If you decide to take a French course...
...please complete the online questionnaire before the start of registration.
French Self-Placement Exam Answer Key
After taking the placement exam, if you decide to register for a French language course (FREN 10 to FREN 105), please complete the online questionnaire before the start of registration. Answers will be e-mailed to Professor Harder.
Each item is worth one point, and incorrect or missing accents are worth 1/4 point. In order to be considered correct, an answer must be spelled correctly, including accents. Count the number of correct answers you have, then you will be given guidelines for interpreting your score.
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1. c. 2. a. 3. c. 4. d. 5. b. 6. c. 7. c. 8. d. 9. b. 10. d. 11. b. 12. c. 13. c. 14. a. 15. d. 16. b. 17. c. 18. a. 19. a. 20. a. 21. c. 22. a. 23. b. 24. b 25. b. 26. c. 27. a. 28. b. 29. connais 30. sait |
31. vient 32. vend 33. pourrait 34. ferais 35. achèterais 36. irions 37. regardais 38. a sonné 39. était 40. m'a demandé 41. voulais 42. ai dit 43. allais 44. parliez 45. veuillent 46. compreniez 47. savoir 48. partiez 49. avait perdu 50. aurait pu 51. étais allé(e) 52. c. 53. d. 54. a. 55. d. 56. a. 57. b. 58. a. 59. c. 60. d. 61. c. |
Interpreting Your Score
If you scored 1-12 correct answers,
you should consider placing yourself in French 10.If you scored 13-37 correct answers,
you should consider placing yourself in French 20.If you scored 38-61 correct answers,
you should consider placing yourself in a 30-level French course (French 32, 33, or 34).
Please remember that the Placement Examination is not a foolproof tool for determining your placement into a French course. Several factors contribute to placing yourself correctly in a language course.
For example, if you scored at the upper end of the results for French 10, 20 or a 30-level course, you should most likely enroll in the next course if you have already studied French before. Oftentimes during the summer, students find they have forgotten what they have studied in previous classes, but once they are back in the classroom, their past work quickly comes back to them. For example, if you scored 18 or higher and you have already studied French, you should consider enrolling in French 20 so that you will be appropriately challenged.
The following are profiles of students who frequently take each level of language study:
French 10
No previous study of French or one year of French some time ago
College Board Achievement Test score of 40 or below
French 20
Two years of French in high school
College Board Achievement Test score of 40-55
AP French score of 2
French 30-level (French 32, 33, or 34)
Two to four years of high school French
College Achievement Test score of 55-61
AP French score of 3
Students who score 50 or higher on the placement exam should consider enrolling in FREN 104. You will fulfill your language requirement once you have completed the FREN 104 course with a passing letter grade. A score of 50 or higher on the placement exam does not entitle you to an exemption from the language requirement.
Please note: If you place yourself in a course that is determined by your professor or the Director of the Language Programs to be mismatched to your abilities, you will be asked to choose a course at a different level during the first two weeks of class.
If you answered correctly every question on the French Placement Examination, contact the Director of the Language Programs, Professor Harder. You cannot receive exemption from the language requirement based on the results of the Placement Examination, but may be eligible to take the French Exemption Examination, which Professor Harder can help you with. In the meantime, you should sign up for a 30-level course to secure your seat in the section you want, just in case you need one more French course to fulfill the language requirement.