To: Students taking German III-IV-V AP
If you are considering taking the German Language AP Exam in May, there are several suggestions I have for you to help you begin to prepare yourself for the test.
1. Become familiar with EVERYTHING that is published on the AP website about this exam. The 2012 exam is radically different from those administered in prior years and many published materials you might find practice skills that no longer are tested. 2. http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_germanlang.html? germanlang 3. Look at the tips that the College Board suggests for you: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/prep_lang.html
ASSIGNMENT #1…………………………………..due by January 17, 2012/ 25 points at 2:00 p.m.
4. When you have done this, please send an e-mail with a short summary (60-100 words) in English or in German (for extra points ) of what you have learned about this exam to me. Include some ideas of how you will be able to study best over the course of the year. You can also include your hopes, plans, areas of concern, etc.
Once you have done these steps, you have a better idea on how to prepare yourself the most efficient way possibly.
1. Practice grammar and vocabulary :( 2 hours) by using these reading resources from the BBC website. Make this website a favorite on your computer. It has a wealth of information in German that you will be using as you do your journal entries for me each month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/
2. Listening :(2 hours) Get creative here! You can use songs, movies, radio (see links below), listening to native speakers having conversation, AP practice books. You must write a summary of what you did and what you got out of it!
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3. Writing (2hours): Writing can be accomplished in a number of ways. I highly suggest using composition topics from any of your AP practice books write ups from your listening or speaking, write poetry, read articles and write a summary or reaction, write e-mails/letters to friends and family, chat online in German, etc.! Any writing must be printed and put into the portfolio to count
4. Reading (2 hours) : You can read anything in German and count it toward your hours. There are tons of sources in addition to the BBC links I gave you such as: your textbooks, short stories or novels, online newspapers children’s stories. You must write a summary of your reading in order to count toward your practice hours.
5. Speaking (2 hours): In order to get credit for your 2 hours of speaking you can use the following: Your textbooks to practice the informal and formal sections of the AP exam, phone conversations, hanging out speaking with friends, exchange students, German restaurants, any way you can use your German in conversation! You must write a summary of your conversations in order to count toward your practice hours.
Although you may use many different sources to accomplish your hours, I highly suggest that for some of the hours, you utilize AP Practice books to practice sections of the exam. Half of the battle with an AP exam is getting used to FORMAT and developing STRATEGIES for each section!
Use the chart to keep the record of your work.
There is also a second grid for you to use when building a personal vocabulary list. Make copies of the sheet and as you come across new vocabulary words, fill in the grid (write the word/draw a representative picture to help you to remember it/define the word in simple German/use in a sentence to show that you know the definition.) Try to build at least 25 words every week.
ASSIGNMENT #2 E-MAILED copy due no later than January 30, 2012/ 25 points
This is the first of five TEN HOUR AP PRACTICE FORMS that you will work on. Each quarter, you will be responsible to do such an assignment. Start NOW to learn the most efficient way for you to work and DON’T leave everything to the last minute. E- mail the form BUT make a copy to turn in with the documentation at the first class.
Here are some websites to help you: Listening website: http://www.kindernetz.de/tom/filme/index.html Wow, is this fantastic! Toms Filme are short illustrated cartoon stories with one cast of characters. There is also Toms Spiel where the stories are used for a cute game. http://www.deutsch-perfekt.com/ A good place to find simplified readings with listening possibilities. www.german.about.com/library/blgerlab.htm Scroll down and choose from the listening selections. Most even have quizzes. http://www.stk.fh-koeln.de/hv_auswahl.htm A few really good Hörtexte at an appropriate AP level – some with comprehension questions and grammar. http://www.radioweb.de/livesender.html Live links to German speaking radio streaming from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. www.lyrikline.org Authors read their poems with text and audio. http://www.deutschlern.net/ Terrific advanced online exercises – great source for AP- type reading selections and listening texts spoken slowly and clearly.
Web Sources for Reading Materials: http://www.interdeutsch.de/studien1.htm A variety of exercises for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. There are even two Vater und Sohn picture sequences to put in the right order. http://www.deutsch-perfekt.com/ A good source for simplified readings with listening possibilities. http://www.zzzebra.de/index.asp Kinder Seite with Märchen and other stories, songs, and rhymes. There is also some great information on the environment and nature. http://www.whoswho.de Great source of short biographies. www.lyrikline.org Poems with text and audio.
News and Current Events http://www.thepaperboy.com Newspapers and magazines arranged according to countries. http://libraries.mit.edu/humanities/flnews/ Foreign Language Newspapers Online Videos http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,4753,00.html Video on Demand from DW-TV Michael Wigge of Euromaxx’s Die Wahrheit über Deutschland fame now travels throughout German with his Das schönste Land der Welt. http://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelle Deutsche Welle on Youtube. http://www.goethe.de/frm/vid/enindex.htm Videos from the Goethe Institut http://www.goethe.de/z/jetzt/deindex.htm Jetzt! from the Goethe Institut http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/dplus/ Short clips from the BBC television Deutsch Plus (intermediate) series.
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