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About the Exam
About the Exam
Exam Overview
The AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam will test your ability to apply communication skills developed in the course and ask you to demonstrate your understanding of Chinese-speaking culture.
This is a fully digital exam. You’ll complete multiple-choice and free-response questions in the Bluebook testing app, with all responses automatically submitted at the end of the exam. For the speaking part of the exam, you’ll hear audio prompts and record your responses directly in Bluebook.
You’ll complete a project prior to exam day to prepare for two authentic speaking tasks on the exam: Project Presentation and Project Q&A.
Chinese text on the screen can be displayed in simplified characters or in traditional characters, and you may toggle between the two versions if necessary. When typing your responses in the Writing part of the exam, you may choose from the following three input methods: Pinyin Simplified, Pinyin Traditional, and Bopomofo. The display and input options will have no effect on your exam score.
Exam Duration
2hrs
AP Exam App
AP Exam App
Must be signed out of your Chromebook account
Click App and click on the URL to install app.
Log in with CollegeBoard username and password
El Capitan School Code: 051346
Deadline: Submit Your Personalized Project Reference (PPR) through the AP Digital Portfolio: April 30, 2027
Deadline: Submit Your Personalized Project Reference (PPR) through the AP Digital Portfolio: April 30, 2027
Section 1: Free response
Section 1: Free response
4 questions | 50% of Score
For Questions 1 and 2, you will answer prompts based on the research you completed for the project topic released in January of the exam year. Questions 3 and 4 are independent of the project topic.
Question 1: Project Presentation: 20% of Score
Deliver a presentation in response to a prompt about what you learned through their research. (3 minutes to prepare; 3 minutes to present.)Question 2: Project Q&A: 15% of Score
Participate in 4 exchanges in a simulated question-and-answer session about your presentation. (40 seconds for each response.)Question 3: Story Narration: 7.5% of Score
Write a story based on four provided pictures.Question 4: Email Response: 7.5% of Score
Compose an email in response to an email received from a friend or member of the community.
You’ll have 30 minutes to complete both writing tasks (Questions 3 and 4).
Section II: multiple choice
Section II: multiple choice
55 questions | 50% of Score
Part A: Listening: 25 questions; 25 minutes; 25% of Score
Part B: Reading: 30 questions; 40 minutes; 25% of Score
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