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
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