<p>Dropofwater, sorry for the mistake there. I meant that I never heard that your tape (not your WHOLE exam, that WOULD BE CRAZY!) would be thrown out, and thus disqualified from being graded. Sorry for any temporary heart attack I may have caused you with my poor word choice there.</p>
<p>I hope that everything works out alright for you. With all of the problems we've all encountered with our tape recorders, I'm hoping that ETS will cut us all some slack and be understanding.</p>
<p>Thanks for clarifying...I tend to get really irrational about serious testing and go straight to worst-case scenario... >_<</p>
<p>I guess I can understand why they don't want us pausing/stopping our tapes at unauthorized times, but for those of us who just made stupid mistakes, it's a real bummer. I say BOO.</p>
<p>Steve88, I can try to ask my teacher for a copy tomorrow. This was based on a practice test we took, so I don't know the exact cutoffs off the top of my head.</p>
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damn. i fill the first page and half the second page. it was 200 words... our teacher said never to go above it. i saw other kids writing more pages than 2...
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<p>Nah, you can write way more - 200 words is just a guideline. HOWEVER, if you write exactly 200 words and have no or very few grammatical errors, you will score higher than someone who writes a ton and makes a ton of mistakes. Quality over quantity. :) Personally, I think I wrote about the same amount as you, about a page and 3/4ths of the next one. I quickly counted the first page and it was 200 words (I write small), so I didn't bother to count the rest.</p>
<p>SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTE OF:</p>
<p>Ok, so, many people on this thread expressed problems that they encountered on the exam with respect to their tape recordings and the INCREDIBLY LONG reading section on the exam. For those who fall into either of these two categories, take heart.</p>
<p>My AP Spanish Language teacher is one of the exam graders. While I was out taking my AP English Lit exam, some of my classmates expressed to her some of the concerns presented on this thread about the exam. Apparently, after these concerns were presented to my teacher, she received quite a few emails from her fellow colleagues (AP Spanish Language teachers who also grade the exams), stating that their students had similar complaints about the reading/tape recording sections of the exam. The end result of all of these complaints is that some sort of district manager for the AP Spanish Language test was contacted by my concerned Spanish teacher and her fellow colleagues. This important, manager-type person was sympathetic to these complaints and said that all of this would be taken into account when the curves for this year's exams were made. </p>
<p>So, for those of you who had a hard time finishing the reading section of the exam, take heart in the fact that the Spanish graders are going to cut us some slack for making the reading section so long and involved. The same slack goes with the tape recordings for those of you who had problems.</p>
<p>Hope that makes many of the concerned people on this thread feel better. While I don't know exact curves, it gives me a peace mind to know that someone grading my test will be understanding.</p>
<p>I think part of the reason they had extensive reading was to really distinguish between the natives and non-natives. I'm not for sure, but a lot of people in my AP class complained as well. My teacher discussed that this is the first year they implented this new format. In previous years there was a lot more grammar. Usually the grammar kills the native speakers because they learn colloquial Spanish. I don't know. I was pretty dissapointed because our AP class emphasized grammar more than reading comprehension and speed in reading. I was shocked when I saw six passages for only 55 minutes. I was only able to complete five. In our practice AP test there were only 2. Hopefully, the curve will be generous. Good luck to all.</p>
<p>I am such a weirdo. Reading on the Ap Spanish was so easy for me, but the listening was ultra-hard. The speaking and grammar stuff were ok. Does anyone feel this way? Does anyone remember how many listening questions there were? I think I missed at least half of them. Oh well. What score should I expect if I got half of the listening right, 90 % of the reading right, 2/3 the grammar right, and did ok on the writing and speaking? Gracias!</p>
<p>anybody care to make an answer key for the first 20 questions of the free response fill in?</p>
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<p>i got sea (but i think the answer was sera) for one of them.</p>
<p>and one of them i got nos quedabamos. (with the accent mark of course)</p>
<p>the questions are posted on ap central</p>
<p>went through the ap free response questions with my mom (she speaks spanish) and now I think that I missed a lot of the questions...</p>
<p>hey steeev where do we go at ap central to see the q's?</p>
<p>i'll post the ones i got (i'm not that great at spanish)</p>
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<p>If you have an account on AP Central (its free so you should start one up), go to exams - exam questions - spanish language - then 2005 frq</p>
<p>I could be wrong so def correct me if I am:</p>
<p>i'll post the ones i got (i'm not that great at spanish)</p>
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<p>For all you who already took the test. What level of Spanish do you need to be at to take it? Like fluency?</p>
<p>4/5 year.........</p>
<p>this was my 4th year of spanish.</p>
<p>this was also my 4th year of spanish</p>
<p>I think that the level you need to be it at when you take the test all depends on how rigorous the Spanish curriculum is at your high school. For me, I took the test during my 6th year of Spanish and I would say that having all those extra years of practice with listening, speaking, and writing made me feel much more prepared.</p>