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Encyclopedia > AP English Language and Composition
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Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (or AP English Language and Composition' or 'AP Lang ) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Each May, participating Canadian, American, and some international educational institutions offer the Advanced Placement examinations, the natural focal point of the Advanced Placement program. ... The CollegeBoard offers several awards to students who take AP exams. ... The Advanced Placement Program, commonly known as Advanced Placement, or AP, is a United States and Canada-based program that offers high school students the opportunity to receive university credit for their work during high school. ... AP Biology is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States to earn credit for a college-level biology course. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Advanced Placement Chemistry (or AP Chemistry) course and the corresponding exam offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program allows United States high school students to potentially earn college-level credit in chemistry. ... The Advanced Placement Chinese Language and Culture (commonly known as AP Chinese Language and Culture or AP Chinese) course is offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program. ... This college-level course is both a survey of the various forms of government found throughout the world and an in-depth study of specific governments and approaches to politics. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... AP Environmental Science is for highly motivated students with interest in interdisciplinary science. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... This course is for foreign language students interested in college-level courses or gaining advanced college credit. ... This course is for foreign language students interested in college-level work or credit. ... Categories: | ... This college-level course introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earths surface. ... Categories: | ... Categories: | ... This course prepares students for the AP Latin Literature test. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This course is for advanced students interested in college-level work in economics and/or gaining advanced standing in college. ... Categories: | ... AP Physics B is an advanced placement science course that is separated into five different sections of study: Newtonian Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics, Waves and Optics, and Atomic and Nuclear Physics. ... This article relates to the AP test. ... In collaboration with the College Board and with funding from the U.S. Department of Education and the National Security Education Program, an AP Russian Language and Culture course and exam is under development through the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR). ... The AP Spanish Language exam is part of the College Boards Advanced Placement Program. ... The AP Spanish Literature exam is part of the College Boards Advanced Placement Program. ... AP Statistics students engage in the exploratory analysis of data, using graphical and numerical techniques. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... AP United States Government and Politics is a college-level course offered through the College Boards Advanced Placement Program, which surveys the structure and function of American government and politics that begins with an analysis of the Constitution, the foundation of the American political system. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The College Board is a non-profit examination board in the United States that was formed in 1900 as the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

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The Course

AP English Language and Composition is a year-long course in the study of English language structure and writing.


Purpose

"The AP English Language and Composition course is designed to help students become skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers who can compose for a variety of purposes. By their writing and reading in this course, students should become aware of the interactions among a writer's purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effective writing... Students are strongly encouraged to take the AP examination at the end of the course."[1] Each May, participating Canadian, American, and some international educational institutions offer the Advanced Placement examinations, the natural focal point of the Advanced Placement program. ...


Emphasized skills

The College Board's suggested curriculum for the course places a strong emphasis on the development of proficient reading and writing skills. In particular, thorough, efficient reading and contextual understanding of difficult historical material[2], and the ability to spontaneously write an organized and developed essay that demonstrates a strong stylistic and expressive command over the English language[3].


The Exam

Format

The AP English Language and Composition exam consists of two sections, a one-hour multiple-choice section and a two-hour free-response section[4]. The exam is further divided as follows:

Section I: Multiple-Choice Section II: Free-Response
# of Questions 55 4
Percentage of score 45 55

Scoring

The multiple-choice section is scored by computer, with a correct answer receiving 1 point, an incorrect answer losing 1/4 of a point, and a blank answer receiving 0 points. These numbers are used to calculate the adjusted multiple-choice score.


The free-response section is scored by hundreds of educators each June. Each essay is read by two readers. Barring a significant discrepancy, their scores are averaged and added to the adjusted multiple-choice score to receive the composite score. The composite is converted into a an AP score of 1-5 using a scale for that year's exam[5].


Students generally receive their scores by mail in mid-July of the year they took the test. Alternately, they can receive their scores by phone as early as July 1 for a fee[6]. Subs-scores are not available for the Language and Composition Exam.


Grade Distributions

In the 2006 administration 256,722 students took the exam from 8,168 schools. The mean score was a 2.65[7]


The grade distribution for 2006 was:

Score Percent
5 5.4%
4 15.9%
3 29.6%
2 36.7%
1 12.4%

For the 2006 administration, the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam had the lowest percentage of top scores, or 5, out of all of the Advanced Placement Exams.


References

  1. ^ http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_englang.html?englang
  2. ^ http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/english_lang/reading.html?englang
  3. ^ http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/english_lang/writing.html?englang
  4. ^ http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/english_lang/exam.html?englang
  5. ^ http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/exgrd_set.html
  6. ^ http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/exgrd.html
  7. ^ http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/english_lang/dist.html?englang

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External links

  • AP English Language and Composition at CollegeBoard.com

 

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