Oral Proficiency Exam for French and/or International Business (w/specialty in French) Majors
Oral Proficiency Exam for French and/or International Business (w/ specialty in French) Majors
The oral proficiency exam in French will be given Friday, November 1, 2013 3:30 - 6 p.m. in Leutze Hall Room 138.
The purpose of this exam is to evaluate oral proficiency in French of
graduating seniors at the end of their studies at UNCW. This exam is based, in
part, in the ACTFL and OPI oral proficiency guidelines. The format of the exam
and structures to be covered are provided below. Specific questions to be asked
are left undisclosed until the actual exam time.
The exam lasts
approximately twenty minutes and is usually administered by two faculty members
designated by the French section on a semester basis. Evaluation is based on
fluidity, mastery of grammatical structures and vocabulary, oral comprehension
and cultural competence. For formal purposes the exam is broken down into three
main parts: introduction, development and closing. An outline is provided to
faculty in order to assure consistency in content and evaluation; it in no way
assumes that all questions will be asked or that all areas will be covered. The
exam is to imitate actual, informal conversation rather than a series of
unrelated questions. Monologues are not encouraged and should be interrupted by
the faculty to insure natural speech.
The French oral proficiency exam for International Business majors and graduating seniors of French will also take place on Friday, November 1, 2013, 3:30-6 p.m. Students taking the written Foreign Language Competency Exam for International Business majors are asked to come to the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, 279 LH, after having finished taking their written exam. All students wishing to take the oral proficiency exam are asked to come to the lobby of the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, 279 LH, on Friday, November 1, 2013, 3:30-6 p.m. to take the exam.
French majors MUST take the reading proficiency exam PRIOR to November 1, 2013. For details, contact Dr. Pascale Barthe, barthep@uncw.edu.
Students are expected to arrive prepared and on time. It is highly suggested by the French faculty that students take their oral proficiency exam no later than the semester before they intend on graduating. Please reserve Friday, November 1, 2013, 3:30-6 p.m., for this exam. No make-ups will be given, no other time slots arranged.
Contact: Dr. PJ Lapaire, lapairep@uncw.edu
Points covered include:
- Introduction (highlights habits, hobbies and studies/ present tense)
- Development
- (highlights past events/ past tenses)
- (highlights story telling, witnessing and relaying information in the past)
- (highlights future projects/ simple future)
- (highlights hypotheses/ the conditional)
- Closing (brings closure to the exam)
Revised 04/09/13
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