<p>I desperately want to get a 5 because</p>
<li>I have studied Spanish for 4 years.</li>
<li>My teacher is VERY good and has been preparing us for the AP test the entire year. </li>
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<p>But still, in practice tests I get mid-range 4’s. How do I boost it to a 5 in the next 2 weeks? I’m decent at listening and reading.</p>
<p>I FAIL at speaking.
I don’t do that well on writing for reasons unknown to me. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I have the same concern… I’m currently panicking since I am basically teaching the language to myself, teacher is terrible. :(</p>
<p>haha its supah easy! there are about three writing portions where you listen to conversations then respond to a prompt, there are mc and then passages with rc questions. also there is a speaking section[you get a tape recorder] and do an interview in spanish, sounds like you’ve been preparing so you should be fine, if you have any spanish speaking friends talk to them until the ap test in spanish for practice</p>
<p>btw- i got a 5</p>
<p>sapphire: when did you take the test? i think you’re referring to the old test. it changed in 2007.</p>
<p>I think just practicing speaking would be pretty good, especially since you’re pretty good in reading and writing. And for fomal speaking and formal writing, look carefully at what they’re looking for, and it might even help to look at essays for AP English Language since they’re somewhat similar. I think a lot of really good Spanish speakers get stuck on those sections since those require something more than just knowing Spanish.</p>
<p>IMPORTANT NOTICE TO YA’LL TAKING AP SPANISH!!!:</p>
<p>so what my teacher told me is that they took the two paragraph sections out this year!!! woot woot.</p>
<p>anyway concerning your question, p.s. if you can understand this then you should be able to get a 5, lo que hice fue: obten</p>
<p>^^ nah fool i took it last year 2008, but according to camemil’s teacher they took out two paragraph sections-so you guys may be in luck =)</p>
<p>So I took the test last year and got a 5 EASILY, most of the multiple choice is straightforward and the essay is not difficult. I failed the speaking part because of all the distraction, and I still got a 5. Don’t worry people, you are all going to pass!</p>
<p>sapphire_ocean, what tenses did you use for the writing/speaking sections? what my teacher told us is that the more advanced the tense, used in the right context, should get you an easy five, what do you think?</p>
<p>apHELP, you, too. what do you think about usage of more advanced tenses?</p>
<p>It should definitely help, but I wouldn’t use something that I am no familiar with. My parents are both fluent in Spanish and have taught me to use the correct tenses, so for me it wasn’t a problem, but for you I would advice good transitions.</p>
<p>transitions… as in?</p>
<p>Pretty much the English ones translated to Spanish, the readers love looking at word choice and the structure that guides your main points.
A Pesar - Despite
Sobretodo - Overall
Al igual - Similar to
etc…</p>
<p>ah alright, thank you!</p>
<p>yes eloquent word choice is key, but so is understand-ability, if you feel comfortable going a little fancy do it, but if not you’ll end up with gobbledygook…
tenses, as in future tense…</p>
<p>like = me gustaria estar en esa clase porque me gusta la materia.
instead of= me gustaba mucho esa clase, y quiero estar en ella.</p>
<p>also:if it feels and sounds awkward in your head it probably is…</p>
<p>^umm sorry im a spanish speaker so it probably doesnt help much…</p>
<p>haha and i also messed up on my speaking part because there were 25 other people in the room speaking at the same time! and i kept accidentally listening to other people while trying to talk ,they dont expect you to be perfect…</p>
<p>you’re a native spanish speaker? the curve is rather harsh on non-natives.</p>
<p>yeah i agree, if i was learning french and had to do speaking writing and reading, it would be hard, but then again, my ap spanish class was taught completely in spanish and we had writing and debating assignments, -so you guys should be prepared! good luck!</p>
<p>yeah i agree that kids should be prepared (i’m not justifying getting a 1 or 2), but getting a 5 for non-natives is extremely difficult (i would say even more so than getting a 5 on pretty much any other AP exam).</p>