AP World Language and Tradition Framework Replace

The Faculty Board periodically updates AP® programs and exams to replicate new developments of their disciplines and extra clearly talk required content material and expertise.  

Primarily based on suggestions from the AP instructor neighborhood, the Board is revising the AP world language and tradition programs and exams to focus cultural duties on genuine sources and is transitioning to a digital examination to modernize and enhance college students’ test-taking expertise.

Moreover, all AP world language and tradition programs will likely be anchored in the identical expertise and can have very comparable examination designs.  

The earliest these revisions will launch is the 2026-27 faculty yr (Might 2027 examination). These revisions is not going to have an effect on the 2025-26 faculty yr. The programs and exams that can bear revisions embody Spanish Language and Tradition, French Language and Tradition, Chinese language Language and Tradition, German Language and Tradition, Italian Language and Tradition, and Japanese Language and Tradition.

Course Revisions

Listed here are the principle adjustments:

• Course frameworks for six AP world language and tradition programs will likely be aligned to streamline expertise and studying targets
• A brand new course undertaking the place college students use supply supplies within the goal language to organize for genuine talking duties on examination day. For the course undertaking, college students will use supply supplies within the goal language to organize for genuine talking duties on examination day. On examination day, college students will current their undertaking and verbally reply questions on it. A undertaking guide will likely be launched to assist academics perceive the required undertaking elements and facilitate college students’ preparation for and completion of the course undertaking. 

Examination Revisions

• The examination  will transfer to the Bluebook digital testing software and discontinue the paper examination. 
  Notice: Wired headsets with microphones will likely be required. CD gamers, handheld digital recorders, and the Digital Audio Seize (DAC) app will not be used.
• Examination gadgets will likely be reorganized, streamlined, and standardized to make sure a clean digital exam-taking expertise and keep the core duties and targets.  
• Present talking free-response questions (FRQs) will likely be changed with genuine talking duties aligned to college-level programs that college students will put together for prematurely and full on examination day.  
• FRQ scoring pointers will likely be streamlined.

Subsequent spring earlier than revisions launch, a revised course and examination description (CED) will likely be launched and in the summertime, there will likely be skilled studying alternatives to organize academics, together with AP Summer season Institutes and the AP Annual Convention