AP® Chinese Language
Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to AP® Chinese Language!
Welcome to Albert's AP® Chinese Language course!
This page provides specific content-related information for Albert's AP® Chinese Language course, including how it is organized, how to find questions using standards or tags, and ideas for classroom uses. If you need technical assistance, please visit our Help Center or contact hello@albert.io.
For testing information or details about the exam itself, visit the College Board.
Subject Organization
Themes
Albert’s AP® Chinese Language multiple-choice questions (located in the Practice tab) are organized in accordance with the College Board’s AP® Chinese Language and Culture Course and Exam Description into the following six themes:
Themes
- Families in Different Societies
- The Influence of Language and Culture on Identity
- Influences of Beauty and Art
- How Science and Technology Affect Our Lives
- Factors That Impact the Quality of Life
- Environmental, Political, and Societal Challenges
Topics
Each theme contains a range of specific topics. For example:
- Social Customs, Traditions, Values, and Rites of Passage
- National and Ethnic Identities
- Lifestyles and Pop Culture
Using Standards to Find Questions
Standards
All questions in Albert’s AP® Chinese Language course are aligned to the standards from the Course and Exam Description.
This standards alignment provides another easy way to find useful questions besides the Theme and Topic organization. Using the Standards button at the top left corner of any subject page, you can search for any standard from the CED to find all questions in our course library aligned to that standard! For more details, please see this article in our Help section.
In addition to searching by the standards’ names, you can also search by their content! Simply type in a few words from the standard description to see all relevant standards pertaining to that content.
Question Types
AP® Chinese Language includes multiple-choice questions. AP® Chinese Language seeks to mirror the questions students will see on the actual exam with aligned prompts, supplements, question stems, and distractors.
Some multiple-choice questions will include an audio component. Some will include a text passage. All include traditional and simplified characters.
Exam Information
All AP® Exams take place the first two weeks of May. You can find the AP® Exam schedule here.
Please note that all AP® Chinese Language exams will be administered by computer. The format of the exam is detailed in the table below:
| Section 1A | Section 1B | Section 2A | Section 2B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Multiple Choice Listening | Multiple Choice Reading | Free Response Written | Free Response Spoken |
| Number of Questions | 25-35 Questions | 30-40 Questions | 2 Questions | 2 Questions |
| Exam Weighting | 25% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| Timing | 20 minutes | 60 minutes | 30 minutes | 10 minutes |
The AP® Chinese Language poster provides a detailed overview of this year’s exam.
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