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AP ChineseLanguage andCultureExam Overview 2016 The College Board.
Table of ContentsOverview Exam Format About This PresentationStudent InformationOptions for Chinese Text Display Options for Reading Chinese Text Input Options for Typing Chinese Text Output Options for Typing Chinese TextExam General Directions Section I: Multiple Choice Part A: Listening Part B: Reading Break Section II: Free Response Part A: Writing Part B: SpeakingEnd of ExamAdditional ResourcesAP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview2 2016 The College Board.
Welcome to an overview of the AP ChineseLanguage and Culture Exam. This presentationwill provide you with a preview of the questiontypes and directions screens that you’ll see onexam day.The exam will be delivered on a CD andadministered at a computer. On exam day, youwill follow directions spoken by the proctor.During various parts of the exam, you will alsoread on the screen, listen through a headset, typeusing the keyboard, and speak into a microphone.Read the information on the screens carefully.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview3 2016 The College Board.
The exam is approximately two hours and 15minutes in length. The exam has two sections.Section I consists of multiple-choice questions. Part A: Listening Part B: ReadingSection II, the free-response section, requires youto produce written and spoken responses. Part A: Writing Part B: SpeakingAP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview4 2016 The College Board.
About This Presentation This overview does not present an entire exam, but doesinclude questions that represent the various parts of thecomplete exam. The screen images in this presentation are from a sampleexam. Several screens in the sample exam include anExit button, but this button will not appear in the regularexam. This presentation includes screens where some details,such as references to the number of questions oradministration time, refer to the sample exam and do notmatch the complete exam.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview5 2016 The College Board.
The followingscreens showthe StudentInformationregistrationscreens thatyou’ll completein place of ananswer sheeton exam day.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview6 2016 The College Board.
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Display Options for Reading Chinese TextThroughout the exam, wherever Chinese text is displayedfor you to read (for example, each selection in theReading part and one selection in the Writing part), youcan use a button to toggle between displaying the text intraditional or simplified characters.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview11 2016 The College Board.
Input Options for Typing Chinese TextIn the Writing part of the exam, you will be able to choosebetween two input methods for typing your responses inChinese.You may use the Microsoft Pinyin IME (MSPY)*, which isbased on Hanyu Pinyin, to type in either simplified ortraditional characters (see output options on the next page),or you may use the Microsoft New Phonetic IME, which isbased on Zhuyin Fuhao (Bopomofo), to type in traditionalcharacters. When you reach the Writing part of the exam,you will be able to choose the desired input method byselecting Pinyin or Bopomofo from a drop-down list.*In the Windows 8 operating system, it is called Microsoft Pinyin SimpleFast.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview12 2016 The College Board.
Output Options for Typing Chinese TextYou will see a screen titled “Typing Options for the Writing Part of theExam” (see next page) after the student information screens butbefore the exam begins. If you intend to use the Pinyin input methodin the Writing part, you must decide at that time whether you want totype responses in simplified characters or in traditional characters. (Ifyou intend to use the Bopomofo input method, you will not need totake any action on this screen.) Click on the radio button for Simplified characters (Pinyin input) or forTraditional characters (Pinyin input) to select your preference forChinese text that you will type as your responses in the Writing part ofthe exam. Try typing in the white box on the screen to test your selected setting. You will not be able to change this setting after leaving the screen.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview13 2016 The College Board.
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At thebeginning ofthe exam, youshould readthe GeneralDirectionscarefully(continued onnext page).AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview15 2016 The College Board.
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Before the firstpart of the exam,you will checkthat your headsetand microphoneare workingproperly.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview17 2016 The College Board.
The multiplechoice sectionbegins withPart A:Listening.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview18 2016 The College Board.
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An audioprogress barappearswhenever youhear audiomaterialthrough yourheadset.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview20 2016 The College Board.
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The multiplechoice sectioncontinues withPart B: Reading.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview24 2016 The College Board.
During theReadingpart, you mayaccess theHelpscreens.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview25 2016 The College Board.
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During theReading part,clicking onReview willallow you toreview thestatus of eachquestion.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview28 2016 The College Board.
There will be a10-minute breakbetween themultiple-choiceand freeresponsesections.After the break,you must wait forthe proctor’sinstructionsbefore resumingthe exam.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview29 2016 The College Board.
The freeresponsesection beginswith Part A:Writing.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview30 2016 The College Board.
During theWriting part,you mayaccess theHelpscreens.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview31 2016 The College Board.
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The freeresponse sectioncontinues withPart B:Speaking.Before beginningthis part, you willperform anotherheadset andmicrophonecheck.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview34 2016 The College Board.
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After the exam,do not touchthe computerbecause it willbe processingyour examresponses.Sit quietly andwait for theproctor todismiss allstudents at thesame time.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview39 2016 The College Board.
If you’d like more information about the AP ChineseLanguage and Culture Exam or the exam administration,refer to the following resources: The AP Coordinator of the school where you will betesting should be able to provide you with moreinformation about the exam schedule, what to bring onexam day, and any pre-exam-day activities. Visit the AP Chinese Language and Culture pages atwww.collegeboard.com/apstudents to see the completeCourse Description as well as free-response questionsand scoring guidelines from last year’s exam. Download the current Bulletin for AP Students andParents at www.collegeboard.com/apstudents.AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview40 2016 The College Board.
Display Options for Reading Chinese Text Throughout the exam, wherever Chinese text is displayed . Reading part and one selection in the Writing part), you can use a button to toggle between displaying the text in traditional or simplified characters. 12 AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Overview
