<p>i think the difficulty for getting a 5 is the same for hispanohablantes vs. kids who just learned it through school (i learned it through school) because what i’ve heard (at least in my class of 7…) is that the hispanohablantes don’t do very well on the ensayos because of spelling errors, al otro lado the kids who learned it in school have mastered spelling/grammar. then kids who learned it in school may suck at speaking but hispanohablantes can ace that part. idk if this helps… haha.</p>
<p>p.s. how have your study plans in your ap classes been? i.e. what books have you been using and other resources?</p>
<p>^good point camemil, nicely throwing in the spanish too! awesome, spanish speakers get cocky and infuse too much colloquiolism into their work. umm we used the purple and white book with the picture of rock arch facing the ocean for reading comprehension, and we did journals everyday with different common sayings, or our opinion on controversial topics.</p>
<p>yeah i’ve noticed the same thing for the writing. but i feel that the native speakers have a huge advantage in listening and the simulated conversation.</p>
<p>just wondering, does anyone know about what percentage of the mc corresponds to a 5 or 4?</p>
<p>This is biased because I’m hispanic, and live in miami, but the test is really easy, although the grammer is a bit harder than the SAT II. </p>
<p>Watch out for the southamerican accents though.</p>
<p>To clarify, no, I’m not a Spanish speaker. However, my teacher is amazing. She makes us practice listening, speaking, writing and reading every day. We also learn lots of vocab. She gave us 3 Mock AP tests throughout the year and I got a 3,4 and 4. </p>
<p>I would say over 3/4 of my class received a 5 on the last Mock exam we took. There are only 3 Spanish speakers in the class.</p>
<p>You guys are all amazing. Thank you so much for all the help! Yes, I actually only miss a few on reading and listening. </p>
<p>It’s kind of embarrassing but I still don’t fully understand when to use the imperfect subjunctive or sometimes even the imperfect. For example, if I wanted to say “I studied very hard for the test,” would I use the imperfect or preterite?</p>
<p>And yeah, for some odd reason when I speak I forget all about using proper verb conjugations and it ends up garbled nonsense. I guess I’ll trying speaking slower instead of trying (and failing) to sound pro, lol</p>
<p>“I studied very hard for the test” would probably be imperfect, primarily because when one is studying for a test it is over a course of time, and whether or not one has finished studying is ambiguous. Thus, “estudiaba muy diligentemente para el examen”</p>
<p>and i feel you, yankee, for some reason i have to constantly correct my nonsense when im speaking. what i’m MOST nervous about is the long and short, but mostly long, narrative sections in section 1. god help me if the narrators speak a mile a minute with obscure latin american accents.</p>
<p>guys, how do you think the removal of the fill in the blanks is going to affect the curve of the test?</p>
<p>god knows. i just found out about that TODAY. i have a feeling they meant to simplify the test because they allotted the extra time to the formal writing audio dbq thing. i also assume people do awfully on the fill in the blanks (especially without the root words)</p>
<p>are you serious? that sucks! but don’t worry about the fill in the blank parts. both of them have been taken out of this year’s test</p>
<p>This is the test I’ve most worried about. I cannot for the life of me, understand the audios when they talk at lightning speeds. That’s going to screw me over majorly. I can do a decent telephone conversation, and a decent informal essay, but without understanding the audio I’ll have less than satisfactory presentation and essay. Does anyone have a solution to this!? All of my practice tests in class i’ve been getting 3’s on, and I really want at least a 4.</p>
<p>hey guys i’m getting 70-85 percent of the reading questions right is that around a 5?? or a high 4</p>
<p>Really? I though you needed to get like 80% to get a 5? Ben, in the audios they speak very slowly and clearly. If you don’t understand Spanish, why would you get a 4 or 5?</p>
<p>im talking about the reading</p>