<p>I'm in AP Spanish Language after 4 years of Spanish. I am not a native speaker. What should I expect? How should I prepare? Thanks.</p>
<p>Tom</p>
<p>This is slightly off topic, but how hard is the AP Spanish test?</p>
<p>You made a 750 on the practice exam and you changed that because it wasn't good enough??? What??? I wouldv'e been estatic to get a 750.<br>
The test shouldn't be too hard for you if you're in AP Spanish. I took it after 2 and a half years or so of self-study. I didn't follow my plan for studying before the test so I didn't do as well as I should have. But I still got a 680. It's a pretty brutal curve. If I got the same raw score on the French, I'd have about a 730-750. Kinda makes me mad, o well.
Take a look at the sample questions from TCB for help on the difficulty in AP Spanish caro. It all depends on your abilities.</p>
<p>Que lastima Stevezilla, me pareces un estudiante inteligente y trabajador. Tomare el examen de Spanish para los SATs, y deseo salir bien. A proposito, no use acentes en este paraffo porque no se como escribirlos en mi coputadora...</p>
<p>um........... hola!</p>
<p>u guys tempt me</p>
<p>i got banned for a few days for speaking poo poo words in spanish last time</p>
<p>Accents:<br>
alt + 160 = </p>
<p>El examen AP de lenguaje espa</p>
<p>Tiger87- Como tú, no soy "native speaker", yo sugiero que tú estudies la gramática y compresión de lectura.</p>
<p>Estoy en Espa</p>
<p>I took it after 5 months after Spanish III and scored a 730. I know others who took it then and did poorly, though. As long as you keep exposing yourself to the language and do a lot of Spanish reading (Stories from Latin America - great SAT II-level text), you'll do fine even without AP Spanish prep.</p>
<p>Yes, I'd definatly recommend Stories from : Latin America, Mexico, Spain, Puerto Rico, etc. And also if you want a good challenge, go with Penguin's: Cuentos en Espanol. These are all parallel texts (English on one side and spanish on the other), so you never really have to look up words, and they only cost about 10 bucks each.</p>
<p>I'm in Spanish 4 (i'm a junior) but I won't take it until the end of AP Spanish 5 because I'm only using it for placement most likely</p>
<p>My Spanish III teacher was horrible... I actually know less Spanish after having taken that class than I did at the end of Spanish II. Hopefully I can re-learn enough of it in Spanish IV to score well on the Spanish SAT IIs for placement (I don't plan on taking it until my senior year, as I definitely won't want to use it at any schools who use it for admission purposes).</p>
<p>El examen de AP no es muy deficil. Mi hermano se durmio en la clase de espanol y recibio un 5. Yo quiero tomar el examen tambien al fin del year (descuple pero los acentor ni lel ~ trabaja en las teclas mias -_-) Pero estudia bastante si no puedes hablar ni escribir bien porque eso puede ser lo que te golpea tu puntaje.</p>
<p>I understand all tenses, por/para, ser/estar, preterite/imperfect, but I don't have an extremely extensive knowledge of vocabulary, what should I know for the AP language and SAT II tests</p>
<p>By vocabulary, are you referring to objects/words, or synonyms for words? You might want to know some different words for the Spanish AP, in case you get an Essay (i'm not sure on that for this year) and you should know how to conjugate which is an essential part in the Spanish language. One good way of practicing that is speaking with someone who knows Spanish well and asking them to point out, in a conversation in Spanish, where you conjugate wrong. Knowing the tenses well is also good for you. You might also want to know the different grammatical parts of Spanish such as: pronouns, subject/predicate, etc. If you took it today, I think you might get a 2 or 3 with just the tenses part. Now, I haven't taken the exam myself, but my brother has and all my Spanish teachers talk about it at my school. Also, since Spanish is my native language, I'd have a good guess on what the exam is on. The SAT II I have no idea how it is in Spanish because I'm used to English much more.</p>
<p>by tenses I meant conjugation as well, sorry for the misunderstanding, but in conversation I do sometimes make mistakes, is there an oral part required?</p>
<p>NO, fortunately there is not an oral part. However, working with someone orally in Spanish helps you develop skills (though writing would be much better). If you know what you say you know, then you'll do fine, just brush up on grammar things. Know how to write a decent essay if it is part of the AP exam as well because that will be essential. Sorry for the late response had to read some history and bio.</p>