AP German Language and Culture
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Exam Overview
The AP German Language and Culture Exam will test your ability to apply communication and language skills developed in the course and ask you to demonstrate your understanding of German-speaking culture.
Fri, May 13, 2022,
8 AM Local
This is the regularly scheduled date for the AP German Language and Culture Exam.
30 questions 40mins 23% of Score
This section presents 4 sets of authentic print sources (announcements/advertisements, literary texts, articles and charts, letters) with questions. The questions will ask you to:
35 questions 55mins 27% of Score
This section includes a variety of authentic audio sources, including conversations, audio reports, interviews, instructions, and presentations. It is divided into 2 subsections:
You will respond to questions about main ideas and supporting details. Some questions will require you to show understanding of cultural or interdisciplinary information.
You 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.
You are encouraged to take notes during this part of the exam and are given writing space for that purpose. Your notes will not be graded.
2 questions 1hr 10mins 25% of Score
There are two writing tasks in this section:
2 questions 18mins 25% of Score
There are two speaking tasks in this section:
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2021 AP German Language and Culture Free-Response Questions and Scoring Guidelines
Review the released free-response questions and scoring guidelines to get an idea of the exam format and content. Includes audio files and transcripts.
2021 AP German Language and Culture Free-Response Questions
2021 AP German Language and Culture Scoring Guidelines
See the guidelines that the AP Program used to score the free-response questions.
2021 AP German Language and Culture Task 2: Argumentative Essay Audio File
2021 AP German Language and Culture Task 2: Argumentative Essay Transcript
2021 AP German Language and Culture Directions: Part B Audio File
2021 AP German Language and Culture Directions: Part B Transcript
2021 AP German Language and Culture Task 3: Conversation Audio File
2021 AP German Language and Culture Task 3: Conversation Transcript
2021 AP German Language and Culture Task 4: Cultural Comparison Audio File
2021 AP German Language and Culture Task 4: Cultural Comparison Transcript
2021 AP German Language and Culture Directions: End of Part B Audio File
2021 AP German Language and Culture Directions: End of Part B Transcript
2021 AP German Language and Culture Interpersonal Writing - E-mail Reply Sample Responses
2021 AP German Language and Culture Presentational Writing - Argumentative Essay Sample Responses
2021 AP German Language and Culture Interpersonal Speaking - Conversation Sample Responses
2021 AP German Language and Culture Presentational Speaking - Cultural Comparison Sample Responses
2021 AP German Language and Culture Student Sample 3A (Score of 5)
2021 AP German Language and Culture Student Sample 3B (Score of 3)
2021 AP German Language and Culture Student Sample 3C (Score of 2)
2021 AP German Language and Culture Student Sample 4A (Score of 5)
2021 AP German Language and Culture Student Sample 4B (Score of 3)
2021 AP German Language and Culture Student Sample 4C (Score of 2)
2021 AP German Language and Culture Scoring Distributions
AP German Language and Culture Exam Free-Response Questions and Scoring Information Archive
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