AP Chinese Exam Brief Overview

1. AP Chinese
Language and Culture
Exam
Shin-Shin Lin
Fremd High School
8.2013

2. AP Chinese Language
and Culture Course
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3. AP Chinese Language
and Culture Course Exam
• Approximately 3 hours
• It assesses interpretive, interpersonal, and
presentational communication skills in
Mandarin Chinese, along with knowledge of
Chinese culture.

4. AP Chinese Language
and Culture Course Exam
• Computer based
• Input methods:
a. Microsoft Pinyin IME (MSPY)
b. Microsoft New Phonetic IME, which is
based on Zhuyin Fuhao (Bopomofo)
• Provide both Traditional and Simplified
Chinese Characters

5. AP Chinese Language
and Culture Course Exam
• Section 1~ Multiple-Choice
• Section 2~ Free-Response

6. Section 1~ Multiple-Choice
Part A : Listening
• identify the appropriate continuation of a
conversation. (interpersonal)
• answer questions about different types of
listening stimuli. (interpretive)
Part B: Reading
• answer questions about different types of
reading texts. (interpretive)

7. Section 1~ Multiple-Choice Part A : Listening

8. Section 1~ Multiple-Choice Part A : Listening-1

9. Section 1~ Multiple-Choice Part A : Listening -2

10. Section 1~ Multiple-Choice Part A : Listening -2

11. Section 1~ Multiple-Choice Part B: Reading

12. Section 1~ Multiple-Choice Part B: Reading

13. Section 1~ Multiple-Choice Part B: Reading

14. Section 2~ Free-Response
Part A : Writing
in the interpersonal and presentational
• narrate a story suggested by a series of pictures.
(presentational)
• read and answer an e-mail message. (interpersonal )
Part B: Speaking
• respond to a series of thematically linked questions as
part of a simulated conversation. (interpersonal)
• make a presentation on a given aspect of Chinese
culture. (presentational )
Scoring Guidelines

16. Section 2~ Part A : Writing-1
narrate a story suggested by a series of pictures.
(presentational)

17. Section 2~ Part A : Writing-2
read and answer an e-mail message
(interpersonal )

18. Section 2~ Part B : Speaking-1
Conversation. (interpersonal)

19. Section 2~ Part B : Speaking-2
Chinese culture (presentational )
(Preparation time 4 mins, response time 2 mins)

20. AP Grade
• communicative mode
Interpretive 40 percent
Interpersonal 30 percent
Presentational 30 percent
• language modality
Listening 25 percent
Reading 25 percent
Writing 25 percent
Speaking 25 percent