AP Spanish Language and Culture
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The AP Spanish 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 Spanish-speaking cultures.
Tue, May 12, 2020,
8 AM Local
This is the regularly scheduled date for the AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam.
30 questions 40mins 23% of Score
35 questions 55mins 27% of Score
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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2019 AP Spanish Language and Culture Free-Response Questions and Scoring Guidelines
Review the released free-response questions to get an idea of the exam format and content. Includes audio files and transcripts.
2019 AP Spanish Language and Culture Free-Response Questions
Review the released free-response questions to get an idea of the exam format and content.
2019 AP Spanish Language and Culture Scoring Guidelines
See the guidelines that the AP Program used to score the free-response questions.
Task 2: Persuasive Essay Audio File
Task 2: Persuasive Essay Transcript
Directions: Part B Audio File
Directions: Part B Transcript
Task 3: Conversation Audio File
Task 3: Conversation Transcript
Task 4: Cultural Comparison Audio File
Task 4: Cultural Comparison Transcript
Directions: End of Part B Audio File
Directions: End of Part B Transcript
AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam Free-Response Question and Scoring Information Archive
Review free-response questions, sample student responses, and scoring guidelines from 2018 and earlier.
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