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FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSE OFFERINGS

AP SPANISH LANGUAGE
Description : The Advanced Placement Spanish Language course adheres to the College Board
AP Central® course description and is comparable to fifth and sixth semester college and
university courses that focus on speaking and writing in the target language at an advanced
level. The course encompasses listening and speaking skills, reading comprehension,
comprehensive grammar review, and composition. This course is taught entirely in Spanish.
Skills for Success : The emphasis of the course is on strengthening communicative abilities in
Spanish in order to demonstrate: strong interactive communicative ability in Spanish in the
interpersonal, presentational, and interpretive modes; a strong command of Spanish linguistic
skills including accuracy and fluency that support communicative ability; comprehension of
Spanish intended for native speakers in a variety of settings, types of discourse, topics, styles,
and broad regional variations; ability to produce Spanish comprehensible to native speakers in a
variety of settings, types of discourse, and topics.
Academic Suitability : Students who have completed Spanish 3, Spanish 4, Spanish for Natives 2
or have completed a placement exam with Mrs. Bradley are eligible.
Out of Class Commitments : Most of what is learned in the course is accomplished with intensive
work in the class. Outside work includes studying for quizzes and exams, correcting exams or
essays and finishing work not completed during class time.

Summer Work : The summer assignment is designed to keep Spanish skills fresh. It will take
approximately 1 hour per week to complete.
Contact : Gillian Bradley - Gillian_Bradley@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

AP SPANISH LITERATURE
Description : The Advanced Placement Spanish Language course adheres to the College Board
AP Central® course description and is comparable to a sixth semester college and university
course that focuses on literature and culture. The AP Spanish Literature and Culture course is
designed to introduce students to the formal study of a representative body of literature, written
in Spanish, from Spain, Latin America and the United States. The course provides students with
ongoing and varied opportunities to develop proficiency in Spanish across a full range of skills,
with emphasis on critical reading and analytical writing. It also encourages students to reflect on
the many voices and cultures included in a rich and diverse body of literature written in Spanish.
This course is taught entirely in Spanish. At this time, this class is taught as an independent

study class using Google classroom.
Skills for Success : The emphasis of the course is on understanding literature, history and culture
from Spanish speaking countries. Students write essays and complete projects in Spanish
demonstrating the knowledge they have gained through the coursework.
Academic Suitability : Students who have completed AP Spanish Language and Culture are
eligible.
Out of Class Commitments : Most of what is learned in the course is accomplished with intensive
work in the class. Outside work includes studying for quizzes and exams, and finishing work not
completed during class time.
Summer Work : None
Contact : Gillian Bradley - Gillian_Bradley@gwinnett.k12.ga.us