50–50% of the AP exam. Key topics: Listening Part A — Rejoinders: selecting the most appropriate conversational follow-up (sociolinguistic competence, social register, implied meaning), Listening Part A — Listening Selections: comprehension of announcements, conversations, radio broadcasts, and interviews heard once or twice, Reading Part B — Text types: personal emails, notes, advertisements, menus, brochures, signs, news articles, literary excerpts, Reading strategies: skimming and scanning for 35–40 questions in 60 minutes, Vocabulary in context: inferring meaning of unfamiliar characters from surrounding text, Simplified/Traditional character toggle navigation under timed conditions, Cultural knowledge tested via MCQ: holidays, geography, social customs, historical context.
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