How to best prepare for AP Spanish exam 'solo'
Hello. My son is in 9th grade. He is bilingual in Spanish but his vocabulary and grammar are not advanced. However, he has enough knowledge and grammatical awareness that he could prepare on his own to take the AP exam. Has anyone done this? Did you use any specific books? Do you have any advice/recommendations?
Aug 21, 2017
Parent Replies
My son was in this situation with French. He had gone to a French immersion school K-8, but wanted to take the AP French test in 9th grade. He ended up taking an AP French course online for school credit from Middlebury Interactive. The course is very difficult and time consuming, so I'm not necessarily recommending it for credit. But your son could take the course to use it to prep for the exam; it's very good practice for what will be on the AP test. The only thing my son said was difficult on the test was doing the speaking exercises with 20 other kids also speaking around him. That threw him off a bit, as he had prepped for the exam solo and always in quiet. So maybe have him do a few speaking exercises with a bunch of noise around him! For what it's worth, my son got an A in the course and a 5 on the test.