Spanish Language

Introduction.

Format of the AP Spanish Language Exam.

Scoring of the AP Spanish Language Exam.

General Description.

Questions Commonly Asked about the AP Spanish Language Exam.

Some Successful Testing Strategies.

PART II: ANALYSIS OF EXAM AREAS.

Explaining Dialogues and Narratives.

Dialogues and Narratives.

Ability Tested.

Basic Skills Necessary.

Directions.

Dialogues.

Short Narratives.

Longer Narratives.

Suggested Strategies for Dialogue and Narrative Questions.

Sample Dialogues and Narratives: Questions, Answers, and Explanations.

Set 1.

Answers and Explanations for Set 1.

Set 2.

Answers and Explanations for Set 2.

Explaining Cloze Passages.

Ability Tested.

Basic Skills Necessary.

Directions.

Suggested Strategies for Cloze Passages.

An Example of How to Read a Passage and Work Through Questions.

Sample Cloze Passages: Questions, Answers, and Explanations.

Sample 1.

Answers and Explanations for Sample 1.

Sample 2.

Answers and Explanations for Sample 2.

Explaining Error Recognition Exercises.

Ability Tested.

Basic Skills Necessary.

Directions.

Suggested Strategies for Error Recognition Exercises.

A Guide to the Grammar Review Appendix.

Examples of How to Work through Problems.

Sample Error Recognition Sentences: Questions, Answers, and Explanations.

Set 1.

Answers and Explanations for Set 1.

Set 2.

Answers and Explanations for Set 2.

Explaining Reading Comprehension Passages.

Ability Tested.

Basic Skills Necessary.

Directions.

Suggested Strategies for Reading Comprehension Passages.

Skim and Scan.

Identify What Type of Passage You Are Reading.

Make Inferences.

Identify Transitional Words.

Understand Any Literary Figures of Speech.

An Example of How to Read a Passage.

Sample Reading Comprehension Passages: Questions, Answers, and Explanations.

Sample 1.

Answers and Explanations for Sample 1.

Sample 2.

Answers and Explanations for Sample 2.

Explaining Paragraph Fill-Ins.

Paragraph Fill-Ins.

Ability Tested.

Basic Skills Necessary.

Directions.

Suggested Strategies for Paragraphs Fill-Ins.

Sample Paragraph Fill-Ins: Questions, Answers, and Explanations.

Set 1.

Answers and Explanations for Set 1.

Set 2.

Answers and Explanations for Set 2.

Explaining Discrete Sentence Fill-Ins.

Ability Tested.

Basic Skills Necessary.

Directions.

Suggested Strategies for Discrete Sentence Fill-Ins.

Examples of How to Work through Discrete Sentence Fill-Ins.

Sample Discrete Sentence Fill-Ins: Questions, Answers, and Explanations.

Set 1.

Answers and Explanations for Set 1.

Set 2.

Answers and Explanations for Set 2.

Explaining Essay Questions.

Ability Tested.

Basic Skills Necessary.

Directions.

Suggested Strategies for Essay Questions.

How Essays Are Scored.

High Score (9).

Medium-High Score (7-8).

Medium Score (4-6).

Medium-Low Score (2-3).

Low Score (0-1).

Previous Essay Topics.

An Example of How to Write an Essay.

Sample Essay: Questions, Answers, and Explanations.

Sample 1.

Sample 2.

Explaining Picture Sequences.

Picture Sequences.

Ability Tested.

Basic Skills Necessary.

Directions.

Suggested Strategies for Picture Sequences.

How to Practice for the Picture Sequence Section.

Picture Sequence Scoring.

High Score (9).

Medium-High Score (7-8).

Medium Score (5-6).

Medium-Low Score (3-4).

Low Score (1-2).

No Score (0).

Sample Picture Sequences.

Sample 1.

Sample 2.

Explaining Directed Response Questions.

Ability Tested.

Basic Skills Necessary.

Directions.

Examples of Possible Questions.

Suggested Strategies for Directed Response Questions.

Directed Response Scoring.

Excellent (4).

Very good to good (3).

Weak to poor (1).

Unacceptable (0).

Sample Directed Response Questions.

Sample 1.

Sample 2.

PART III: DIAGNOSTIC TEST.

Answer Sheet for the Diagnostic Test.

Diagnostic Test.

Section I: Multiple Choice Questions.

Section II: Free Response.

Part A: Writing Skills.

Part B: Speaking Skills.

Answer Key for the Diagnostic-Test.

Section I: Multiple Choice Questions.

Section II: Free Response Questions.

Answers and Explanations for the Diagnostic Test.

Section I: Multiple Choice Questions.

Section II: Free Response Questions.

Sample Answers for Essay Question.

PART IV: THREE FULL-LENGTH PRACTICE TESTS.

Answer Sheet for Practice Test 1.

Practice Test 1.

Section I: Multiple Choice Questions.

Section II: Free Response.

Part A: Writing Skills.

Part B: Speaking Skills.

Practice Test 1 Scoring Worksheet.

Section I: Multiple Choice Section.

Section II: Free Response Section.

Final Score.

Probable Final AP Score.

Answer Key for Practice Test 1.

Section I: Multiple-Choice Questions.

Section II: Free-Response Questions.

Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 1.

Section I: Multiple Choice Questions.

Section II: Free Response Questions.

Sample Answers for Essay Question.

Answer Sheet for Practice Test 2.

Practice Test 2.

Section I: Multiple Choice Questions.

Section II: Free Response.

Part A: Writing Skills.

Part B: Speaking Skills.

Practice Test 2 Scoring Worksheet.

Section I: Multiple Choice Section.

Section II: Free Response Section.

Final Score.

Probable Final AP Score.

Answer Key for Practice Test 2.

Section I: Multiple-Choice Questions.

Section II: Free-Response Questions.

Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 2.

Section I: Multiple Choice Questions.

Section II: Free Response Questions.

Sample Answers for Essay Question.

Answer Sheet for Practice Test 3.

Practice Test 3.

Section I: Multiple Choice Questions.

Section II: Free Response.

Part A: Writing Skills.

Part B: Speaking Skills.

Practice Test 3 Scoring Worksheet.

Section I: Multiple Choice Section.

Section II: Free Response Section.

Final Score.

Probable Final AP Score.

Answer Key for Practice Test 3.

Section I: Multiple-Choice Questions.

Section II: Free-Response Questions.

Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 3.

Section I: Multiple Choice Questions.

Section II: Free Response Questions.

Sample Answers for Essay Question.

PART V: APPENDICES.

Grammar Review.

Spanish-English Vocabulary.