AP French Language and Culture

AP French Language & Culture All Access
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Everything you need to prepare for the Advanced Placement exam, in a study system built around you!

REA is the only publisher with an updated AP French Language & Culture test prep book geared to the new May 2012 exam!

There are many different ways to prepare for an Advanced Placement exam. What’s best for you depends on how much time you have to study and how comfortable you are with the subject matter. To score your highest, you need a system that can be customized to fit you: your schedule, your learning style, and your current level of knowledge.

This book, and the free online tools that come with it, will help you personalize your AP French Language & Culture prep by testing your understanding, pinpointing your weaknesses, and delivering flashcard study materials unique to you.

The REA AP All Access system allows you to create a personalized study plan through three simple steps: targeted review of exam content, assessment of your knowledge, and focused study in the topics where you need the most help.

Here’s how it works:

Review the Book:
Study the topics tested on the AP French Language & Culture exam and learn proven AP strategies that will help you tackle any question you may see on test day.

Test Yourself and Get Feedback:
As you review the book, test yourself with three topic level quizzes. Score reports from your free online quizzes give you a fast way to pinpoint what you really know and what you should spend more time studying.

Improve Your Score:
Armed with your score reports, you can personalize your study plan. Review the parts of the book where you are weakest, and use the REA Study Center to create your own unique AP French Language & Culture e-flashcards, adding to the 100 free cards included with the book.

Visit The REA Study Center for a suite of online tools:
The best way to personalize your study plan and truly focus on your weaknesses is to get frequent feedback on what you know and what you don’t. At the online REA Study Center, you can access three types of assessment: our online audio component, quizzes, and two full-length practice tests. Each of these tools provides true-to-format questions and delivers a detailed score report that follows the topics set by the College Board.

Audio Component:
Our audio component provides excellent preparation for the exam’s listening comprehension section.

Topic Level Quizzes:
Short, 15-minute quizzes are available throughout the review and test your immediate understanding of the topics just covered.

Full-Length Practice Tests:
After you’ve finished reviewing the book, take our full-length AP French Language & Culture exams to practice under test-day conditions. Available both in the book and online, these tests give you the most complete picture of your strengths and weaknesses. We strongly recommend that you take the online version of the exams for the added benefits of timed testing, automatic scoring, and a detailed score report.

Improving Your Score with e-Flashcards:
With your score reports from the tests, you’ll be able to see exactly which AP French Language & Culture topics you need to review. Use this information to create your own flashcards for the areas where you are weak. And, because you will create these flashcards through the REA Study Center, you’ll be able to access them from any computer or smartphone. Not quite sure what to put on your flashcards? Start with the 100 free cards included when you buy this book.

This complete test prep package comes with a customized study schedule and expert test-taking strategies and tips.

Eileen M. Angelini, Ph.D., is a Professor of French in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Angelini received her B.A. from Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in French Studies from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Angelini was the recipient of a Canada-U.S. Fulbright award as a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

Prior to coming to Canisius College, Dr. Angelini was the Director of the Foreign Language Program and Associate Professor of Foreign Languages at Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As Director of the Foreign Language Program, she developed a four-skilled proficiency- and content-based language program that incorporated computer- and video-assisted instruction at a school that is known for its general education program and its interdisciplinary majors. Dr. Angelini was the recipient of the 2008 AATF Dorothy Ludwig National Award for Outstanding Teacher of the Year at the University Level and the 2007 New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers Ruth E. Wasley Distinguished Teacher Award Post-Secondary.

A firm believer in the importance of service to the foreign language profession, Dr. Angelini actively participates on several organizational committees. She is currently Chair of the American Association of Teachers of French National Commission on French for Business and Economic Purposes; a question leader for the AP French Language and Culture Examination; a Senior Reviewer for the AP French Language Audit; a Workshop Consultant for the College Board; a member of the Praxis II World Languages National Advisory and Test Development Committees; the Northeast Vice President for Pi Delta Phi (the National French Honor Society); and a current member of the NYSAFLT Board of Directors.


Geraldine O’Neill, Ph.D., is currently an Adjunct Professor at Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, where she teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced French Language classes. She received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Dr. O’Neill has taught all levels of French Language for more than 27 years. She serves as a Reader for the AP French Language and Culture exam.


Adina C. Alexandru, Ed.D., is a secondary foreign language teacher, as well as an adjunct professor at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. She also teaches graduate classes online for the University of Phoenix. Dr. Alexandru holds an M.A.T. in Secondary Education and French, a C.A.G.S. in Spanish, and a Doctorate in Education with a focus on Language, Literacy, and Culture. She is a National Board Certified Teacher of French. Dr. Alexandru is also an active member of the Teacher to Teacher Initiative. She is a member of ACTFL, MAFLA, COLT, AATF, and NATSFL. Dr. Alexandru currently teaches AP French Language and Culture at Southington High School and manages the Le Grand Concours (the National French Exam) for the State of Connecticut.


Julie Huntington, Ph.D., is currently an Assistant Professor of French at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, New York. She received her B.A. in French and Anthropology from Eastern Michigan University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in French from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Huntington’s teaching and research interests focus on exploring questions of language, identity, voice, and representation in twentieth- and twenty-first-century Francophone literature. She also works on projects in foreign language pedagogy, placing particular emphasis on evaluating strategies for teaching literature and promoting intercultural awareness at all levels of foreign language teaching.


Erica Stofanak is an AP French Language and Culture teacher at Spaulding High S

Eileen M. Angelini, Ph.D., is a Professor of French in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Angelini received her B.A. from Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in French Studies from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.


Geraldine O’Neill, Ph.D., is currently an Adjunct Professor at Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, where she teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced French Language classes. She received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Dr. O’Neill has taught all levels of French Language for more than 27 years. She serves as a Reader for the AP® French Language and Culture exam.


Adina C. Alexandru, Ed.D., is a secondary foreign language teacher, as well as an adjunct professor at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Dr. Alexandru teaches AP® French Language and Culture at Southington High School and manages the Le Grand Concours (the National French Exam) for the State of Connecticut.


Julie Huntington, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of French at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, New York. She received her B.A. in French and Anthropology from Eastern Michigan University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in French from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.


Erica Stofanak is an AP® French Language and Culture teacher at Spaulding High School, Berwick, Maine. She earned her B.A. in French and Mathematics at the University of Maine, Presque Isle, Maine.