AP SPANISH LANGUAGE
What to Expect
Día del Examen
• Martes Mayo 8, 2012
• 8:00am
What to Expect – 3 Hours
• Section 1: Multiple Choice
• Listening 20%
• Reading 30%
• Section 2: Free Response
• Writing 30%
• Speaking 20%
Section 1: Multiple Choice
Listening
Tips
• Short dialogues
• Narratives
• Variety of contexts
• LISTEN carefully
• What is the setting? What is
the topic?
Section 1: Multiple Choice
Listening
tips
• Long Dialogues
• Long narratives
• 2 minutes to read over before
listening to recording
• Read, listen for any sources,
setting, general information
• You may listen first/take notes
OR
• Try to answer questions as the
recording is playing
• LISTEN
Section 1: Multiple Choice
Reading Comprehension
Tips:
• Journalistic and/or literary
selections followed by
Comprehension questions
• Quickly scan questions first
• Read carefully
• Underline, circle anything that
you think is important
General Tips for Multiple Choice
• Concentrate on What YOU KNOW
• DO NOT get hung up on unknown vocabulary
• Guess if you can eliminate two answers
Section II: Free Response
Interpersonal Writing (informal)
• 10 minutes/ 60 words or more
• Context may be email, letter,
short note etc.
• Focus on task completion,
language use, and topic
development
• 10% of free response score
Tips
• Address each bullet point!!
• Follow instructions
• Make sure you have a
salutation & closing
• Be careful with tenses
• If you have time to edit, do so!
Section II: Free Response
Presentational (Formal) Writing
• 55 minutes
• Listening, reading, writing
• 3 fuentes (sources) – 2
articles, 1 listening
• Synthesis , summary!
• Cite sources ( fuente 1)
• Cohesive writing
tips
• Underline/take notes while
reading/listening
• Cite sources
• Do not simple summarize each
source– synthesize
• Intro/thesis (1 paragraph)
• Development (2-3 paragraphs)
• Conclusion (1 paragraph)
Section II: Free Response
Interpersonal Speaking
(informal)
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Simulated Conversation
20 seconds per response
5-6 opportunities to speak
10% of speaking score
Tips
• Read over outline & jot down
ideas
• Listen for tenses!!
• Address each bullet point
• Cross off or check off prompts
completed
Section II: Free Response
Presentational (Formal
Speaking)
• 2 fuentes ( 1 oral, 1 written)
• 5 minutes to read, then listen
• 2 minutes to plan, 2 minutes
to speak
• Cite sources
• 10% speaking score
tips
• Underline and take notes
while listening and reading
• CITE Sources
Transition Words
• Para empezar (to begin)
• Al principio (in the
beginning)
• Como punto de partida (
as a starting place)
• Durante (during)
• Además (in addition)
• Después de (after)
• Y (and)
• Sin embargo (however)
• Aunque (although)
• En Primer Lugar (in the
first place)
• Para continuar (to
continue)
• Mientras Tanto
(meanwhile)
• También (also)
• Luego (then)
• Entonces (then)
• Mientras (while)
• A pesar de (despite)
• En cambio (on the other
hand)
Transition Words
• Hay que tomar en cuenta
(to take into account)
• Por ejemplo (for example)
• Lo importante es que ( the
important thing is)
• En resumen (in summary)
Statistics 2011
• 69% of students who
took the exam in 2011
passed with a 3 or
higher
• Passing score: 3, 4, 5