J mom

My son is planning to take the AP test next year.
Does anyone out there know any good prep books he can use to get 5?
How hard do you think the test will be?

Also he is planning to take the SATchinese ll in November. He is studing with the HSK books. His school has weak chinese class and has to almost self-study everything. He is aiming for 800. Many say that listening is pretty hard. Know any good tapes for listening session?
We will appreciate your opinion.
Plus we are not Chinese!!

mkevb1

wow, i wish my school had a chinese class. For ap chinese, theres no prep books out yet; on collegeboard, it says the exam will be equalvalent to a second year college class. i think im taking sat II chinese in november too, im worried about reading since i cant read.

utoyxc

i'm a chinese, and i may recommendate that the only way to improve your listening skill is listening, listening and listening.
that is how i learn english, it's quite effective

mkevb1

right, but you cant learn how to read words by listening.

utoyxc

is there any speaking test in the ap chinese?

hoganwan

I hope there is no.
Because I speak Cantonese, but not Mandarin.

kman1456

Not yet...there probably will be in future years.
The test is based on Mandarin Chinese, however.
I seem to recall that this was answered, until I saw that the server failed and killed all of the previous posts.