OSAT French study guide
OSAT French · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The OSAT French exam is the Oklahoma subject-area certification test for candidates who want to teach French in Oklahoma public schools. It is designed for teacher-preparation candidates nearing program completion, alternatively certified teachers adding a world language endorsement, and out-of-state teachers seeking Oklahoma certification. The OSAT French study guide has 6 sections and about 2,167 words.
01Listening Comprehension
Listening Comprehension on the OSAT French exam tests understanding of spoken French as it actually occurs: rapid, connected, and varied by region and register. Expect short dialogues, announcements, news clips, interviews, and phone messages, followed by questions about main idea, detail, inference, speaker attitude, and communicative function.
383 words, about 2 min02Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension tests your ability to read authentic French across genres: literary prose, journalism, administrative notices, correspondence, advertisements, and data displays. Questions target main idea, explicit detail, inference, author's purpose and tone, vocabulary in context, and text organization (cause, contrast, chronology).
371 words, about 2 min03French Language Structures and Vocabulary
French Language Structures and Vocabulary tests explicit control of grammar, syntax, and lexis in context: articles and prepositions, verb tense and mood, agreement, pronoun systems, relative clauses, word formation, register, and idioms. Items usually present a sentence with a blank or an underlined segment and ask for the form that is both grammatical and appropriate to the register.
375 words, about 2 min04Cultural Knowledge and Francophone Perspectives
Cultural Knowledge and Francophone Perspectives tests knowledge of the products, practices, and perspectives of France and the wider French-speaking world, and your ability to interpret behavior rather than judge it. Expect questions on institutions, geography, history, education, media, food, festivals, and the arts, plus comparisons among Quebec, Belgium, Switzerland, the Maghreb, sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and Louisiana.
383 words, about 2 min05Language Acquisition and Instructional Practices
Language Acquisition and Instructional Practices tests how second languages are learned and how French should be taught. Expect questions on second-language acquisition theory, the ACTFL proficiency framework and three communicative modes, the World-Readiness Standards (the five Cs), backward design, task-based and content-based instruction, scaffolding, target-language use, and differentiation.
331 words, about 2 min06Assessment and Professionalism
Assessment and Professionalism tests how to measure language growth defensibly and how to act as an ethical member of the profession. Expect questions on formative and summative assessment, validity and reliability, rubrics, item analysis, proficiency-oriented assessment, feedback, confidentiality, copyright, and professional organizations and development.
324 words, about 2 min