No prerequisites. However, students are typically in their fourth year of high-school-level study. For native speakers, there may be a different pathway of study leading to this course.

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Section IA: Multiple Choice
30 Questions | 40 Minutes| 23% of Score

• Interpretive Communication: Print Texts. This section consists of a variety of authentic print materials (e.g., journalistic and literary texts, announcements, advertisements, letters, charts, maps, and tables). Students will be asked to:

  • Identify the main ideas and supporting details

  • Determine the meaning of vocabulary words in context

  • Identify the author’s point of view or the target audience

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the cultural or interdisciplinary information contained in the text

Section IB: Multiple Choice with Audio
35 Questions | 55 Minutes | 27% of Score

• This section consists of a variety of authentic audio materials, including interviews, podcasts, public service announcements, conversations, and brief presentations. It is divided into 2 subsections:

  • Interpretive Communication: Print and Audio Texts (combined). 2 sets of audio sources paired with print materials on the same topic with questions (article and audio report, chart and conversation).

  • Interpretive Communication: Audio Texts. 3 sets of audio sources with questions (interview, instructions, presentation).

• Students will respond to questions about main ideas and supporting details. Some questions will require students to demonstrate their understanding of cultural or interdisciplinary information.

• Students will have time to read a preview of each selection and skim the questions before listening to the audio. All audio texts will be played twice.

Section IIA: Free Response Written
2 Questions | 1 Hour 10 Minutes | 25% of Score

• Interpersonal Writing: Read and reply to an email message (15 minutes).

• Presentational Writing: Write an argumentative essay based on 3 sources, including an article, a table, graph, chart, or infographic, and a related audio source (played twice), that present different viewpoints on a topic (~55 minutes total: 15 minutes to review materials plus 40 minutes to write). Students will have access to the print sources and any notes they may take on the audio during the entire 40-minute writing period.

Section IIB: Free Response Spoken
2 Questions | 18 Minutes | 25% of Score

• Interpersonal Speaking: Participate in 5 exchanges in a simulated conversation (20 seconds for each response). For this conversation, students will be provided with a preview of the conversation, including an outline of each exchange. 

• Presentational Speaking: Deliver a 2-minute presentation in response to a prompt in which students compare a cultural feature of a Spanish-speaking community with which they are familiar to their own community or another community.

AP Spanish Language and Culture

5: 21.0%

4: 31.0%

3: 31.0%

2: 14.0%

1: 3.0%