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Exam Format: French Language
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The AP French Language Exam is approximately two and three-quarter hours long, and consists of two sections. In Section I, students are given 85 minutes to answer approximately 80 multiple-choice questions that test their listening and reading skills; in Section II, they have 75 minutes to demonstrate their writing and speaking skills through their essays and taped responses. The portion of the examination devoted to each skill counts for one-fourth of the final grade.
- In Section I, Part A, students are asked to listen to a series of brief exchanges between two speakers. After listening to these exchanges twice, they must identify the most appropriate rejoinder from the four choices printed in their exam booklets. Next, students are played recorded dialogues or brief monologues and then listen to and answer questions about what they have just heard. Note: Beginning with the 2008 AP French Language Exam, the questions based on listening dialogues (that is, both questions and suggested answers) will be printed in the exam booklets. No part of these questions will appear on the recording.
- In Section I, Part B, students read several prose passages and an occasional poetry passage that are each followed by multiple-choice questions on their content. Some questions testing knowledge and understanding of grammatical structure may be included.
- In Section II, Part A, students demonstrate their knowledge of French grammatical structure by filling in omitted words or verb forms within paragraphs. They also show their ability to express ideas in written French by writing a 40-minute essay on a given topic.
- In Section II, Part B, students tape-record their responses to a series of questions based on a picture or series of pictures. The questions are printed in the exam booklet as well as played on a master recording; there are two sets of questions with two or three questions per set. Students may be asked to tell the story presented in the pictures, to comment on the content of the pictures, or to discuss a topic suggested by the pictures.
AP French Language Exam Format
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Number of Questions |
Minutes Allotted |
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50 |
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40-42 |
30 |
| Part B |
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40-45 |
55 |
| Section II |
50 |
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30 fill-ins, 1 essay |
60 |
| Part B |
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5 |
15 |
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