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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No modern language is all that difficult if a kid starts learning well before 8th grade and keeps rolling with it.

My kid isn't a native speaker of Chinese. He scored a 5 sophomore year at a private.

I wasn't impressed with BASIS' retrograde approach to modern language instruction either. Science and math are their selling points (vs STEM, not much in the way of technology or engineering at BASIS). The rest was meh.[/quote]

The median score for non native speakers is a 3. A 5 is very impressive. It is not typical. [/quote]

Impressive for non-native speakers who didn't start learning a language until 8th or 9th grade, never pursued immersion study, never attended weekend heritage programs, didn't speak with native speakers outside the classroom regularly.  AP 5 is essentially a breeze in any language tested for families who've gone the extra mile.  My kid is prepping for a Cambridge Intl Chinese A-Level w/help from his private (given at DC British School for any student who feels like registering, offered in something like 10 languages). Finally, a serious high school test for language.[/quote]

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