John Carlino

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Regents Review Live! French

• John Carlino
• Kenmore West High School
• May 9, 2003

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Part 1 - Speaking (24 points)

• 2 conversations, 6 lines each
• Each student line is worth a maximum of 2 points

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How is my speaking rated?

• Student speech is rated on the basis of 3 factors

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• Comprehensibility would a native speaker of
  French understand what was taking place,
  understanding that he or she is dealing with a
  non-native speaker of French?

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• Appropriateness is the response appropriate to
  the situation?

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• Consistency is the students language
  consistent with Checkpoint B level language?
• What does that mean?

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• Are you using vocabulary and phrases that you
  learned in Checkpoint B or Checkpoint A?
• Are the verbs conjugated correctly? Are you
  using the correct tense? Are adjectives used
  correctly? Is your word order correct?
• Are there many errors that Checkpoint B students
  should not make?

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So tell me again, how do I get my 2 points?

• Comprehensible
• Appropriate
• Consistent with Checkpoint B

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So what doesnt earn me points? How many tries
do I get?

• Scoring
• student has two attempts to speak in each line of
  dialog with no penalty
• simple yes or no answers are not sufficient
  to earn points and are disregarded
• one word nouns or names are disregarded
• Repetition of all or most of what has already
  been said is also disregarded

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Before the conversation begins, listen very
  CAREFULLY as your teacher reads the situation to
  you. You have a minute to think Use that time
  wisely!

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Remember, you are always yourself! Listen for
  what role the teacher is playing. Decide if you
  will use tu or vous with your teacher, and be
  consistent.

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Determine what exactly you must accomplish in the
  conversation. Are you socializing? Requesting
  information? Expressing your feelings? Trying
  to persuade someone to do something?

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Stop and think about where you are entering the
  conversation. Some information may already be
  understood, and shouldn't be repeated.

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Think of how you can get the conversation going
  without jumping right to the task. Lead up to
  it, rather than say everything at once.

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If your teacher is going to start the
  conversation, try to predict what he/she will
  say. But be sure to remain flexible! Dont get
  stuck if he or she doesnt say exactly what you
  were thinking!

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If there is an imaginary event that you will be
  discussing, use your imagination, and start
  making up the details When? Where? Why? How?
  With whom? What can you see around you?

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Once the conversation has begun, listen
  carefully to what your teacher says. You may
  hear key words that you can use when its your
  turn to talk!

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Remember, the conversation is not an
  interrogation. You are expected to do your part
  to keep things moving. Not everything your
  teacher says will be a question. Take advantage
  of every opportunity to add to and build on the
  conversation.

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Be creative, but don't go overboard. You may box
  yourself into a corner if you're trying to talk
  about things too far beyond your level of
  ability. Being funny is OK, as long as you dont
  get to far off track, and your teacher cant
  follow your unique sense of humor.

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Remember, this is a test. It may be entirely
  natural to answer some questions with a word or
  two, but you know that you have to say enough to
  earn two points. Dont stop until you know you
  have them!

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If you don't understand something your teacher
  said, pause, think, and ask for a repeat if it
  doesn't come to you. (Répétez, Sil vous plaît!)

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If your teacher asks you a question, answer it,
  but then go on and say something more. Always
  build on the conversation.

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If your teacher makes a statement instead of
  asking a question, agree or disagree and say why.
  

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If there is a word you don't know that you think
  you need, don't freeze up! Use your road block
  strategies to find a way around it. This may
  mean changing the direction of the conversation a
  little or a lot. Rarely is there only one way to
  accomplish a task. Stay on your toes!

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Most useful Strategy in Part 1 Speaking

• Relax!!

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Listening Practice

• Part 2a
• Questions and answers in English
• June 2003
• Comprehensive Examination in French

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• 1 What does Simon do while he is living in
  Toulouse?
• (1) He enjoys going to see plays.
• (2) He is studying to be a teacher.
• (3) He works at the post office.
• (4) He is developing a computer program.

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• 1 What does Simon do while he is living in
  Toulouse?
• (1) He enjoys going to see plays.
• (2) He is studying to be a teacher.
• (3) He works at the post office.
• (4) He is developing a computer program.

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• 1 An exchange student is telling you about his
  friend Simon. The exchange student says
• Simon Legrand a 20 ans. Il est de Marseille mais
  actuellement il vit et étudie à Toulouse pour
  devenir professeur. Il dit Enseigner, cest
  difficile mais jaime ça. Ses passions, ce sont
  les maths et linformatique. Du lundi au
  vendredi, Simon étudie tous les soirs mais le
  samedi, il va au cinéma avec son amie Sylvie qui
  veut devenir actrice. A la fin de ses études,
  Simon voudrait trouver un poste de professeur à
  Marseille.
• What does Simon do while he is living in
  Toulouse?

