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Participants will learn how the AP Chinese Language and Culture course prepares students to demonstrate Chinese proficiency across the three communicative modes (interpersonal, interpretive and presentational) and in the five goal areas (communications, cultures, connections, comparisons and communities), as outlined in the “Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century.” Participants will examine the 2010 exam results, will learn about professional development opportunities, and will investigate best practices used by K–12 teachers in a standards-based curriculum that prepare students for the AP challenge. The session will conclude with a question-and-answer period.
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AP Chinese Updates and Best
PracticesHong Gang Jin
Xian Wu
Keith Cothrun
Outline
1. AP Course and Examination (AP 课程及测试 )
2. The Development of AP Chinese (AP 中文的研发及推广 : 2004-2011)
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com
• Course Description• Released Exams
and Data• AP Course Audit
and Sample Course Syllabi
• Teachers' Resource Reviewing Catalog
• Electronic Discussion Group
2. The Development of AP Chinese (AP 中文的研发及推广 : 2004-2011) (cont.)
3. 2010 AP Chinese Examination Participants: 2007-2010
96% increase in total participation 参加测试总人数增加96%
4. AP Chinese Examination Standard Group Participation 2007-2010
218% increase in Standard Group participation 非母语人数增加 218%
*Students in the Standard Group generally receive most of their foreign language training in the US. They did not indicate on their answer sheet that they regularly speak or hear the language of the examination or that they have lived for one month or more in a country where the language is spoken.
5. Grade Distributions （分数分布）2010 AP Chinese Language and Culture
Examination Grade
Chinese Language (Total Group)
Chinese Language (Standard Group*)
N % At N % At
5 4,900 76.7% 458 39.7%4 843 13.2% 290 25.2%3 420 6.6% 237 20.6%2 96 1.5% 69 6.0%1 129 2.0% 99 8.6%
3 or Higher 6,163 96.5% 985 85.4%
Total 6,388 1,153
*Students in the Standard Group generally receive most of their foreign language training in the US. They did not indicate on their answer sheet that they regularly speak or hear the language of the examination or that they have lived for one month or more in a country where the language is spoken.
Comparison with 2009 total group:
Examination Grade Chinese Language and Culture
N % At
5 4042 81.6
4 485 9.8
3 299 6
2 47 0.9
1 83 1.7
Number of Students
4956
3 or Higher / % 97.4 (same ratio)
Comparison with 2009 Standard Group
Examination Grade Chinese Language and Culture
N % At
5 322 46.9
4 150 21.8
3 129 18.8
2 27 3.9
1 59 8.6
Number of Students
687
3 or Higher / % 87.5 (2.7 higher than 07)
6. AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam Takers by Ethnicity （人种分布）
Ethnicity2007 2008 2009 2010
Students Percent Students Percent Students Percent Students Percent
Asian, Asian American or Pacific Islander
2,915 89.39% 3,970 92.09% 4,623 90.65% 5,640 88.29%
White 126 3.86% 135 3.13% 211 4.14% 312 4.88%Black or African American
9 0.28% 10 0.23% 20 0.39% 44 0.69%
Hispanic 6 0.18% 8 0.19% 11 0.22% 13 0.20%Mexican American or Chicano
5 0.15% 4 0.09% 14 0.27% 13 0.20%
American Indian/ Alaskan Native
4 0.12% 3 0.07% 10 0.20% 8 0.13%
Puerto Rican 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 3 0.05%Other 52 1.59% 67 1.55% 78 1.53% 125 1.96%Not Reported 143 4.39% 113 2.62% 132 2.59% 230 3.60%
1. Objectives of AP Chinese Examination
2. Format of AP Examination
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com
3. Scoring Criteria for Free Response Items ( 开放题评分标准 )
4. Scoring Rating （评分等级）
No. Grade Verbal Grade Description
6 Excellent Demonstrates excellence
5 Very good Suggests excellence
4 good Demonstrates competence
3 Adequate Suggests competence
2 Weak Suggests lack of competence
1 Very Weak Demonstrates lack of competence
0 Unacceptable Constains nothing that earns credit
Speaking Performance Characteristics: Task Completion @
6 Thorough and appropriate response with elaboration and detail; smoothly connected sentences
5 Thorough and appropriate response; may include elaboration and detail; connected sentences
4 Appropriate response; loosely connected sentences
3 Basic but appropriate response; disconnected sentences
2 Appropriate but incomplete response; fragmented sentences
1 Marginal or minimal response; disjointed sentences or isolated words
0 Clearly does not respond to the prompt; not in Chinese; blank
5. Advise from the Chief Reader: On Task Completion (2010)
6. Advise from the Chief Reader: On Coherence, Organization, Guessing in Context
1. Multiple Choice Scoring
2011-12 AP Professional Development Opportunities
AP Summer Institutes
2. AP Chinese Resources
AP Central
apcentral.collegeboard.com
apcentral.collegeboard.com
AP and College Success (CB’s 08 Report)
