and Leisure, Lifestyles, Personal Relationships, Traditions and Social Values, and Voluntary Work. For Beauty and Aesthetics has 6 contexts, Architecture, Definitions of Beauty and Creativity, Fashion and Design, Language and Literature, and Visual and Scenic Arts. In Science and Technology they have 6 contexts, Access to Technology, Effects of Technology on the Individual and in Society, Health Care and Medicine, Technological Innovations, Natural Phenomena, Science and Ethics. In World Challenges they have 6 contexts, Economic Themes, Environmental Issues, Philosophical Thinking and Religion, Population and Demographics, Social Welfare, and Social Conscience/Awareness. The exam As of May 2017, the exam, normally administered on a Tuesday morning in May, is divided into two sections with multiple parts each. Section One, Part A contains sections of reading comprehension, in which students read four different passages and then answer multiple-choice questions about them. This section is 40 minutes. Section One, Part B contains readings with audio accompaniment and asks students multiple-choice questions to compare and contrast the two as well as synthesize each one individually. Section three contains audio presentations of approximately three minutes and has multiple-choice questions. The two sections combined are allotted 55 minutes. In Section Two, Part A: Email Response, students respond to a formal e-mail with a short response and ask questions to the author. This section is 15 minutes. In Section Two, Part A: Argumentative Essay, is a formal writing component takes the shape of a document-based question. Students must use two sources as well as listen to a recording to give a written answer to the question. Section Two, Part B: Interpersonal Speaking, is an informal or formal speaking section, where students are expected to interact to a recorded dialogue, during which they have 20 seconds to answer each section. Section Two, Part B: Presentational Speaking, asks students to give a formal oral presentation with a cultural comparison document and have four minutes to prepare and two minutes to record. The test is approximately hours in length. Note: As of 2017, all audio responses must be digitally submitted online as a mp3 file. CD players are no longer accepted. Grade distribution Both tables range from 2014 and beyond since that is the last time the AP Spanish course and exam were changed. The table below is the grade distribution combining both the native speakers and Standard Group: The table below is the grade distribution from the Standard Group: References