Students will develop proficiency and integrate their language skills to be prepared for the exam. They will be provided with a variety of tools to practice and strategies they need to gain both the skills and the confidence for success. They will be exposed to a broad variety of authentic materials and activities to assess communicative and cultural competency in a holistic way. All tasks will be drawn from six diverse content areas, or themes, that provide a meaningful context for the communication tasks students will face on the exam. The entire course is designed with a college course rigor. To ensure that the AP Spanish Language Exam is maintained at its intended level, special studies are carried out periodically to establish the comparability of performance of college students completing a 3rd-year Spanish language course. The AP Exam for AP Spanish Language and Culture is required and payment for the course is to be completed by the student.