<p>I took 3 years of Spanish before the test: Spanish I, Spanish IV, then AP Spanish. You don’t have to really be able to speak it that well, since that is only part of the exam. You do, however, have to be able to understand both spoken and written Spanish. I thought I bombed the exam (probably because of my horrible speaking skills) but ended up with a 5. Also, lots of the people in my class that didn’t really do that much work ended up with 5s. The teacher left much to be desired, but I made her make everyone by the Barron’s AP book and told her what we would do each day, so that probably helped. I disagree with celebrian that the curve is harsh…there is no way I would have gotten the score I did if the curve wasn’t generous.</p>
<p>Overall, if your friend knows all the irregular conjugations, nouns, etc. and can understand Spanish in print and sound, she’ll do fine.</p>