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I'm in AP Spanish, but I think that I won't be prepared for the test. Is there anyone in here who couldn't really understand spoken spanish that well but still passed the test? I can read and write ok, but when they start talking I'm lost.

By Burberry (Burberry) on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 11:04 pm: Edit

hey me too!
~85% reading/writing
~35% listening comprehension
but i scraped by with a C on my final last year, which would be equalivalent to a 3 (at least) on the AP Spanish exam.

By Marco on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 11:56 pm: Edit

well it all depends on what kind of schooling you got. maybe at your school a C grade could translate to a 3 on the AP, but at another school a C grade could translate to a 1 or 2. it all depends on what kind of teacher you had and how rigorous the schooling was. I got a 5 on the AP and over 4 years of spanish a 99 average.

By Yo sucko con el espanol on Friday, December 27, 2002 - 09:48 pm: Edit

My teacher is insanely horrible. I'm through one semester of AP Spanish and so far we've done a review of present and preterit tenses and the difference between ser and estar.....we haven't even touched subjunctive

By chrisd on Friday, December 27, 2002 - 09:49 pm: Edit

If you pick up one of the AP Spanish test prep books, there's usually a CD of spoken language with it--see if that can help out.

By four on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 01:14 am: Edit

I could barely understand the talking as well. When I took the test, the oral questions really hurt me because they spoke too quickly for me. But I could write/read a lot better, and i was decent in speaking the language for the speaking parts, so i ended up with a 4.

By Ula on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 11:09 am: Edit

Do you have any local Spanish television stations? If you do, it might help you to start watching one of the soap operas - that was one thing that really helped me get used to the sound of the language, and the grammar isn't terribly complicated at that level. And even if you can only grasp a little bit, it helps. Or listen to some music in Spanish. :D Seriously, that can help, too.

But when it comes down to it, it isn't a huge part of the exam. So don't worry, and good luck!

By Ron on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 12:16 pm: Edit

Don't they ask you questions and you only have about 20 seconds to respond???? THat scares me, personally...

By Sir (Sir) on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 01:38 pm: Edit

What do you mean 20 seconds? It was 10 or 12. Yeah, I took the AP Spanish test and it was so hard, but still, I got a 5 on it. The AP Spanish Test is like the verbal part of SAT, just in Spanish. Ha, all u gringos are doomed.

By syx marix on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 05:07 pm: Edit

haha gringos.........gabachos

By Sir (Sir) on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 10:49 pm: Edit

lol

By sasquatch on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 02:28 pm: Edit

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By spanish on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 03:33 pm: Edit

if you havent even started subjunctive yet, then dont even bother taking the exam. have you done past subjunctive, conditional, perfect tenses, past participles, present progressive?

By quarky on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 11:33 pm: Edit

OMG im a spanish speaker and i dont even know what the hell you're talking about.
damn bookworm you really remember your stuff.
"past subjunctive, conditional, perfect tenses, past participles, present progressive"

lol get a life

By No me digas! on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 11:39 pm: Edit

quarky.. youre a spanish speaker? i thought u were asian!

By ha on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:32 am: Edit

yeah, at my school....the teacher gave out the grades....and only 2 kids took the exam (both got 1s)

By Me on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 02:30 am: Edit

We've done everything you said except for subjunctive and past subjunctive. Problem is I can't speak using most of those because it takes me too long to think about. I hate my life and I hate Spanish! This is America, why can't everyone else just learn English! If I were going to Spain, I would expect to learn Spanish, not have everyone there learn English.

By guey on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 02:55 pm: Edit

well who said you had to take spanish u f u c k e n mamon?

By Me on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 04:25 pm: Edit

I have to take a foreign language. Colleges and my high school say that. If it wasn't Spanish It'd be French, but the same logic applies. Mamon!