How Do I Self-Study AP Spanish Literature?

Self-Studying for AP Spanish Lit

Pros and Cons of Self-Studying 🤔

Pros ☺

• 🏠 You can self-study an AP course without taking the class at school. Sometimes you have to take the course in a classroom to take the AP exam and to get credit. That's not the case 😊

• If prerequisites, class size caps, or other conflicts prevent you from taking an AP class at school, self-studying might be a great option for you 📑
• ⏰ You have a lot more flexibility. Since you are not bound to a teacher, you can create a flexible schedule and choose how you want to study. However, you need more motivation to stay on track 😉
• 📅 You choose how to pace the content. You're able to study for the course whenever you'd like. If you want to study over the summer and throughout the year, you can do that. If you want to study every other day instead of every day, you can do that, too 💪

Cons 😐

• 🕰 You need to time manage appropriately. Even though you have flexibility in your schedule, you still need good time management skills before you decide to self-study a course, especially one like Spanish Lit. If you wait until the last minute to start studying for the exam, it will be nearly impossible to cover all of the required texts 📚
• 👩‍🏫You won't have a teacher to guide you with every piece of content. Although there are tons of resources online, nothing can completely replace a teacher, especially when learning a foreign language. Since AP Spanish Lit is taught almost 100% in Spanish, you may miss out on expanding your vocabulary if you are not speaking Spanish every day like you would in the classroom 🇪🇸
• 🎒There may be logistical hassles when signing up for the exam**.** If there aren't a lot of self-studiers at your school, it might be a hassle to sign up for the exam. Make sure you let your AP coordinator know in advance if you plan on self-studying 📅

Tips for Self-Studying AP Spanish Lit

1. Use the Course and Exam Description 📑

2. Read, analyze & annotate all of the texts 🤓

This might be your shelf as you read through the Spanish Lit required texts! 😉 Image labeled for reuse.

3. Create a study schedule for yourself 📆

4. Practice, practice, practice ✍

• Section 1A: Multiple Choice (10% of Exam Score)
• ⏰ 15 questions in 20 minutes
• 3 sets of questions based on authentic audio texts
• Section 1B: Multiple Choice (40% of Exam Score)
• ⏰ 50 questions in 60 minutes
• 6 sets of 7-10 questions based on BOTH required and non-required texts
• Section 2: Free Response (50% of Exam Score)
• ⏰ 4 questions in 100 minutes
• Part A: 2 Short Answer Questions (suggested time: 30 minutes)
• ✍ Text Explanation Question
• 🎨 Text and Art Comparison Question
• Part B: 2 Essay Questions (suggested time: 70 minutes)
• 📝 Analysis of a Single Text Question
• 🗯 Text Comparison Question

In Closing 🎉