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• 2 What does this facility offer that is unique?
• (1) international art films
• (2) the opportunity to see the newest films
• (3) the feeling of being in the film
• (4) special films for children

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• 2 What does this facility offer that is unique?
• (1) international art films
• (2) the opportunity to see the newest films
• (3) the feeling of being in the film
• (4) special films for children

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• 2 You are visiting La Défense in Paris and you
  hear
• Le Dôme Imax a une qualité de projection
  inégalée! Dans la salle, les sieges sont disposés
  sur une forte déclivité et inclinés eux-mêmes à
  un angle de 35 degrés qui permettent à tous, même
  aux jeunes enfants, davoir une vision parfaite.
  Plus large que le champ de vision humain, lécran
  hémisphérique couvre 86 pour cent de la surface
  totale des murs et du plafond. Voici pourquoi
  vous vous sentez littéralement enveloppé par
  limage. Vous éprouvez la sensation unique dêtre
  assis dans le film.
• What does this facility offer that is unique?

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• 3 What does your friend suggest that you do?
• (1) eat at a new restaurant downtown
• (2) go camping in the mountains
• (3) try out his new car
• (4) help with environmental cleanup

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• 3 What does your friend suggest that you do?
• (1) eat at a new restaurant downtown
• (2) go camping in the mountains
• (3) try out his new car
• (4) help with environmental cleanup

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• 3 Your friend is suggesting an activity for the
  weekend. He says
• Si tu nes pas occupé ce week-end, notre club de
  randonnée participera samedi au nettoyage des
  sentiers où on a fait tellement de promenades.
  Nous nous rendrons au Camp des 4 Saisons pour
  dégager les branches et ramasser les débris. Un
  souper gratuit sera aussi offert à tous les
  participants. Tu nas quà payer ton repas et le
  covoiturage. Quen penses-tu?
• What does your friend suggest that you do?

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• 4 What is the employee telling you about?(1) a
  way to conserve resources(2) a new room-service
  menu(3) a new pool and fitness center(4) a safe
  place for your money

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• 4 What is the employee telling you about?(1) a
  way to conserve resources(2) a new room-service
  menu(3) a new pool and fitness center(4) a safe
  place for your money

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• 4 You are staying in a hotel in Quebec. An
  employee says to you
• Nous essayons de faire des économies deau et
  dénergie. Voici une carte spéciale si vous
  placez cette carte sur votre oreiller, nous
  ferons votre lit, mais sans changer les draps. Et
  en plus, si vous placez vos serviettes sur le
  porteserviettes, ça signifie que vous les
  utiliserez à nouveau. Si vous les laissez par
  terre, nous les remplacerons. Merci bien.
• What is the employee telling you about?

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Listening Practice

• Part 2b
• Questions and answers in French

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• 5 De quoi sagit-il?
• (1) un parc à thème
• (2) un festival danciens films
• (3) un concert de rock
• (4) un terrain de camping

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• 5 De quoi sagit-il?
• (1) un parc à thème
• (2) un festival danciens films
• (3) un concert de rock
• (4) un terrain de camping

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• 5 You are listening to the radio and you hear
  this announcement
• Vous passez vos vacances dans la région, tout
  près du Futuroscope? Profitez des journées les
  plus longues de lannée pour découvrir toutes les
  images de demain, tous les spectacles exclusifs
  du Futuroscope. Pendant tout lété, les
  attractions restent ouvertes jusquà la tombée de
  la nuit! Rendez-vous au Futuroscope pour rêver,
  imaginer, Le parc vous réserve dinoubliables
  émotions avec les nouvelles techniques de
  limage! Un billet dune journée à 20 euros les
  adultes, 15 euros les jeunes! Profitez-en!
• De quoi sagit-il?

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• 6 Quest-ce que ton amie va étudier?
• (1) le tourisme
• (2) la mode et le marketing
• (3) linformatique
• (4) les langues étrangères

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• 6 Quest-ce que ton amie va étudier?
• (1) le tourisme
• (2) la mode et le marketing
• (3) linformatique
• (4) les langues étrangères

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• 6 Your friend is telling you about her plans to
  attend a special high school next fall. She says
• Tu sais que jadore faire des achats et que je
  suis tellement attirée par le monde de la mode.
  Alors en septembre, je vais assister au cégep
  Marie-Victorin, la seule école de mode au Québec.
  Là, je peux faire le programme de design ou la
  commercialisation de la mode. Dans le deuxième,
  japprendrai des strategies de mise en marché, de
  vente et de promotion dans le commerce.
• Quest-ce que ton amie va étudier?

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• 7 Daprès cet athlète, comment est-ce que
  léquipe peut gagner?
• (1) avec leffort de tous les joueurs
• (2) avec plus dargent pour les joueurs
• (3) avec de nouveaux joueurs
• (4) avec un joueur particulier

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• 7 Daprès cet athlète, comment est-ce que
  léquipe peut gagner?
• (1) avec leffort de tous les joueurs
• (2) avec plus dargent pour les joueurs
• (3) avec de nouveaux joueurs
• (4) avec un joueur particulier

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• 7 A hockey player is talking about his team to a
  reporter from Quebec. He says
• Nous ne pouvons pas gagner avec un seul joueur.
  Mark est bien sûr le meilleur, mais, au salaire
  que nous recevons, nous devrions être en mesure
  de gagner sans lui en jouant tous ensemble. Nous
  avons une meilleure équipe que lan dernier. Nous
  avons bien joué avant toutes les blessures. Notre
  fin de saison ne donne pas une bonne idée de ce
  que nous avons accompli.
• Daprès cet athlète, comment est-ce que léquipe
  peut gagner?