<p>I am going to be taking Spanish 3 and Hons Spanish 4 next year. Since my school has block schedule, Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 is relatively similiar to a Spanish 1-2 and Spanish 3-4 class. My friend goes to a regular-period school and when I took Spanish 2, he was learning everything I did at a Spanish 3-4 level. I was wondering if I should take the AP Spanish exam if I take Spanish 3 and Hons Spanish 4 then self study a bit. Or would that be a bad idea and just finish Spanish during college.</p>
<p>I don’t know if it’d hurt anything. I think being familar (REALLY familiar) with the structure of the test is really all you need. You don’t need that strong a grasp of the language to get a 5.</p>
<p>In my opinion, it is a bad idea. Unless Spanish is your native language, you will need to self-study a lot more than “a bit” in order to pass the exam, since you only have an elementary background of the language.</p>
<p>Spanish is one of the harder AP exams…a native speaker at my school got a 4. You would have to have very rigorous spanish classes and an extensive knowledge of the language to get a 5 by self-studying.</p>
<p>Don’t. I took Honors Spanish 5 this year. I was going to stop until my teacher pressured me into taking AP Spanish. Guess what my summer assignment is? Watch 8 hours of Spanish tv and write summaries and reactions :(</p>
<p>It’ll be a sucky self-study for you. Spanish 3 and 4 don’t cover advanced concepts.</p>
<p>yeah there’s no way haha
only because it’s a very rigorous test…there are a million parts and you really have to be able to think in Spanish just as you do in English lol
I’m not a native speaker…but we have a really good AP Spanish 4 which was new last year
I’m anxiously waiting for July 1st to hear how I did haha
I’m pretty positive I passed it…but I’m hoping for a 4
You’d have to be pretty stellar to make a 5 on your own…because it’s mostly native speakers that take it haha and they will obviously have an edge over you…meaning the “curve” wouldn’t be as good
I mean it’s doable, there is a way haha…but you’d have to really commit! :D</p>
<p>Okay thank you! Since my school is different I was thinking of many taking the AP course after Spanish 3 because my school goes: Spanish 1, 2, 3, 4 then AP. Because what I learn in Spanish 2 is the equivalent of a Spanish 3-4 class at a another school. A Spanish 3 is the equivalent of a 5-6 class, and so on. But I’m not sure, I probably can’t now because if there was a summer assignment it would be too late.</p>
<p>that’s really weird! hahaha
we have Spanish 1, 2, 3, and the AP Spanish 4 lol
Now we have like Honors Spanish 2 and 3 though haha
but yeah :)</p>
<p>Well at my school you can take AP Spanish after Spanish 3 but some people go to Spanish 4 first so that they’re better prepared for AP Spanish lol.</p>