<p>So, May 4th is the day. I feel confident about listening and semi-confident on reading. I believe I will do well on the interpersonal free-responses. The presentational writing shouldn't be awful, but presentational speaking is FREAKING ME OUT! Did I mis-read that one has two minutes to prepare a ten minute speech? How is everyone planning on citing sources. I don't know how to do this b/c my school doesn't offer AP spanish, I am self-studying.</p>
<p>You misread. It is a two minute speech :] That’s the easier of the two speakings, I think. The listening doesn’t have as much weight in that one, so it’s better if you don’t have that “ear.” </p>
<p>The only things I’m scared for are listening MC and the informal speaking. But my teacher says with my writing is consistently in the 5 range. So I’m just practicing listening and speaking… The reading practice we did from a real AP test, I scored a 90-something percent. But I’m anticipating a lower score than that! So I have to make sure all of my “FRQ” portions are 5’s, I think.</p>
<p>As far as citing sources in the presentational, for both the writing AND the speaking, you can say “En la primera fuente” o “En la fuente número uno.” In the writing, you can also uses parentheticals, like “(Fuente 1).”</p>
<p>And you get points just for citing the sources? Also, are you doing any supplementary vocab?</p>
<p>I’m actually in a Spanish class at my school, and I feel that by reading and using the vocab she gives us, I’m pretty adequately prepared. So no, no extra vocab.</p>
<p>You don’t get a point just for citing them, but you would lose points if you don’t. For the speaking, you need to make sure you cite some facts from both the listening and the reading and say where they are from. That’s where you’ll get an increase in score.</p>
<p>I am in a Spanish class at my school, just not AP. My school does not offer “AP” Spanish. We have to do an incredible amount of vocab as well. Regardless, I am worried about reading because there is always a possibility of me seeing words for the first time in that section. Why do you think interpersonal speaking is difficult?</p>
<p>We haven’t practiced interpersonal speaking or really speaking in general enough in my class. For the presentational speaking, I’m a fast enough writer that I can just write down what I’m going to say. So that works out well. That’s a lot harder for the interpersonal one.</p>
<p>But honestly, I’m at a minimum of a “3” for that part, and with the rest being 5’s I’m still pretty likely to get a 5, I hope.</p>
<p>What is the grading like? For example, if you get mostly 4s and 5s on the different sections how are the values averaged together?</p>
<p>^It’s based on a point system.</p>
<p>eg: For the AP Euro exam, there are 180 points. You need 120 points from all sections to get a 5.</p>
<p>But the actual numbers are unknown?</p>
<p>There will be words you of course will not know, no matter how much vocabulary words you’ve studied. Don’t let them frustrate you! Just keep reading and try to understand the words you do know. This is the first AP I’m taking this year. I’m the type of person who can’t think of what to say on the spot. So when I do the two minute lecture, I write out what I’m going to say during the 5 minutes we have to read the written source. I’m better at BSing sentences than I am at listening. Whatever I can understand in the audio, I reiterate in my planned speech. I continue writing my lecture even as the audio goes on. During the 2 minutes given to prepare, I stop writing about the two sources and start writing about my personal opinion/stories on the given topic. By the time we have to record, I just read what I have written down and make corrections as I speak. I don’t know if this technique will work for you. You should definitely practice and see if it does.</p>
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No, the numbers are actually very specific and it’s formulaic.</p>