At which ACTFL/DELF level is the AP exam?

[Rina Farber-Mazor]

Hi everyone,

We're moving towards a proficiency-based model at our school, and I'm trying to figure out where we currently are. Is the AP exam written at a particular ACFTL level or DELF/DALF level?

Can anyone speak to this? I would be incredibly grateful!

Rina

[Rina Farber-Mazor]

Update to my question:

I found on the AP website that the test is for Intermediate to pre-Advanced on the ACTFL scale. Have others found this to be true? I feel like this is much lower than the materials given to the students on the test!

Does anyone on the board have experience teaching this course and as an ACTFL/OPI tester? I'm wondering what a typical student who scores a 4 on the exam would be rated on the ACTFL scale.

Thanks!

Rina

[Éric Castaneda]

Je dirai que l'examen AP serait B1 du CECR-L (DELF).

[Laurence Ervedoza Patrick]

I think Pre advanced is the right target maybe equivalent to DELF B2

Although our kids can read and listen at a low pre advanced I feel as you are mentioning that ORAL and WRITTEN expression is low preadvanced and may be intermediate high for my kids 

I got consistent 4.2/ 4.5 /4.1 average for my ap classes 

our reality is that they can absorb a lot and understand as well but are not as proficient for production ...

Does it make sense?

:-)

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[James in Belgium]

Greetings,

I am a certified DELF exam scorer for five years now.  So, I can say that the DELF B2 is closer to the AP language exam.  In fact, I would even say that the B2 exam is easier than the AP exam.  Any DELF B1 and B2 exam practice books would make nice supplemental activities for your level 04 and AP students. 

I can only echo the description and response given by Laurence Ervedoza Patrick.  For our students to achieve more and more quickly, we teachers will have to teach our students to decipher and guess logically for the main ideas and general meaning from the start of level 01.  We have to expose grammar forms more quickly so that students can increase their competencies in reading and listening.  Production takes longer and pair speaking activities are great. 

This past year, I had a French IV-AP student whom I taught from level I thru 4 to score a 4 on the French AP Exam.  I am very proud of her.  At the beginning of the school year, I had only predicted a score of 3.  So, I know that what I do in class pays off in four years.

Cordialement,

James O'Donnell