How to prepare for the AP Chinese Exam
AP Exams are your opportunity to show what you know and what you can do.
Taken each May by students all over the world, the AP Exam is the final step you take after a year of hard work in an AP class. These standardized exams are designed to measure how well you’ve mastered the content and skills of the course — a successful score could even earn you credit and advanced placement in college.
The AP Chinese exam is one of AP Exams, it incorporate Chinese cultural information with listening, speaking, reading and writing. Like other AP foreign language exams, the AP Chinese exam measures fluency. Students should be able to recognize and understand both spoken and written Chinese at a sophisticated level. In addition, they should demonstrate their ability to speak and write Chinese fluently and accurately in a
…show more content…
Section 1 is the multiple-choice section and covers listening and reading comprehension.
The listening section consists of two types of multiple-choice questions developed to evaluate interpersonal and interpretive communication skills.
1) Rejoinders
AP students must first listen to and fully understand the expressions in the beginning part of a conversation, then listen to a list of choices and select a culturally acceptable discourse to continue or complete the conversation.
2) Listening Selections
AP student must first listen to a selected discourse, which may be an instruction, voice message, report, announcement, or conversation, then read the question and choices and make the correct choice within 12 seconds.
The Reading Section assesses interpretive communication skills through multiple-choice questions related to a variety of reading materials, such as a story, sign, poster, note, letter, e-mail, brochure, article, or advertisement.
Section 2 is the free-response section and covers writing and