<p>I’m signing up for the obligatory SAT 2s, and I was wonder how many non-fluent people ake the Spanish reading section. I am in IB Spanish V right now, my best friend is Mexican and speaks Spanish to me all the time, an mis padrinos son hispanos tambien (cubanos). Is a SAT language reading test hard for non-speakers?</p>
<p>I’m guessing it would be hard for a non-speaker. I would suggest that you NOT take it if you are a non-speaker (i.e., don’t speak Spanish).</p>
<p>Most people think its really, really difficult for non-native speakers because a lot of native speakers take it and destroy the curve.</p>
<p>That’s not true. They destroy the percentiles, not the curve.</p>
<p>Po-tay-toe, Po-tah-toe</p>
<p>Not really–the percentiles have no effect on the scores themselves, whereas the curve does.</p>
<p>but lots of high scores in theory has no effect on curve, although it definitely does affect the percentiles.</p>
<p>I am not a native Spanish speaker. However, I have taken 2 years in high school and lived in Nicaragua for 6 weeks (which really, really helped me) and have had a degree of exposure from my mom. I ended up with a 750 on the SAT II Spanish Reading test. </p>
<p>Basically, make sure you feel comfortable reading spanish articles. The vocabulary isn’t that horrible, but you do need to feel comfortable reading things in spanish. </p>
<p>If you have a good hand on grammar and feel comfortable reading spanish, you might actually do well. I guess it kind of depends on your ability to make educated guesses or kind of use your knowledge of stems and so forth to decipher an unknown word. </p>
<p>I was really surprised that I ended up with a 750; I guessed I’d get a 650 instead. I didn’t do any prep, but my 6 weeks in Nicaragua really made me comfortable with the language.</p>
<p>Good luck on the test if you decide to take it.</p>
<p>After 2.5 years of Spanish I took it and got a 760. Other than the one hour for five days a week of hearing Spanish (only sometimes, at that - the teacher sucked), I had no exposure to it (i.e. didn’t live in a Spanish country, didn’t have a Spanish friend, etc.).</p>
<p>Well, I’ve had about six years total of spanish, and I watch spanish television. I have a pretty good handle on verbs/grammar, my main concern was the vocabulary that I might not know. Reading is actually my strongest skill in spanish. And its pretty easy to guess the meanings of words from the Latin root of the word.</p>
<p>i got a 770. it’s not too bad a test. i’ve at 6 years of spanish as well. i don’t really believe slipstream at all, though. </p>
<p>and whoever said that the native speakers ruin the percentiles not the curve is correct.</p>
<p>i have 5 years of spanish… tkae the sat II… even if you get a 600, it’s fine. I looked at DUke, for example, and a 600 gives you the spanish 2 class… cause they use it for placement.</p>
<p>it might have been dartmouth, not duke… forgot. but if you take it, just go for something reasonable.</p>
<p>i just had a gander at my CB SAT II review book, and the test doesn’t look that bad… im going to sign up for it this january i think… if it’s available.</p>
<p>I took Spanish SAT II in October of my 4th year of Spanish in high school. I’ve always had an A in the class. School was my only exposure to the language, and I got a 620…</p>
<p>EncomiumII, you don’t believe me? May I ask why?</p>
<p>I’m taking the SAT IIs Spanish and I’m really nervous.<br>
I took spanish for 3 years in highschool but decided not to this year because it focused more on spanish history rather than the actual language. I had fairly steady good grades in all 3 years… A’s to B+'s. </p>
<p>How would you suggest I study?></p>
<p>because 2.5 years of spanish is not enough, especially with a bad teacher. i’ve been doing spanish since 2nd grade, and began full study in 7th grade. we have a very good spanish program, and i’ve even spent time in spain. i can’t imagine someone with so much less experience in the language could do basically as well as i did, i’m not trying to be snobby, it just doesn’t make sense to me.</p>
<p>lindseylujh…Jackson Hole…great name for a town yes?</p>
<p>Encomium, I really did have 2.5 years of Spanish - Spanish I in 9th grade, Spanish IV in 10th grade, and AP Spanish in 11th grade. I took the SAT II in Dec of 11th grade, which put me right at 2.5 years. Maybe I’m just better at tests than you. Or maybe I’m just really good at Spanish (I did go to spanish four right after spanish one). I was actually disappointed with that score; i was hoping for 780+. And, btw, I got a 5 on the AP Spanish Language test only one semester after my 760.</p>
<p>Yes, adidasty :)</p>