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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi there!

By level five I meant "Préparatoire V".

DC actually started French 2 at MS but the teacher was using a lot of English (not saying it's the teacher's fault - I assume it's just the level) and the level was too low for them. Préparatoire V teacher speaks French only and DC loves it!

Would it be possible to ask HS (in a few months) for a French placement test; register for whatever level (French 4? 5? - if Préparatoire V is French 4) they recommend, wait for the new school year, see what the class is like, and either drop it (and continue Saturday classes) or keep it, if it's good?

Also, what level is AP French? Students told DC that Préparatoire V prepares students for B1, and then the next level is for B2, and that AP comes after that. Is it really only one year of learning between B1 and B2?

Thank you very much for replying so quickly!

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PP you replied to. So your child is in an intermediary-level class, not the native language level class. I am not sure to which MCPS level that translates to. Your plan is good, though! My oldest, now in college, who took the native level classes at Classes du Samedi, took the AP French and Delf B2 in the same year (10th grade), and they were both ridiculously easy. If Classes du Samedi is preparing your kid for Delf B1 this year, then no doubt they know what they're doing.

I'm glad your kid is happy with his French class. 
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Right, our kids lived abroad, and they actually are fully bilingual, but not in (English and) French but in (English and) another language (my native language). French was a foreign language they studied abroad at a local school in that other language... if that makes sense.

Sorry if I led you to believe they were true French bilinguals. But they do love French!  :)

People say "ask school" but it's so hard to get this information, though I am sure DC will have better access to it now that they go to the Saturday school. My husband drove DC there today and told me it was very crowded and every single person spoke French. He was amazed. Thank you very much![/quote]

Why is it hard to call the school or look up the principal’s name on the school website and email them. If you’d done that, you’d probably have an answer by now, instead of running around in circles. Glad the kid likes the classes du samedi.[/quote]

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