Name: Date: Conversations In this part of the Speaking Performance Test, I will describe a situation and then ask you some related questions. In your answers, use the vocabulary and structures you have learned. Use your imagination. 1. Conversation A I have just arrived from Paris and we are meeting for the first time. Please answer my questions. - Comment t'appelles-tu? - Bonjour, [insert name]. Ça va? - Je suis de Paris. Et toi? - Je suis français(e). Et toi, tu es américain(e)? 2. Conversation B I am from Montreal. We have just met at an International Club. Please answer my questions. - Je m'appelle Marc (Isabelle). Et toi? - Salut, [insert name]. Comment vas-tu? - Je suis de Montréal. Tu es de Montréal aussi? - Je suis canadien(ne). Et toi, tu es anglais(e)? 3. Conversation C Imagine that you are a teacher from Paris visiting our school. I have just met you in the teachers' lounge. Answer my questions. Notice that I will address you as vous. - Bonjour, monsieur (mademoiselle). Je m'appelle [your name]. Et vous? - Comment allez-vous? - Je suis de [your town]. Et vous? - Je suis américain(e). Et vous? 4. CONVERSATION D I am organizing a party and would like to invite you and your best friend (a boy whom I do not know well). Tell me about him. - Comment s'appelle-t-il? - Quel âge a-t-il? - Est-il français ou américain? - Est-il de [name of your town]? 5. CONVERSATION E I hear you have a French-speaking cousin visiting you this weekend. Apparently she is very nice. I'd like to know more about her. - Comment s'appelle-t-elle? - Quel âge a-t-elle? - Elle est de Paris ou de Montréal? - Elle est française ou canadienne? New Test.tgt, Version: 1 1
6. CONVERSATION F Tell me more about the student sitting on your left (or on your right). - Qui est-ce? un garçon ou une fille? - Comment s'appelle-t-il (elle)? - Quel âge a-t-il (elle)? - Est-il (elle) de [name of your town]? Tu as la parole In this part of the Speaking Performance Test, you have the opportunity to make three comments about a familiar topic. Use only the structures and vocabulary you know. Use your imagination. 7. TU AS LA PAROLE (A) Welcome to the French club. All the other new members have been introduced. Now it is your turn. Tell us... - your name - your nationality - which city you are from 8. TU AS LA PAROLE (B) There is a new girl in the French club whom you would like to meet. Ask her... - her name - if she is French - how old she is 9. TU AS LA PAROLE (C) You are shopping downtown and you meet Madame Thomas, your French teacher. - Say hello to her. - Ask her how she is. - Say good-bye to her. 10. TU AS LA PAROLE (D) Imagine you are showing me a photograph of a recent family wedding. Point out THREE male relatives. For example, you could show me... - your grandfather - your father - your uncle New Test.tgt, Version: 1 2
11. TU AS LA PAROLE (E) Imagine you are showing me a photograph of a recent family reunion you went to last summer. Point out THREE female relatives. For example, you could show me... - your grandmother - your mother - your aunt 12. TU AS LA PAROLE (F) Give the ages of three of your relatives. You may use the suggestions below. - ton grand-père ou ta grand-mère - ta mère - ton père New Test.tgt, Version: 1 3
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Standards Summary ACTFL 1.1 ACTFL 1.3 TX N.LOTE.1A TX N.LOTE.1C Interpersonal Communication. Students engage in conversations or correspondence in French to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. Presentational Communication. Students present information, concepts, and ideas in French to an audience of listeners or readers. Engage in oral and written exchanges of learned material to socialize and to provide and obtain information. Present information using familiar words, phrases, and sentences to listeners and readers. New Test.tgt, Version: 1 5