Essential Words for the TOEFL (2017)

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About the Authors
Eliane Kurbegov is from Strasbourg, France. She has been
teaching French in high schools and universities in both
Florida and Colorado throughout her career. As a high school
teacher, she began consulting for the College Board: leading
workshops, writing test items for the AP French exam,
creating materials for AP workshop manuals, and
participating in the exam and course redesign in 2011. She
has scored AP exams as a reader, table leader, and question
leader for over twenty years. In addition, Eliane has trained
and mentored AP consultants and is currently monitoring the
AP French Language and Culture Course Teacher Community.
She is the author of numerous French manuals published by
Barron’s and McGraw Hill, as well as the author of French for
Dummies and co-author of the AP French textbook Thèmes
published by Vista Higher Learning.
Ed Weiss has spent his career teaching French at both the
high school and college levels in the Philadelphia area, as
well as serving as World Language department chair at the
secondary level. Ed has worked for the College Board for
over twenty years and has served as an AP reader, table
leader, and exam leader for the AP French Language and
Culture exam. Ed is a national consultant for the College

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Contents
Barron’s Essential 5
Preface
Overview of the AP French Course and Exam
Scoring the AP French Language and Culture Exam
PART 1: MULTIPLE-CHOICE SECTION
1 About Interpretive Communication
2 Multiple-Choice Reading Selections
3 Combined Reading-Listening Selections
What Is an AP Score and What Does It Mean?
How AP Exams Are Scored–Overview
Listening vs. Reading
Strategies for Answering Multiple-Choice Questions
How to Draw a Conclusion or Make an Inference
Using Context to Determine the Meaning
Answer Explanations–Multiple-Choice Reading
Selections
Answer Explanations–Combined Reading-Listening

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4 Multiple-Choice Audio Selections
PART 2: FREE-RESPONSE SECTION
5 Writing E-mail Replies
6 Writing the Argumentative Essay
7 Conversation
8 Cultural Comparisons
Selections
Answer Explanations–Multiple-Choice Audio Selections
Instructions, Strategies, and Tips
Useful Vocabulary for E-mails
Writing the E-mail Response
Instructions, E-mail Prompts, and Exemplary Replies
Instructions, Strategies, and Tips
Useful Vocabulary for an Argumentative Essay
How to Write an Argumentative Essay
Instructions, Prompts, and Exemplary Essays
About DAS and Digital Submission of Audio Files
Instructions, Strategies, and Tips
Useful Vocabulary for a Conversation
Conversation Prompts, Outlines, and Replies
Instructions, Strategies, and Tips
Useful Vocabulary for a Comparison

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PART 3: PRACTICE EXAMS
Practice Exam 1
Practice Exam 2
APPENDICES
Appendix A–Audio Scripts for Chapters 3 and 4
Appendix B–Audio Scripts for Chapter 6
Appendix C–Audio and Exemplary Conversations for Chapter
7
Appendix D–Audio Scripts for Practice Exams 1 and 2
Appendix E–Scoring Guidelines
Appendix F–Overview of Transitional Words and Phrases
Acknowledgments
Instructions and Examples
Facts You Should Know
Answers Explained
Answers Explained

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5 Barron’s Essential
As you work toward achieving that 5 on your AP French
Language and Culture exam, here are five essentials that you
MUST know above everything else:
1 Familiarize yourself with the exam structure,
the six themes, and the three modes of
communication around which the course is
structured. Understanding the various tasks in the
exam is critical for success. Remember that
communication can be interpersonal, interpretive, or
presentational. All of the tasks in the exam are built
upon these modes. Your success depends on a
balanced mastery of language.
2 Listen and read critically. You will need to
comprehend a variety of authentic French texts,
letters, articles, conversations, interviews, and other
items such as maps, charts, and instructions. Be able
to understand the purpose, the essential facts, and
the tone of each of these items.
3 Immerse yourself in authentic materials. The AP
French exam is based on real-world materials. Your

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success on the test depends on how well you can
interact with these selections. Remember that this is
the AP French Language and Culture exam—your
exposure to authentic materials increases your
cultural knowledge. Constantly immerse yourself in
French by taking advantage of the myriad of online
resources along with texts and magazines.
4 Write and speak in both formal and informal
registers. Knowing how to deal with the two writing
and the two speaking tasks that require both registers
is a key to your success. Know how to write an
effective and well-organized essay that cites three
different sources. Know how to respond to an e-mail
with appropriate salutations. Be able to engage in an
informal conversation. Finally, know how to make an
oral presentation in which you compare your own
community with a francophone community on a
specific aspect of culture.
5 Continue your practice right up to exam day.
Staying sharp by continued exposure to French is
critical! By using all of the elements of this guide,
including the two complete sample exams and models
of written and spoken responses, you will go into the
exam confident. On exam day, be completely familiar

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