30 Questions | 40 Minutes| 23% of Score
Interpretive Communication: Print Texts. This section consists of a variety of authentic print materials (e.g., journalistic and literary texts, announcements, advertisements, letters, charts, maps, and tables). Students will be asked to:
Identify the main ideas and supporting details
Determine the meaning of vocabulary words in context
Identify the author’s point of view or the target audience
Demonstrate knowledge of the cultural or interdisciplinary information contained in the text
35 Questions | 55 Minutes | 27% of Score
This section consists of a variety of authentic audio materials, including interviews, podcasts, public service announcements, conversations, and brief presentations. It is divided into 2 subsections:
Interpretive Communication: Print and Audio Texts (combined). 2 sets of audio sources paired with print materials on the same topic with questions (article and audio report, chart and conversation).
Interpretive Communication: Audio Texts. 3 sets of audio sources with questions (interview, instructions, presentation).
Students will respond to questions about main ideas and supporting details. Some questions will require students to demonstrate their understanding of cultural or interdisciplinary information.
Students will have time to read a preview of each selection and skim the questions before listening to the audio. All audio texts will be played twice.
2 Questions | 1 Hour 10 Minutes | 25% of Score
Interpersonal Writing: Read and reply to an email message (15 minutes).
Presentational Writing: Write an argumentative essay based on 3 sources, including an article, a table, graph, chart, or infographic, and a related audio source (played twice), that present different viewpoints on a topic (~55 minutes total: 15 minutes to review materials plus 40 minutes to write). Students will have access to the print sources and any notes they may take on the audio during the entire 40-minute writing period.
2 Questions | 18 Minutes | 25% of Score
Interpersonal Speaking: Participate in 5 exchanges in a simulated conversation (20 seconds for each response). For this conversation, students will be provided with a preview of the conversation, including an outline of each exchange.
Presentational Speaking: Deliver a 2-minute presentation in response to a prompt in which students compare a cultural feature of a Spanish-speaking community with which they are familiar to their own community or another community.