<p>Well enough said.
Ap span is IMPOSSIBLE! I have no idea how to study for the AP test in May. My teacher isn't that great, and I haven't been doing so well in the class (grade=B).</p>
<p>How in the world do you study for the AP Span test? Is there a specific book that is good? Such as Princeton, Barrons, Kaplan, etc?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>are you korean? haha just looking at the username.</p>
<p>watch spanish tv everyday
practice speaking responses
practice composition</p>
<p>get the barron's AP spanish lang book (the orange one) is probably the only good one, idk.. princeton probably sucks at AP spanish</p>
<p>thanks adorkable that's a lot of help.</p>
<p>But what to do for the writing section? I absolutely am positively HORRIBLE at writing (I have to look up every word in the spanish-english dictionary).</p>
<p>And yes, I am korean. :P Yipes. Ahaha</p>
<p>hooray for asians like me trying to learn spanish! yeah i heard the exam is extremely difficult</p>
<p>I am Indian and i am taking the exam. I know the listening part and they speaking will kill. i agree with spiker524.</p>
<p>I'm Korean and I took the AP Span last year. My gosh, what a living hell that was. My school doesn't have a good foreign language program to begin with, plus my teacher didn't provide any prep...</p>
<p>Anyway, I think the speaking is the hardest part for non-native speakers. Practice some conversations (in Spanish, of course) with native Span speakers or ur teacher.</p>
<p>For listening, try listening to different types of dialects and picking out some key words. THe CD that u have to listen to during the test contains different dialects, including the European-Spanish dialect (which pronounces "z" like "th", etc.).</p>
<p>For writing... well, just study ur vocabs so that u won't need a dictionary. Then review some grammar rules, especially the verb conjugations.</p>
<p>I took it two years ago. What i found the most useful was to make vocab lists according to topics, like for seasons or sports or household items or hobbies etc., and that really helped me in speaking for the direct response questions as I could pull up the vocab from the list i made in my head. And for the six picture sequence as well, if any of them addressed the topic it made it easier. Now i've heard they changed the speaking section, but I'm not sure. Anyway, when I had it, i made a "formula" for the speaking section, like for an introduction i had "I am going to tell you about........" and with each picture I had a formula to follow with set number of complex sentences. Sometimes i spoke too fast, so incase i did that on the real, i decided on doing "If i was that person, I would have ......." which extended my speaking as well as included a complex sentence. The AP graders love that kind of stuff. Just practice and get comfortable with it. Spanish TV would help too. I didn't really do much for the writing as that was my best section, so i dont have any advice on that.</p>
<p>Now I dont know how much of the exam has changed in past two years but thats what I did for mine. I won't lie and say it was easy, because it really was difficult. Good Luck! :)</p>
<p>blah blah blah...my life is over cause i'm getting a B...lame.</p>
<p>I took it last year just for fun (I'm Hispanic so I pretty much speak Spanish fluently) and I didn't find it hard at all. I know, I know, I obviously didn't because I speak the language most of you will say, but really it's not hard. It has very basic stuff on it. I think what could get most non-native speakers is the talking on the tape section - even I messed up on it. The actual MC is VERY VERY simple and straightforward and the essay usually isn't too hard.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice (sarcasm) ^ post was useless and so is any advice haveing to do with last yr's spanish test, there is barron's book for spanish new ap test try that it comes with audio cd's and everything, i recommend it .</p>
<p>Even though there's no possible way that you will know every word on the test, learning vocab is really important for both the speaking and the reading parts. it might help to make flashcards (the books have good vocab lists in the back) and carry them around with you. then, whenever you're bored in class or waiting in line or something, you just whip out your flashcards and learn a few words. prepare to be laughed at by your friends, but whatever.</p>