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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 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. These include accuracy and fluency that support communicative ability; comprehension of
Spanish intended for native speakers in a variety of settings, types of disclosure, topics, styles,
and board 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 Honors Spanish 3, Spanish 4, Spanish for
Natives 3 or have completed a placement exam which indicates a linguistic level suitable to take
AP Language.
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 an hour per week to complete.
Contact: Judson.Bridges@gcpsk12.org
