<p>Opinion Poll:</p>
<p>Does it do any good for a Chinese to take the AP Chinese test?</p>
<p>My mom keeps bugging me with this, but I don't really see the point to take a test on my native language, except for that it might satisfy the foreign language requirement in some colleges. </p>
<p>Anyone has any thoughts on this??</p>
<p>Does the AP Chinese exam require writing? (In actual Chinese, not in that English pronunciation thing they have on the SAT II)</p>
<p>Yes, it does. I believe there is no pinyin on the test, nor can you write you response in pinyin. Must be either simplified or traditional characters.
And Vanita, please do the non-natives a favor and don't take it; it was not meant for native Chinese to get an easy 5. I have actually wondered whether the Chinese-speaking populace would try to drive up the scores on this test as they have with the SAT II, and it looks like that may happen.</p>
<p>good luck with that, kman1456, because the AP Chinese class at my school has exactly 3 white people and 25 chinese, and our school is 10% chinese total; the ratio at the other school in our city also has about the same ratio of students in their AP Chinese class.</p>
<p>dude take it, my friend is a natural speaker and he took it. its just another way to prove your "intelligence"</p>
<p>My son (korean) will take it this May. He is pretty worried that because many chinese will take the exam that the curve will be harsh. How do you think the exam will be? difficult wise. Do you think it will be much harder than satll? At his school the teacher is not well prepared and not organized so the kids are getting really nervous. Any comments well be appreciated</p>
<p>^^ Well, I think that maybe you should by him the Princeton AP test preperation book or Collegeboard's and see how he does on the practice tests.</p>
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dude take it, my friend is a natural speaker and he took it. its just another way to prove your "intelligence"
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<p>Umm, how can that happen? How could you have taken the test already? 2007 is the first year that it will be released...somebody doesn't know how to lie.</p>
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<p>thanks for the reply. what is this princeton AP test preperation book?</p>
<p>there is only one chinese AP sample test out on collegeboard site in my knowledge. If anyone know any APchinese prep books that will help my son with his test will you let us know. thanks alot.
also, do you think the test will be much harder than satll chinese?</p>
<p>Judging from the sample test questions released, I'd say it's a bit harder than SAT II Chinese, but not much harder. If you have about a Primary School Fourth - Fifth Grade level in Chinese, you should be able to get a 5.</p>
<p>I'm a native speaker myself, but I'm actually taking this test as an evaluator for my school as they debate on whether to integrate AP Chinese into the curriculum in the coming years (well we're located in Taiwan, so it does seem rather silly to offer AP Chinese and jack up all the Asians' GPAs). I don't know, this test should be pretty fun, and it'll all free (paid by the school) too! :D</p>
<p>thanks oasis. Its just a bit frustrating for my son because there are no prep books for this test(for non -native this is a problem). Plus the teacher is not enthusastic about teaching ap and kids there are very confused.</p>
<p>I agree, it is rather difficult to prepare for these exams without prep books. I don't know if you can get access or buy any Asian Chinese textbooks, because if you can manage to get the Primary School textbooks, they will be excellent prep for AP.</p>
<p>Otherwise, this is the current textbook for our Chinese courses (Chinese I to V): <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/104-2716193-6394308?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Practical+Audio-Visual+Chinese%5B/url%5D">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/104-2716193-6394308?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Practical+Audio-Visual+Chinese</a>.</p>
<p>It is called "Practical Audio-Visual Chinese," and had transformed many of our non-native Chinese speakers into fluent Chinese speakers after 2 or 3 years (well, living in Taiwan also helps). If you can understand Level 3, I don't see why you can't score a 5 on the AP (well, unless you cannot type or speak the language correctly). Otherwise, you can also check out the Chinese textbooks for Colby College (I have a relative that works there and she says they have a great Chinese curriculum; but I don't know what the textbook is called myself). Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Oh -- but the Audio-Visual Chinese is written in Traditional Chinese, so if you are just studying Simplified it might be best to go through the textbooks at Colby College...just a side note.</p>
<p>thanks oasis for all your help</p>
<p>hey does anybody know where would be a good place to take the upcoming chinese AP exam? my school does not offer the course and the school numbers college board gave me are wrong because those schools dont even offer chinese. so if any one have any information on any place willing to accept a student from another school please let me know</p>
<p>thank you soo much!</p>
<p>You may want to contact those schools to see if they are handling the test, anyway, because schools don't necessarily have to offer the course to be its testing location.</p>
<p>Also I heard that the Chinese AP test is iBT right? so that means we are not actually required to write the word, but rather typing it right? For me it's a bit of a trouble, since i don't know how to type chinese quickly. And yes, I'm a native speaker, so typing is kinda of a problem for me. maybe I should wait til next year?</p>