AP Spanish Language: Curricular Requirements

• The teacher has read the most recent AP Spanish Course Description.
• The teacher uses Spanish almost exclusively in class and encourages students to do likewise.
• The course provides students with a learning experience equivalent to that of a third-year college course in Spanish language. Instructional materials, activities, assignments, and assessments are appropriate to this level.
• Instructional materials include a variety of authentic audio and/or video recordings that develop students' listening abilities.
• Instructional materials include authentic written texts, such as newspaper and magazine articles, literary texts, and other nontechnical writings that develop students' reading abilities.
• The course provides students with regular opportunities, in class or in a language laboratory, to develop their speaking skills in a variety of settings, types of discourse, topics, and registers.
• The course provides instruction and frequent opportunities to write a variety of compositions in Spanish.
• The course provides frequent opportunities for students to integrate the four language skills through the use of authentic materials.

Resource Requirements

• The school ensures that each student has the course's rich variety of reading materials, which may include a textbook, for individual use inside and outside of the classroom.
• The school provides audio and video equipment and materials that facilitate significant speaking and listening practice for the students throughout the course. This equipment can include cassette/compact disc players or language labs, and video or DVD players or computers.