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Home > AP Courses and Exams > AP Exam Questions > Exam Format: German Language Exam Format: German Language Format for the Exam The AP German Language Exam measures students' language skills, both in understanding written and spoken German and in responding in correct and idiomatic German. With the exception of directions, German is used exclusively both in the exam materials and in the student responses. Use of dictionaries or other reference works during the examination is not permitted. Beginning with the 2004 exam administration, the AP German Language Exam will no longer contain modified cloze exercises in the multiple-choice section of the exam. In addition, a reading passage will be added to the reading comprehension section of the exam. Changes in the format will lead to an overall decrease in the exam administration time while allowing students more time to complete each section. These changes will lead to an overall improvement in the ratio of reading to writing exercises on the exam as a whole, while allowing for an increased range in the reading selections. The new exam format is as follows:   % of Grade Number of Questions Minutes Allotted Section I       Part A (listening comprehension)(rejoinders, narratives, and dialogues) 20 Approx. 40 Approx. 30 Part B reading comprehension) (4 shorter passages and one lengthier text) 25 Approx. 30 Approx. 50 Section II Part A (paragraph completion [fill-ins] and composition) 30 Paragraph completion with 20 blanks, 1 composition Approx. 50 Part B (speaking) 25 6 directed responses, 1 picture sequence Approx. 20 See also... The AP German Language Exam

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