PRAXIS II French Content Knowledge Exam
This exam is designed to evaluate the competency of first-year French instructors. You will be given two hours to complete his 120 multiple-choice exam. The questions from sections 1 and 2 will be played one time on a CD. Part of the recorded material is not printed in the test booklet. All of the material for this exam will be on an audio CD only, printed in a test booklet or both. This exam is comprised of 23 questions regarding French cultural perspectives, 31 questions regarding interpretive reading in French, 34 questions regarding the structure and grammatical accuracy of the French language, and 32 questions in the interpretive listening section.
Interpretive Listening
In this section of the exam you will listen to short conversations in French and answer questions regarding phonemic discrimination, vocabulary, understanding of idiomatic expressions; and comprehension of cultural information from the spoken material.
Structure of the Language (Grammatical Accuracy)
This section of the exam will analyze your ability to recognize errors in spoken and written French language examples. In the speech analysis section you will listen to record recordings of French speakers and identify use of slang, false cognates, pronunciation errors and grammatical errors. In the writing analysis section, you will be asked to identify correct and describe grammatical errors including punctuation, capitalization, word choice, and spelling of the writing samples. In the language analysis section, you will be asked to verify your knowledge of vocabulary and morphology of the French language. Under the grammar analysis section, you will be asked to words or phrases to complete sentences and short paragraphs.
Interpretive Reading
This section of the exam will require you to read French writings and answer questions regarding the content of these writings in French.
Cultural Perspectives
This section of the exam will focus on the history geography, literature, arts, lifestyle, and society of the French speaking world.
