SAT French Practice Tests

franglish
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:21:41 +0000

I teach French and my D took both SAT II (with listening-- 670) and AP (3) last year. They are both pretty hard. There is no real need to do Fr w/List. Besides, that test is only given in November. There is also no real need to do French SAT II at all, unless you need it for a second (or third) SAT II, which my D did. Either one can be used for college placement, and taking the AP will give you practically a whole year of study more, since there is a deadline for which schools will accept SAT II scores. What’s more, you don’t even have to report AP scores, which you do with SAT II, if you are reporting any SAT scores. The one thing to watch out for on the AP is that there is listening comprehension and an oral part, both of which can be quite difficult if you haven’t practiced using the CDs that are included in the above-mentioned books. As far as your question about Barron’s being easier than the real test, I can’t remember what my D said! There are, though, a couple of practice SAT II on the college board web site, both with and without listening. Bonne chance!