Self Study AP Spanish

<p>I was wondering for anyone who has taken the actual class whether or not it helped you. Also what types of things you guys did to prepare. I also wanted to know when the best time to do this would be- would 4 years of Spanish be okay-? </p>

<p>Also how difficult would it be self study.</p>

<p>It is doble but you need to do many many many many practices.</p>

<p>My Spanish teacher spent a solid 45 minutes telling me every reason why I shouldn’t take AP Spanish as a senior, after getting an A in Honors Spanish 4, even though I had the highest score in the state on the National Spanish Exam. So, still not believing her about how hard it was, I looked at some practice stuff online. Yup, it is that hard. Good luck self-studying.</p>

<p>Learning all of the vocab and grammar is hard enough, but it’s the weird setup of the test that gets you, between the essays and the questions and answers being in Spanish and the oral section.</p>

<p>So I think you can do it, but don’t expect a 5, or even a 4.</p>

<p>hmm. Thanks for the advice…so if I started this summer and continued spending lots of time on it. Also get help from my spanish teacher(Not AP)…could I try hard enough for a 5?</p>

<p>I assume you are talking about the AP Spanish Language exam, and not the Literature exam. I took the Language exam last year in a dedicated class and got a 5. (I’m taking the Literature exam this year, tomorrow morning…)</p>

<p>In my class, much of the year was spent reading Spanish literature for the Literature exam. The amount of work for that class is so enormous that we start studying some of the literature over two years beforehand. For the Language exam, we really only studied specifically for the AP during the month before the exam. The exam itself isn’t so difficult, but it’s not an exam one could take on a whim. They style of the questions, especially the speaking portions with the simulated dialogs, must be studied for. I remember the first time we did one in class, we all failed miserably, but we would record everyone’s and listen to them and get better. If you plan on taking the exam, try to get a hold of whatever review material you can, especially for the listening and speaking portions. In the case of the Spanish Language exam, you actually have to study for the test, and not simply the material.</p>

<p>If your not a native speaker, ummm I don’t see how it would be easy; it’s like really fluent Spanish.
I’m Hispanic and I don’t understand half of the words
But if you are a native speaker, don’t bother with the class. Just know what’s going to be on it, like the speaking parts and you’ll be fine</p>

<p>You would have to give up part of your life if you want to self-study the AP Spanish exam and get a 4 or 5.</p>