A.P. Spanish Language (Period 6 & 8)

The Advance Placement Program is intended for those students who have chosen to continue developing their proficiency in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The A.P. Spanish Language course covers the equivalent of a third year college course in advance Spanish composition and conversation. Since the course emphasizes the use of Spanish for active communication, it is taught entirely in Spanish and the students are required to use the target language as well. It stresses oral and listening skills, written composition (formal and informal) and grammarbecause the course seeks to develop language skills that are useful in themselves and that can be apllied to various activities and disciplines rather than to the mastery of any specific sunject matter. Students who enroll in this class, should already have a basic knowledge of the language and culture of Spanish speaking peoples and should have attained a reasonable proficiency in listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. Extensive training in the organization and the writing of compositions as well as an active participation and the use of Spanish are vital components of the course and as such, demonstrating mastery of these skills is a must in order to do well academically in the class.