Spanish 5 vs AP Spanish
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Anonymous
| Can anyone speak to the difference in these two courses? |
Anonymous
| My DC's school highly recommends Spanish 5 -> AP Spanish track, unless the student is a native Spanish speaker or Latino origin. |
Anonymous
Many kids not of this don't speak language btw |
Anonymous
What was that about language? |
Anonymous
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AP is generally a capstone because you take the AP exam.
By curriculum, AP is 5. You've done the grammar and core vocab and whatnot by the end of 4. After AP, people who want to continue improving go to 6 and maybe 7. It's not like Algebra, Geometry, Calculus with leveled content; you just get closer to fluent by practicing more. 5 is for (many) people who don't feel ready for AP after 4. |
Anonymous
| (or AP [World Language] Lit instead of 6 or 7, if you want to more into literature.) |
Anonymous
| At DC's HS, AP Spanish is after Spanish 5. Can't speak to native speakers, but none of my DC's non-native speaking friends skipped Spanish 5, and they all found it more challenging than prior Spanish classes. Perhaps it's different at other schools, but that suggests it's worth asking Spanish resource teacher or guidance counselor how it works at your HS. |
Anonymous
| Spanish 5 is very hard if you don't speak it at home. No textbooks, nothing. |
Anonymous
| We're French, and do not speak Spanish at home. DD started Spanish in middle school. Her 8th grade teacher recommended Spanish 4, 5, then the two APs, for high school. She will take the AP French in 10th after a prep course at her weekend French school. |
Anonymous
| Non-native speakers should definitely take Spanish 5. If you look at the AP stats, only about 30% of the total AP test taking population are "standard," i.e., learned it in school, and they score slightly lower. |
Anonymous
Is 5 really AP at most schools? At our school people seem to take it junior year who have already had 5 years of language, so for them it wouod be 6. |
Anonymous
| There also AP Spanish Lit (avail at Blair). Is it different than AP Spanish? |
Anonymous
Yes, it's taken after AP Spanish. Like AP English Lang in 11th and AP English Lit in 12th. Same progression. |
Anonymous
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It also matters whether the student was in the immersion program. Where do they usually start in high school. I've heard 3 or 4.
It can be hard mixing kids who have been functioning in Spanish, (for example, 8th grade history is taught in Spanish), but haven't been getting the grammar drills, with kids who have been studying grammar for two years, but aren't functional in Spanish. At what level are high school Spanish classes taught entirely in Spanish with the expectation that students can read and write at a high school level? |
Anonymous
| All Spanish - Spanish 4. Read and write at a High School level? AP lit requires the reading, but I think the writing lags. |