5 Steps to a 5: AP Spanish Language and Culture

Let us supplement your AP classroom experience with this easy-to-follow study guide!


The immensely popular 5 Steps to a 5 AP Spanish Language and Culture guide has been updated for the 2021-22 school year and now contains:


•3 full-length practice exams 


•Comprehensive overview of the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam format


•Realistic exercises for the multiple-choice section of the exam, including print and audio texts; and the free-response section, including interpersonal and presentational writing and speaking questions and prompts


•A complete audio program on MP3 disk to help you develop solid listening-comprehension skills and gain valuable interactive speaking practice 


•Thorough answer explanations and sample responses that reflect all question types, just like the ones you will see on test day


•Hundreds of reliable tips and in-the-know strategies

Dennis Lavoie has taught high school Spanish for more than 20 years. He is a participant in the College Board’s Spanish Program Development/Assessment Committee.

Yensen Sierra Lambert has taught AP Spanish Language and Culture and other Spanish courses for 19 years in New York City, Florida, Georgia, and most recently at Greens Farms Academy in Westport, CT.  She has served as a Reader and Table Leader in the AP Spanish Language and Culture Reading in Cincinnati for the last four years. She has also led student and teacher training workshops for the National Math and Science Initiative/AP for All in New York City, where she has helped native speakers and their teachers prepare for the AP exam. Lambert presented proficiency-based sessions at ACTFL and will soon participate in NECTFL in New York City. She is currently the chair of the world languages department at Greens Farms Academy in Westport, CT, where she teaches and mentors experienced teachers and teaching fellows.