AP Chinese Language and Culture
- AP Chinese Language and Culture
Advanced Placement Chinese Language and Culture (commonly known as AP Chinese Language and Culture or AP Chinese) is a course offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program. Designed to be comparable to a fourth semester or equivalent college/university courses in Cantonese Chinese and Mandarin Chinese, these college courses deepen the students’ immersion into the language and culture of the Chinese-speaking world. Coursework within this course reflects the proficiencies exhibited throughout the Intermediate range as described in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines.
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 in the 21st Century". Its aim is to provide students with ongoing and varied opportunities to further develop their proficiencies across the full range of language skills within a cultural frame of reference reflective of the richness of Chinese language and culture. Since the course interweaves language and culture learning, this exploration occurs mostly in Chinese. Most people who take these tests are native speakers and do not rely on a course or class.
The exam
The first AP Chinese test was administered on May 9, 2007. The test encountered many technical difficulties ("ie" unable to convert from simplified to traditional Chinese, inability to type) and as a result many students could not complete the test.
Grade distribution
In the 2007 administration, 3,261 students took the exam from 433 schools. The mean score was a 4.69.
The grade distribution for 2007 was:
ee also
* Western study of the Chinese language
External links
* [http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_chineselang.html AP Chinese Language and Culture at CollegeBoard.com]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Chinese Language and Culture — may refer to: Chinese Language and Culture (HKALE), a subject in Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination, a core subject for all F.6 and 7 students in Hong Kong Advanced Placement Chinese Language and Culture, an AP system subject with a totally… … Wikipedia
Beijing Language and Culture University — Infobox University name = Beijing Language and Culture University native name = 北京语言大学 image size = 200px caption = South gate latin name = motto = mottoeng = established = 1962 closed = type = affiliation = endowment = officer in charge =… … Wikipedia
Beijing Language and Culture University Press — (BLCUP)(北京语言大学出版社) is a publisher that specializes in publishing Chinese textbooks. Established in 1985, it is attached to the Beijing Language and Culture University. BLCUP is the only publishing house in China dedicated solely to the… … Wikipedia
List of Chinese language radio stations — This is a list of radio stations that broadcast in the Chinese language. Contents 1 Mainland China 1.1 China Radio International (CRI) 1.2 Beijing Radio Stations 1.3 Guangd … Wikipedia
Chinese Radio and TV (Netherlands) — Chinese Radio and Television (CRTV) is an organization created to bring Chinese language programming to the Netherlands and is operated by a group of enthusiastic volunteers. CRTV started with a biweekly one hour radio program and has developed… … Wikipedia
Chinese language — Unless otherwise specified, Chinese texts in this article are written in (Simplified Chinese/Traditional Chinese; Pinyin) format. In cases where Simplified and Traditional Chinese scripts are identical, the Chinese term is written once. Chinese… … Wikipedia
Chinese Staff and Workers' Association — The Chinese Staff and Worker s Association (CSWA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan workers rights organization based in New York City which educates and organizes workers in the United States so that they may improve their working conditions. It… … Wikipedia
Chinese Singaporean — 新加坡华人 新加坡華人 … Wikipedia
Yale-China Chinese Language Center — (Chinese: 雅禮中國語文研習所, formerly New Asia Yale in China Chinese Language Center) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is a Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese study center in Hong Kong. Contents 1 History 2 Curriculum 2.1 … Wikipedia
Chinese people in Kenya — Total population 3,000–10,000[1] Regions with significant populations Nairobi, Mombasa[1][2 … Wikipedia
