Prerequisites: B- or higher in Spanish III Honors

Cost: $95

Spanish Language Advanced Placement is a course based on the content established by the College Board. Spanish Language AP covers the equivalent of a third-year college course in advanced Spanish writing and conversation. It encompasses aural/oral skills, reading comprehension, grammar, and composition. The class emphasizes the use of Spanish for active communication and has as its objective the development of the following competencies: 1) the ability to comprehend formal and informal spoken Spanish; 2) the acquisition of vocabulary and a grasp of structure to allow the easy, accurate reading of newspaper and magazine articles, as well as of modern literature in Spanish; 3) the ability to compose expository passages, and 4) the ability to express ideas orally with accuracy and fluency. Students are expected to take the AP exam in May.