<p>Does the getting a four or a five on the exam require you to be fluent in Mandarin Chinese?
How many characters do you have to know?
Can it be done with 10 hours per week of studying for three and four months without face to face contact with native speakers?</p>
<p>I really need to know, time is running out. Could a dedicated person take the AP Chinese exam and get a 4 or 5 if they started studying right now and the exam will be in May of 2014?</p>
<p>Bump… Please help…</p>
<p>Someone please!!</p>
<p>Have you had previous education in Mandarin? I think someone with even just a basic foundation, a lot of free time, and a good amount of resolve could become fluent in a foreign language in only a few months, but I’ve never taken Chinese so I wouldn’t really know lol.</p>
<p>If it helps, I took Spanish in high school and I’m teaching myself French right now. I think every foreign language exam has a listening portion, so if you’re worried about that you should definitely try looking online for sites that offer or broadcast free audio in Mandarin. Sites like LiveMocha ([Language</a> Learning with Livemocha | Learn a Language Online - Free!](<a href=“Official Rosetta Stone® - Language Learning - Learn a Language”>http://www.livemocha.com/)) and the Defense Language Institute’s GLOSS ([Global</a> Language Online Support System](<a href=“http://gloss.dliflc.edu/]Global”>http://gloss.dliflc.edu/)) offer basic audio lessons (as well as text-based and some video-based lessons) in Mandarin. You also might be able to find podcasts and shows broadcasting in Mandarin free on the internet.</p>
<p>If you’re not a native speaker for Chinese, you are ****ed.</p>
<p>if you are not a native speaker you fail.</p>
<p>always.</p>
<p>So the test is impossible even for those who took Mandarin as a foreign language since 4th grade, like one would do with Spanish or French？</p>
<p>It’s 2,500 characters… that’s not a native speaker.</p>