Spanish grammar than a native speaker. I found in all my GMAT and SAT II Writing classes that non-native speakers had a much better grasp of English grammar rules than native English speakers (on average) since they learned the language from the perspective of grammar. They didn't have the same vocabulary or verbal and writing skills, but their grammar skills were sharp. You might not be as disadvantaged as you think, though you are certainly at a disadvantage...</p>
<p>If I'm wrong about the score curve, I'll accept all flames graciously.</p>
<p>no, it is all one curve. Thus some colleges grant credits for high scores on the sapnish SAT2 since they know that your scores are based against native speakers.</p>
<p>Pete, i know exactly what you're saying, but I get the feeling that as you know more and more of a language, and thus the thinking becomes more passive, you lose alot of grammar knowledge. I know that for Latin, it has become much more natural to me, and because of it, I am forgetting alot of syntactical names (like the names of coniditionals, how to construct fear clauses, indirect commands and the like) even though I know how to translate them.</p>