SAT II French Subject Test

joshroz
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:42:44 +0000

I took the test and scored a 800 last June. The only prepbook I used was Princeton Review. It was a good book for quick review because I honestly didn’t learn any French from it; it just helped me familiarize myself with the format of the test and came with two practice tests that I thought were fairly accurate of the actual test. If you actually need to brush up on certain grammar concepts, I don’t think this is a good book to get …
Sorry I can’t give you good suggestions for a good prepbook. But I do know a website that helps a lot regarding various grammar points: french.about.com It’s honestly an awesome source.

If you’re doing quite well in SL French, I wouldn’t recommend hiring a tutor since getting a 700+ shouldn’t be too hard. I find that this test is VERY vocabulary-based, so you have to cram lots of vocab! That doesn’t meant that you have to know every single word on that test though since the curve isn’t as harsh as that of other language tests. I find that the grammar was really straight forward. Just make sure you know how to use the various tenses, agreement with direct object, etc etc. The reading section … err, you just have to read carefully. If you tend to read slowly, try reading more literature in French (recommended by your teacher) and you’ll find that reading becomes a lot easier.

In case you’re wondering, I’m not a native speaker. I began French in freshman year and took AP french last year.

Hope this helps!