AP Spanish Help for Nonspeakers!

aunt_bea
Fri, 23 Dec 2016 01:14:24 +0000

The AP Spanish test is extremely difficult (yes, even for we native speakers).

The course builds on the grammar and literature and cultural skills taken in previous years and relies on your present skills in written and spoken and receptive Spanish language. If you receive a 5, it is supposed to mean that you are “near native” in proficiency. (Notice it is not “native”)

Review the requirements for the test and see if you think you will be able to perform the requirements.
https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-spanish-language-and-culture-course-and-exam-description.pdf

My kids chose not to take AP Spanish because it was too “different” from the Spanish they grew up with and they didn’t want to fail. They also didn’t want the exhaustive reading and writing practices (because they had heard complaints from friends, in the previous years classes, about the workload and homework). If you are watching videos and aren’t being given daily writing prompts, then you may want to forgo the test. The local students were told to watch Spanish tv (telenovelas), without subtitles, on their own time, and turn in a written summary of the show with certain responses.

You still have 5 months to go; maybe the teacher will pick up the pace before the test?