AP ITALIAN
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FORMAT OF THE AP EXAM
About the Exam
Exam Day 2022
Monday
May 9th
12:00 PM
Exam Resources
The exam is approximately 3 hours long and has two sections — multiple choice and free-response.
Section I: Multiple Choice | ~70 questions | ~1 hour and 20 minutes | 50% of final Exam Score
The multiple choice questions ask you to identify the main ideas, significant details, purpose, and intended audience of a variety of audio and written texts and to make inferences and predictions based on them.
Part A: 30 to 34 questions | ~25 minutes
Questions relating to a variety of audio sources, including some authentic materials, such as: conversations, announcements, instructions, advertisements, and news reports. All audio sources in this section are played once.
Part B: 36 to 40 questions | ~55 minutes
Questions relating to a variety of authentic print materials including journalistic and literary texts, announcements, advertisements, tables, and charts.
Section II: Free-response | 4 tasks | ~1 hour and 28 minutes | 50% of final Exam Score
Part A: Written Tasks | ~70 minutes
Interpersonal Writing: Read and reply to an email message (15 minutes)
Presentational Writing: Write a persuasive essay based on three sources, including an article, a table or graphic, 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). You will have access to the print sources and any notes you may take on the audio during the entire 40-minute writing period.
Part B: Spoken Responses | ~18 minutes
Interpersonal Speaking: Participate in 5 exchanges in a simulated conversation (20 seconds for each response). For this conversation, you 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 on a cultural topic comparing cultural features of your own community to those of an area of the Italian-speaking world.
DIFFERENT THEMES TO COVER:
Theme: Global Challenges / Sfide globali Recommended Contexts:
• Economy / Mercato del lavoro •
Education / Scuola ed istruzione •
Environment / Ambiente •
Food and Nutrition / Alimentazione •
Human Rights / Diritti umani
• Migrations and Borders / Migrazioni e frontiere
• Politics / Politica
Theme: Science and Technology / Scienza e tecnologia Recommended Contexts:
• Alternative Resources / Fonti ed energie alternative
• Discoveries and Inventions / Scoperte ed invenzioni
• Ethics / Scelte etiche e morali
• Health and Medicine / Salute e medicina
• The Internet and Its Social Impact / La rete ed il suo impatto sociale
• Personal Technology and Communication / Uso personale della tecnologia
Theme: Contemporary Life / Vita contemporanea Recommended Contexts:
• Education and Career / Istruzione e formazione
• Holidays and Celebrations / Feste, sagre e tradizioni
• Housing and Shelter / Abitazioni
• Leisure, Travel and Tourism / Viaggi e tempo libero
• Mass Media / Mezzi di comunicazione
• Sports and Fitness / Sport e benessere
• Work / Il mondo del lavoro
Theme: Personal and Public Identities / Identità privata e pubblica Recommended Contexts:
• Gender and Sexuality / Genere e sessualità
• History and Geography / Storia e geografia
• Identity and Integration/ Identità ed integrazione
• Italians in the World / Gli italiani nel mondo
• Language and Identity / Lingue ed identità
• Political Views / Politica attuale e prospettive
• Societal Beliefs and Personal Values / Credenze diffuse e valori personali
Theme: Families and Communities / Famiglia e società Recommended Contexts: • Family Structures / La famiglia attraverso i tempi
• Generational Relationships / Rapporti generazionali
• Individualism and Solidarity / Individualismo e solidarietà
• Personal Relationships / Rapporti personali
• Social Benefits / Stato sociale
• Urban, Suburban, and Rural Life / Vita in città, periferia e campagna
• Youth Culture / I giovani oggi
Theme: Beauty and Aesthetics / Bellezza ed estetica Recommended Contexts: • Architecture / Architettura
• Conservation and Restoration / Tutela dei beni artistici e culturali
• Fashion and Design / Moda e design
• Ideals of Beauty / Ideali di bellezza
• Literature / Letteratura
• Music / Musica
• Performing Arts / Il mondo dello spettacolo
• Visual Arts / Arti visive