<p>I'm not sure if it's literature or language but should I take it? </p>
<p>I'm already taking AP Calculus and AP Physics, so I'm not looking for another AP.
I thought it would be interesting and improve my writing skills ;p </p>
<p>What's the level of difficulty of the exam? What do you learn from it? What kind of books do you read? etc...</p>
<p>The AP English courses are kind of a joke I think (but better than honors or regular English courses). You learn about grammar, analyze poetry and prose, and read (and of course, write). It's just like every other English class you've taken (except the level of open discussions in class concerning works and themes might be higher because your fellow AP classmates might have bright thoughts to share).</p>
<p>The exams aren't too difficult - you just need to be able to write quickly (while making persuasive sense) and be able to handle SAT-style reading comprehension passages (for Lit, you should have SAT II-style reading comp [because of the 'weird' poetry]). However, they are graded on some of the harshest curves (5% got 5s on Lang last year while 7% got 5s on Lit).</p>
<p>Basically, for Language, you only need to know how to write based on what you have in front of you (the passage prompt), but for Literature, there is a free response question that requires you to write about some work of literary merit (people normally suggest the use of European texts [the Great Books]).</p>
<p>If you have a class that has a lot of written homework assigned, your writing will probably improve (but only because you are doing so much practice writing). AP English classes seem to normally just be forced reading classes with tests and maybe projects. You should really check with your AP teacher and ask for a syllabus to see what works you'll cover.</p>
<p>At my school, the AP english classes are easier than our freshmen PIB English class... so I have been told. I heard the AP language tests are easy which is probably why the curve is low. Honestly, I think you should take AP English.</p>