Skipping Level of Foreign Language

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Has anyone here ever skipped a level of a foreign language? I was given the option to do that and I decided not to. Now I'm wondering if I should have done it.</p>

<p>This is kind of a long story. In 7th and 8th grade, all students take level 1 of a foreign language, and most students do level 2 in 9th grade (some students repeat level 1 if they struggled in 7th and 8th grade). I didn't realize it was even an option to skip level 2 and do level 3 in 9th grade until I found out that my teacher gave this one student the option to do that. I knew that I was capable of doing that, too (I had straight-A's in the class), and I really wanted to do it, so I asked my teacher if I could, and she didnt really give me a definite answer. When it was time to pick classes for 9th grade, my teacher basically made me take level 2 without giving me a reason why I couldn't do level 3 (which made me really upset).
So in 9th grade, I took level 2, which was too easy, and got straight-A's in that class. My teacher told me that I could skip level 3 and do level 4 in 10th grade. I decided not to do that, though, and now I don't know if I made the right choice (I'll be starting 10th grade in the fall). I think that level 3 will be really easy, level 4 is an Honors class (worth more for weighted GPA), and taking level 4 in 10th grade would allow me to do AP in 11th grade. Would it have been a good idea to skip level 3? I was afraid that it would be really difficult...
Thanks for reading all of this- I didn't mean for it to get so long :D</p>

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<p>You’re wasting your time if you don’t skip.</p>

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<p>If your teacher didn’t give you a definite yes in eighth grade, then they didn’t think you were ready. If your teacher thinks you are ready now, go for it.</p>

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<p>I took French 1CP in 8th grade, skipped French 2CP the summer before high school, took French 3CP in 9th grade, and finished with AP French Lang in 10th grade.</p>

<p>Basically I contacted the high school French teacher and she okayed my skipping and I just studied the French 2 textbook the summer before high school.</p>

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<p>I skipped level 2 of French my 9th grade year (I did level 1 in 8th). I did fine in level 3 and in AP (5 on the AP test, 740 on the Subject Test). If your teacher feels that you can skip, do it.</p>

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<p>^ What. I got a 4 on the AP test and a 730 on the SAT II. And I studied my butt off for the AP.</p>

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<p>This depends on the language.</p>

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<p>Do it son.</p>

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<p>OP, what language are you talking about? If it is something easy like Spanish, then I’d say go for it. I’m a sophomore skipping Spanish 4 and going to AP Spanish 5. But if it’s Chinese or something like that, you’ll want to stay where you are.</p>

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<p>I took Latin 1 sophomore year, tested out of Latin 2 over the summer, Latin 3 junior year. 800 on subject test and 5 on AP.</p>

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<p>That’s what I am doing for my foreign lang class… Though I did promise my teacher to study over the summer… Oops, I better get started!</p>