An AP Spanish Language course covers the equivalent of a third-year college course in advanced Spanish writing and conversation. It encompasses aural/oral skills, reading comprehension, grammar, and composition. Students taking such a course, emphasizing the use of Spanish for active communication, have the following objectives:

• The ability to comprehend formal and informal spoken Spanish;
• The acquisition of vocabulary and a grasp of structure to allow the easy, accurate reading of newspaper and magazine articles, as well as of modern literature in Spanish;
• The ability to compose expository passages; and
• The ability to express ideas orally with accuracy and fluency.

Course content might best reflect intellectual interests shared by the students and teacher (the arts, history, current events, literature, culture, sports, etc.). Materials might well include recordings, films, newspapers, and magazines.

The course seeks to develop language skills that are useful in themselves and that can be applied to various activities and disciplines rather than to the mastery of any specific subject matter. Extensive training in the organization and writing of compositions must be an integral part of the AP Spanish Language course.

Last Revised: July 18, 2005