for those who took AP Spanish Test?

Question

How can I prepare for the Spanish AP exam? What book should i read? I already read Lazarillo de Tormes. What guide book is good for studying? What was your score?

Answer 1

Which one: Spanish Language or Spanish Literature?

For AP Language you should just study the gramatical skills you'd done in class and for homework. I got a 4 on that one because I was too lazy to study for it.

For AP Literature you should go to wwww.nextext.com and search for Abriendo puertas Tomo 1 and Tomo 2 (the books we are using in my class). It will give you reviews, quizzes and other things on all of the essays, poems, short stories, (including Lazarillo de Tormes) that will be tested on the AP Exam. I'm taking this class now so I can't tell you what my score is. But you should also consider studying poetic terms which will ALSO appear on the AP Exam.

Answer 2

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An AP Spanish Language course is comparable to an advanced level (5th- and 6th-semester or the equivalent) college Spanish language course. Emphasizing the use of Spanish for active communication, it encompasses aural/oral skills, reading comprehension, grammar, and composition.

The course objectives are to help you:

Comprehend formal and informal spoken Spanish

Acquire vocabulary and a grasp of structure to allow the easy, accurate reading of newspaper and magazine articles, as well as of modern literature in Spanish

Compose expository passages

Express ideas orally with accuracy and fluency

The course seeks to develop language skills that are useful in themselves and that can be applied to various activities and disciplines, rather than to the mastery of any specific-subject matter. Finally, you should receive extensive training in the organization and writing of compositions as an integral part of this AP course.

Scores on the multiple-choice sections of the AP Exams are based on the number of questions answered correctly minus a fraction of the number of questions answered incorrectly. No points are awarded or deducted for unanswered questions. For questions with five answer choices, one-fourth of a point is subtracted for every wrong answer. For questions with four answer choices, one-third of a point is deducted for every wrong answer. Thus, random guessing is unlikely to raise or lower your grade. However, if you have SOME knowledge of the question, and can eliminate one or more answer choices, informed guessing from among the remaining choices is usually to your advantage.

Listen carefully to your teacher and to others who are fluent in the language who speak at different speeds and with different accents. Tune in to foreign TV and radio programs whenever possible, and use recorded material such as DVDs and CDs. Even better, try to attend undubbed foreign films in commercial theaters. A school's language laboratory will also provide aural training, and should be used regularly.

Speaking
Many students feel natural inhibitions and hesitations in speaking, but try not to worry about how others may perceive you if you make a mistake. It is only with continued practice that you will begin to speak with facility. Therefore, participate in debates, discussions, dialogues, and skits as much as you can. In addition, practice in a language laboratory gives you the opportunity to compare your speech with that of a model speaker.

The importance of thorough preparation for the speaking part of the exam should not be underestimated. You need to be familiar with the operation of recording equipment, and to practice recording your answers to questions. Ask your teacher or AP Coordinator to provide at least one trial run of the examination recording equipment and procedures before the actual test administration.

Reading
You should read a wide variety of materials, such as literary prose, essays, poems, dramatic works, dialogues, cartoons, advertisements, book reviews, and journalistic material, including editorials. For the literature course, be sure to read and study all the works on the required reading list.

When you read, look out for the grammatical cues of the text, such as verb tenses, and pay attention to factual information in the text (understanding who, what, when, where, why, and how). For the literature course, practice doing a close reading of selected passages for linguistic as well as stylistic analyses, such as recognition of register, tone, humor, irony, and narrative techniques.

Writing
Of all the language skills, writing is considered by many teachers and students to be the most sophisticated. Unlike listening and speaking—which may be facilitated by having another person present—writing is usually practiced alone on subjects you have already discussed, heard, or read about. Because writing can be revised numerous times—and therefore progressively improved—in your classroom writing you may be expected to exercise greater accuracy, precision, and clarity than in oral performance.

There is a great book called :Cracking the AP Spanish Exam
It helped a lot

I scored really high, so do well!