<p>Not at my school</p>
<p>Did you have to bring your own recorder for the test? My son was told to bring in their own tape recorder</p>
<p>Uh, the first post is missing. But from what I gather TenthTimeAround said, it's about the tape recorders?
My school provided us with the tape recorders, but it was so disorganized and half of us had to wait while the other half took the speaking portion and vice versa.</p>
<p>Guys, could I take the test even though I've never taken the class? How hard would it be for a native speaker who can speak and write it? (accents are a problem though)</p>
<p>its not easy, im a native speaker and I'm in the class and its hard. you really have to be prepared for the format and do practice tests. your speaking is probably not an issue (it is though for me) but listening is hard, native or not. I think you can do it but you have to familiarize yourself with the format and make sure your know your grammar very well (merely speaking the language will likely only get you a 3). Practice with picture sequences (if you are taking it this year). I highly suggest you buy "AP Spanish: Preparing for the Language Examination" by Jose M. Diaz. you can use this book and not take the class and do fine. </p>
<p>P.S. Accents can be a BIG problem on the AP test if you can't do them correctly (a word w/o an accent or w/ an unecessary accent is the same as a misspelled word). Just learn the rules and you'll be fine. If you need any help send me a personal message.</p>
<p>Well, I can write it and speak it. I speak Spanish at home, and I found the Spanish SAT II examples ridiculously easy..</p>
<p>i am soooooooo screwed! out of all my classes the worst grade that i have is in spanish and the stupid teacher never explains anything</p>