French Students Put to the Test

Brooklyn Draisey
Columnist

             On March 10, students from French one through four/five participated in the National French Test. There was a different test for each level, and testing went throughout the day in the multipurpose room.

                Students had an hour to answer 70 to 80 multiple choice questions, all in French. The first part of the test involved listening to people speak French and answering questions based off what they said. There were matching phrases with pictures, picking out answers from conversations, and figuring out the meanings of parts of a passage.

             The second part of the test didn’t involve listening, so each student could go at their own pace. A lot of reading was involved in the last part, and students had to choose the right word to make the passage make sense. The last five questions were about the test itself.

                Morgan Lynch, a sophomore who took the level two French test, was surprised by the level of ease.

                “It wasn’t as hard or scary as I thought or expected it to be,” said Lynch. She didn’t really study, but still felt that she did a fairly good job.