1. Preview of 2012 French AP
French Language and Culture

2. All content presented in
context
 No more fill ins
 No more listening rejoinders
 Audio sources played 2x
 There is no separate culture section
 Culture is embedded throughout exam

3. Exam structure
 50% of exam = multiple choice
 Interpretive mode
 Approx. 65 items in 9 sets
 Reading selections
 Listening selections
 Reading & listening sections

4. Exam structure (cont.)
 50% of exam = free response
 Interpersonal & presentational modes
 4 items
 Interpersonal writing
 Interpersonal speaking
 Presentational writing
 Presentational speaking

5. Advance organizers
 Listening selections will be introduced
with information to clarify:
 Theme
 Subject of selection
 Identity of speakers
 Title / date / names
 Source

6. Print sources
 Ads
 Literary texts - prose
 Journalistic articles
 Letters
 The above may be combined with maps,
charts or tables

7. Audio sources
 Radio interviews / reports
 General interest podcasts
 PSAs
 Brief lectures
 Audio guides - museums, travel
 Comprehensibility and relevance are #1
 Accent, pace & background noise will vary

8. Multiple choice section
 Mix of factual & interpretive questions
 Vocabulary in context
 Purpose of text
 Audience of text
 Inferences & conclusions
 Occasional cultural or interdisciplinary
questions

9. Multiple choice section (cont.)
 Interpersonal - appropriate reply, agree,
contradict, support, elaborate
 Presentational texts-summary of text,
organization of text
 Combined - how do items relate to each
other

10. Free response section-writing
Interpersonal (based on reading)
 ex. - read email then write answer
Presentational (based on reading & listening)
ex. - read a paragraph, listen to a short
audio source, then write response to a
related question

11. Free response - speaking
 Interpersonal
 5 exchanges in conversation
 Advance organizers used
Presentational
speak about a topic related to a theme
use personal experiences
comparisons of francophone facts
students will have prep time