<p>Hey guys, I know AP's just finished (thank God, right?) but I figured it is never too early to start a thread for next year.</p>
<p>Current AP Spanish Language students, please (if you do not mind), it would be extremely helpful if you could post advice to succeed in the class on for the AP exam.</p>
<p>Hey. So I took AP Spanish Language exam last year without taking the class (so self study, except for I really didn’t study for the exam [no joke]), and got a 5 (I’m not a native speaker). So my tips: Immerse yourself in the language; for example. put your phone and computer in Spanish. Even though I didn’t study for this particular exam (which I still suggest you do, that was a mistake on my part and I really took a risk), I think that for language exams, you either know the language or you don’t and then its all about practice. Specifically, for the essay, throw in as much subjunctive as you can; they love that. For example; in my long essay, I must have forced the use of subjunctive about 25 times (no exaggeration). Same with the short essay and the speaking. In the reading comp, just manage your time. I found that with 7 minutes left, I still has 2 passages plus questions to go (so I sped read the rest of them), so just make sure to keep looking at the clock and manage accordingly. I don’t think the curve is too generous, but if you know what they are looking for, you should be fine, especially for taking the class. I, myself, am good at languages, so it might have been a little easier for me, but trust me, you should be fine if you study. Tell me if you need anymore tips, and i’ll be up and about this forum. If you’ve taken AP Chem, World, or English Language, got any tips for those? Thanks and I hope I helped. Also, for Spanish, I didn’t like the Barrons book. Use princeton review; much more accurate representation of real test.</p>
<p>Bump. More tips please!</p>
<p>If you guys have any questions during the school year, feel free to pm me.</p>
<p>I got a 5 on this test last year and am currently self-studying Spanish Lit. I agree that immersion is key. I watched my favorite Disney movies in Spanish and started getting my news from Telemundo. In class, take the activities you do seriously, especially speaking. I live in Kansas and had few opportunities to practice my speaking, so speaking in class was huge. I also had a list of key phrases/words I knew I wanted to use on my essays that would impress the readers and tried to work in as many of them as possible on the test. Varying your tenses is also a good idea on the writing. </p>
<p>Overall, just work diligently throughout the year. AP Spanish is not a test you can cram for like some of the others.</p>
<p>@ahumandalek I am also studying AP Spanish Literature this year. I’m not actually sure what I’m goin to do for this. Maybe I’ll just buy a book and do some practice questions. What are you doing to study?</p>
<p>Sanjay
My teacher gave me two textbooks and I got the required reading list from the College Board site. Right now I’m working my way through the list and soon will start doing practice essays and learning the literary terms.
The course is kind of confusing and it seems to be pretty uncommon, so there’s a lack of good resources.</p>
<p>I just had my first class day and my ap class is combined with the non accel class for Spanish so my teacher used quite a bit of English. I’m worried that I won’t do as well on the test without a ton of listening and speaking practice so what could I do to make up for it?</p>
<p>My teacher is speaking complete Spanish and we’re all clueless</p>
<p>@jmp618 watch spanish movies and tv shows. Then speak your comments out loud about the movie</p>
<p>I started Spanish I in 8th grade, and I’m a junior now. I’m currently in AP spanish language, and I’m not sure if I should move onto AP spanish literature for my senior year. I really like spanish, but my schedule for senior year is slowly getting booked. I’m not naturally good in spanish, but I’m work really hard to make good grades in that class. I thought I would automatically move up to AP spanish literature, but I’m not too sure anymore. The spanish teacher isn’t a problem. My school has a really strong spanish teachers who make sure students pass…but I don’t want to drown myself with APs my senior year. Please let me know AP Spanish lit will be worth it!</p>
<p>Yup, immersion is key. But the key is to start NOW. Not within 2-3 weeks of the test (I got a 2 doing that, but saw that those two weeks were the most Spanish I ever learned given the class I had we talked in English a majority of the time / learned too much culture / things about life).</p>
<p>I took AP Lang last year with a first year teacher who really didn’t know what he was doing. Basically all we did in class was practice the informal writing section over and over again but somehow I managed to get a 5 (non-native speaker). I think the best advice I can give is to memorize some a complex-sounding intro and conclusion for the formal writing and formal speaking and then alter them slightly to fit the prompt; Even if you have no idea what you’re talking about you’ll still be solid in those two areas.</p>
<p>I like ^ advice</p>
<p>Are there any good Spanish sitcoms or movies anyone recommends? My class is going to watch Pan’s Labyrinth and my teacher recommends that we watch some tv or movies outside of class, but I haven’t seen anything but reality shows and soaps. Anything good on netflix or tv?</p>
<p>I haven’t found anything relatively interesting on Netflix in Spanish (except for Sidewalls, but it’s kind of slow) but I’ve been watching some Spanish-speaking youtubers since last year. The trick is to use your Spanish skills to search for things that you already like. Right now I watch CaeELiKe and YellowMellowMG, but that’s just because I like watching vloggers.</p>
<p>Why is this thread not in Spanish? Tsk tsk.</p>
<p>^ Tiene raz</p>
<p>@jmp618 - I’d think that you’ve started watching it by now, but I’ll recommend “La Misma Luna” (“Under the Same Moon”). Aside from Pan’s Labyrinth, it’s the best movie I’ve seen in Spanish class. Plus, you can find it online; search “la misma luna online”, and the top result has the full movie… sans the poor quality and suspicious stuff you might find on other online film sites.</p>
<p>Or, in other words:</p>
<p>Pensar</p>
<p>@JohnSmith2014</p>
<p>Hahaha (jajaja😝) thanks I appreciate it I’ve never heard of that. I’ll definitely take a look!</p>