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What activities or homework helped you the most
to prepare for the day of the AP exam?

• What Ive noticed is that reading exercises not
  only helped with comprehension, but with my
  writing as well. When I can see the Spanish
  syntax in reading, its easier to work that into
  writing.

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Now that youve taken the AP test, what advice
would you give to future students?

• Review and practice using transitional phrases
  to strengthen essays and the oral presentation
  section.

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Now that youve taken the AP test, what advice
would you give to future students?

• Start early in the year w/ AP studying and
  continuously practice to get into the habit of
  knowing what material to expect.
• Get acquainted with listening in Spanish.
• Do not cram! You cant get fluent overnight.
  Study and practice outside of class. The test
  gauges your knowledge of the language you dont
  get a full dose of Spanish in one class period.

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Now that youve taken the AP test, what advice
would you give to future students?

• SPEAK the language. Dont just learn it by
  reading and writing.
• Try to formulate your thoughts in Spanish and
  speak in Spanish to hispanohablantes.
• Take Triángulo more seriously. Its modeled
  after the exam.

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Now that youve taken the AP test, what advice
would you give to future students?

• Try to expose yourself to more things Spanish.
• Buy the Barons AP Spanish book to practice at
  home!
• Watch movies in Spanish with subtitles. It is
  very helpful.

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Una pregunta para la clase!

• Su trabajo principal cuanto más amplias tu
  vocabulario, más fuerte se pone tu discurso y
  habilidad comunicativa.
• Cómo puedes lograr esto?

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What section of the exam was most difficult for
you and why?

• The listening section because it was hard for me
  to understand and was so long I couldnt
  concentrate.
• Presentational speaking, because of the limited
  time for planning.

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What section was the most difficult for you
personally and why?

• By far the speaking section. The improvisation
  was difficult and preparing comparisons/contrasts
  for the presentational speaking was especially
  hard. Also, because I have problems with public
  speaking, I felt way too nervous.
• The oral section because my nerves were high.

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What section was the most difficult for you
personally and why?

• Reading and listening After listening and
  reading the passages, I thought I had understood
  them pretty thoroughly, but the questions and
  answer choices actually threw me off at times.

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Do you feel that Triángulo was beneficial in
preparing for the test?

• It mimics the test format.
• Yes, I think the interpersonal speaking practice
  was helpful and the ensayo basado en 3 fuentes.

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Do you feel that Triángulo was beneficial in
preparing for the test?

• Yes, because Triángulo was harder than the
  actual test.
• NOTE Many students agreed with this observation!
• Triángulo was insanely hard.
• Yes, it was beneficial. Could have been more
  interesting, but yes, it was beneficial.

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What strategies / class activities / study sheets
/ tips helped you the most?

• Class discussions and graphic organizers for
  organizing my thoughts.
• Listening to music.
• The Guided Notes.
• The handout references about essay writing.

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What strategies / class activities / study sheets
/ tips helped you the most?

• The Suggested Phrases worksheet for speaking and
  writing. Also, the Triángulo conversations.
• The study sheets with the wheel was helpful. It
  got all my notes on a topic in one place.
• How to cite sources and transitional phrases.

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