<p>Awesome site for Spanish listening comprehension:</p>
<p>[Radio</a> ONU:](<a href=“http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/spanish/]Radio”>http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/spanish/)</p>
<p>The Collegeboard actually uses recordings and articles from that site in the test, so I’d suggest going there to practice. Tons of free recordings and articles.</p>
<p>There are also some good resources on the Collegeboard site itself:</p>
<p>[AP</a> Central - AP Spanish Language Course Home Page](<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>AP Spanish Language and Culture Course – AP Central | College Board)</p>
<p>For instance, the “Building Reading Comprehension” .pdf there contains the reading comprehension questions from the 2003 exam and their answers explained. </p>
<p>As for speaking, to me what seems to be the best strategy is to simply take it easy. You don’t have to speak at native pace by any means to do well on the speaking portions of the exam. For example, this sample response (<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board) got a 5, and the student certainly didn’t speak very quickly. She stayed calm and was accurate, which is what they’re looking for.</p>
<p>I’ve also been using the following books/websites in class and on my own, most which are pretty helpful:</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Abriendo Paso: Lectura (Spanish Edition): Jose M. Diaz, Stephen J. Collins: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0838417744/]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0838417744/)
[Abriendo</a> Paso Gramatica by Jose M Diaz (Used, New, Out-of-Print) - Alibris](<a href=“http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/83700/used/Abriendo%20Paso%20Gramatica]Abriendo”>http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/83700/used/Abriendo%20Paso%20Gramatica)</p>
<p>We’re using both of those textbooks in class, and you can buy em’ for about two bucks a piece online for old used copies. Pretty nice.</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> The Big Red Book of Spanish Vocabulary (Big Red Book Of…): Scott Thomas: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Big-Red-Book-Spanish-Vocabulary/dp/0071447253]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Big-Red-Book-Spanish-Vocabulary/dp/0071447253)</p>
<p>This book has a “Word Frequency Table” of the 5000 most common Spanish words, with example sentences for the first 1000 words. Good to study from. If you don’t feel like paying for stuff, Wiktionary has something similar: [Wiktionary:Frequency</a> lists - Wiktionary](<a href=“Wiktionary:Frequency lists - Wiktionary, the free dictionary”>Wiktionary:Frequency lists - Wiktionary, the free dictionary)</p>
<p>[Learn</a> Spanish - SpanishPod](<a href=“http://spanishpod.com/]Learn”>http://spanishpod.com/)</p>
<p>Last resource I’m using. Has good recordings that contain example dialogues and reviews of different grammar points, plus review activities. Not free, but you can make a free trial account for seven days (no credit card number stuff required to do so either).</p>