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AP® Chinese Language and Culture Exam Free Response Task: Cultural PresentationChinese Language Education
Forum (CLEF)San Francisco, CA April 10-11, 2015
Lisa Podbilski
Louisville Collegiate School
Baocai Jia
Cupertino High School
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AP Chinese Language and Culture Development Committee
2014-2015Committee members:
2 co-chairs: 1 High School and 1 Higher Education
2 Higher Ed teachers
2 High School Teachers
AP Chinese Chief Reader
College Board Advisor
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AP Chinese Language and Culture Development
Committee2014-2015
•Lisa Podbilski, Louisville Collegiate School, [email protected]
•Baocai Jia, Cupertino High School, [email protected]
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Focal Points & Objectives
AP Chinese Course Overview: Goals and
Expectations
AP Chinese Examination:
Objectives and Format
Free Response: Cultural Presentation
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I. AP Chinese Course Overview
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AP Chinese Course Overview
• AP“… is a collaborative effort between motivated students; dedicated teachers; and committed high schools, colleges and universities.”
• AP Chinese course is designed to be comparable to 4th semester/250 hours of college level instructionWhat is AP Chinese?
• Preparing students to be proficient in Chinese across the three communicative modes
• Connecting students to college success
• Contributing to college credits
Why AP Chinese?
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AP Chinese Learning Objectives:Students are expected to…
Engage in spoken
interpersonal communication
Engage in written
interpersonal communication
Comprehend information
from a variety of audio and
visual resources
Comprehend information
from a variety of written and print resources
Plan, produce and present
spoken presentational communication
s
Plan and produce written presentational communication
s
apcentral.collegeboard.com
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Real-life situations Vocabulary usage
Language control Communication strategies
EMPHASIZE Communication:
Understanding and being understood
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AP Chinese Course: Explore Culture
Products:Books,
music, tools, etc.
Perspectives:
Values, assumptions, attitudes
PracticesSocial
interactions within a culture
Develop student awareness and appreciation of
the 3 P’s
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AP Chinese Course: Explore Culture
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AP Central
apcentral.collegeboard.com
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II. Objectives and format of the AP
Chinese Exam
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AP Chinese Examination Objectives & Focus
Test knowledge of Chinese language and culture (contemporary and historical)
Test ability to communicate in Chinese in linguistically, culturally and socially appropriate ways.
Test ability to interact with authentic materials
Focus on interpersonal, interpretive and presentational communication using the four skills
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Format of AP Examination
Examination length
Approximately 2 hours and 15
minutes in length
70 multiple choice questions
and 4 free-response tasks
Examination
categories
Section I: multiple-choice questions.• Part A: Listening• Part B: Reading
Section II: free-response tasks requiring written and spoken responses.• Part A: Writing• Part B: Speaking
Grade distribution
: By communicative
modes: Interpretive -- 40%Interpersonal -- 30 %Presentational -- 30 %
By language modality:• Listening -- 25 %• Reading -- 25 %• Writing – 25%• Speaking -- 25 %
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com
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Scoring Criteria for Free Response Items
Task completi
on
Response to the
prompts, organization and text
type
DeliveryPace,
pronunciation, register
Language use
Vocabulary and
grammatical structure
No.
Verbal Grade Description
6 Excellent Demonstrates excellence
5 Very good Suggests excellence
4 good Demonstrates competence
3 Adequate Suggests competence
2 Weak Suggests lack of competence
1 Very Weak Demonstrates lack of competence
0 Unacceptable
Contains nothing that earns credit
Rubrics-based holistic assessment of students’ responses
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III. Free Response: Cultural
Presentation