It is that time of year again, not for
football or Homecoming, but to register for the National French Contest! Every year, the American Association of
Teachers of French organizes this annual event to recognize and reward student
achievement. Last year, more than 78,000
students in grades 1-12 participated; many earned national prizes.
All students of French are invited to
participate in the contest. This year, the FLES contest will be
administered in the Southern California chapter from Feb 11-24, 2018; students
in levels 1-5 will take the exam between March 1-9, 2018. The dates listed on the AATF website are
slightly different, but these are the dates chosen for our chapter. Any exams given outside these dates,
especially those done electronically, will not be counted. If there is a problem, please contact me
right away so that we might find a solution.
As in the
past two years, the National French Contest will be administered in two
ways. It is preferable to use the online
testing platform – students can use any device to take the exam, which lasts 60
minutes, is multiple choice and includes a listening section. One advantage to this testing is that the
teachers can remain in the classroom with his/her students and multi-level
classes are easier to administer. There
is still the option in 2018 of paper and pencil exams, but the registration
date is much earlier and there is no late option (see below). The paper and pencil exam will also require
the purchase of CDs.
The cost per
student for the exam is $4.50 for AATF members, and $8.00/student for
non-members. This cost includes a
supplement of $1 which helps defray the cost of the Distribution des Prix, our SoCal
chapter award ceremony, which will take place in May.
More
information on the National French Contest is available here: http://www.frenchteachers.org/concours/Teachers/teachers.htm
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The
deadline for teachers using paper and pencil exams is December 15, 2017 – this is a hard deadline and not additional orders for paper and pencil
tests can be made after this date.
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The
early bird deadline for teachers using online testing is January 15, 2018. (additional
orders can be made but may require late fee)
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Online
registration for both types of exams is http://www.frenchteachers.org/concours/Resources/Contest%20Registration%20Information.html Please note all requirements needed to
register. All money goes directly to the National, which also makes all final
decisions. Any questions that you have
can be directly addressed to me (socal.grandconcours@gmail.com);
if I don’t have the answer, I will find it for you!
I look
forward to working with you and your students for a successful National French
Contest, and I also hope to see you and your students at our Remise des Prix in
May, 2018!
Jacki Williams-Jones
Directrice, National French Exam
Southern California Chapter
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