1. AP Chinese Overview

2. “The AP Chinese Language and Culture course is designed to be comparable to fourth semester (or the equivalent) college/university courses in Mandarin Chinese.” > Intermediate level > can read/write/speak/listen about a variety of different topics related to daily life and culture >can go to China to live/work/study What is AP Chinese?

3. “The AP course prepares students to demonstrate their level of Chinese proficiency across the three communicative modes (Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational) and the five goal areas (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities) as outlined in the Standards for Foreign Language Learning.” Standards for Foreign Language Learning What does AP Chinese test?

4. 5: Extremely well qualified 4: Well qualified 3: Qualified 2: Possibly qualified 1: No recommendation Score Distribution: Score Distribution: AP Chinese Grading

5. Test Format General Overview: General Overview Example Listening Questions: –AudioAudio –QuestionsQuestions Example Free-Response Questions: –PDFPDF –Conversation-AudioConversation-Audio –Culture Presentation-AudioCulture Presentation-Audio –Scoring GuidelinesScoring Guidelines –Previous Exam Practice QuestionsPrevious Exam Practice Questions –More Sample QuestionsMore Sample Questions

6. Test Format 8 major THEMATIC TOPICS: Customs Daily Life Economics Education Entertainment Family Geography (inc. travel) Mixed Theme

7. How do I prepare?

8. Study specific test questions and topics. Divide general test prep into two major areas: –VOCABULARY  ?? –GRAMMAR  ??

9. How do I prepare? Study specific test questions and topics. Divide general test prep into two major areas: –VOCABULARY  Quantity –GRAMMAR  Quality

10. Vocabulary This is the big challenge Example: –all four books of Integrated Chinese: 1,837 WORDS –Number of characters you should know for AP Chinese: ~2500 –Number of words you should know for AP Chinese: ~3000ish

11. maybe; possible 可能 kěnéng mv/adj

12. DO NOW Write down all the words associated with apartments/houses/f urniture that you can

13. DO NOW: 这是什么房间？里 面有什么家具？对你来说，房 间的环境适合你吗？

14. Lesson 17 Dialogue 2 Vocabulary UM Flint Zhong, Yan

15. one bedroom and one living room 一房一厅 yì fáng yì tīng

16. clean 干净 gānjìng adj

17. sofa 沙发 shāfā n

18. dining table 饭桌 fànzhuō n

19. chair 椅子 yǐzi n

20. desk 书桌 shūzhuō n

21. bookcase; bookshelf 书架 shūjià n

22. there 那里 nàli pr

23. quiet 安静 ānjìng adj

24. rent 房租 fángzū n

25. measure word for the basic Chinese monetary unit; yuan 元 yuán m

26. U.S. currency 美元 Měiyuán n

27. renminbi (RMB, Chinese currency) 人民币 Rénmínbì n

28. the people 人民 rénmín n

29. currency 币 bì n

30. almost; nearly; similar 差不多 chàbuduō adv/adj

31. fee; expenses 费 fèi n

32. security deposit 押金 yājīn n

33. to serve as; to be 当 dāng v

34. to return (something) 还 huán v

35. furthermore; in addition 另外 lìngwài conj

36. to raise 养 yǎng v

37. pet 宠物 chǒngwù n

38. interest 兴趣 xìngqù n