AP Chinese Language and Culture

This section consists of a variety of audio materials, including transportation announcements, voice messages, school conversations, radio reports, instructions, and dialogues. It is divided into 2 subsections:

• The first consists of rejoinders. You will listen to a series of brief conversations and after listening to each one, you will select the most logical next response in the conversation from the choices offered. (10-15 questions; 10 minutes; 10% of exam score)
• The second includes a range of listening selections. (15–20 questions; 10 minutes; 15% of exam score)
• Questions will test your ability to:
  • Identify the main ideas and supporting details in the audio material
  • Determine the meaning of a variety of vocabulary and deduce the meaning of unfamiliar words
  • Decide the meaning of a text based on cultural and/or interdisciplinary information
  • Infer implied meaning through context

This section consists of a variety of written materials (e.g., journalistic and literary texts, announcements, advertisements, signs, brochures, and posters). Questions will test your ability to:

• Identify the main ideas and supporting details in the written material
• Determine the meaning of a variety of vocabulary and deduce the meaning of unfamiliar words
• Decide the meaning of a text based on cultural and/or interdisciplinary information
• Infer implied meaning through context

• Presentational Writing: Narrate a story suggested by a series of pictures (15 minutes; 15% of exam score)
• Interpersonal Writing: Read and answer an email message (15 minutes; 10% of exam score)

• Interpersonal Speaking: Respond to a series of 6 thematically linked questions as part of a simulated conversation (4 minutes; 10% of exam score).
• Presentational Speaking: Deliver a presentation on a given aspect of Chinese culture. You’ll have 1 minute to read the prompt, 4 minutes to prepare, and 2 minutes to present (7 minutes; 15% of exam score).