Specification points
College Board AP Japanese Language and Culture japanese-language-and-culture
46 points in 9 topics, with College Board's codes and titles.
Codes and titles are read by a script from College Board's published specification and have not been checked by a person. What each point covers is in the specification itself: College Board’s specification.
U1 Families and Communities
U2 Language and Culture
U3 Art and Creativity
U4 Science and Technology
U5 Contemporary Life
U6 Global Contexts
1 Interpretive Communication
- 1.A Recognising explicit meaning
- 1.A.1 Identifying supporting details
- 1.A.2 Identifying data points, patterns and trends
- 1.B Interpreting meaning
- 1.B.1 Main idea, theme or purpose
- 1.B.2 Intended audience
- 1.B.3 Point of view, perspective, tone and attitude
- 1.B.4 Organising and rhetorical structures and strategies
- 1.B.5 Meaning of words and phrases from textual cues
- 1.C Synthesising and inferring meaning
- 1.C.1 Connecting information within and across sources
- 1.C.2 Drawing logical conclusions
- 1.C.3 Inferring implied meaning from context
2 Interpersonal and Presentational Communication
- 2.A Language suited to purpose and context
- 2.A.1 Variety of grammatical structures
- 2.A.2 Variety of vocabulary
- 2.A.3 Idiomatic and culturally relevant expressions
- 2.A.4 Register suited to audience and situation
- 2.B Comprehensible communication for the audience
- 2.B.1 Communication strategies such as circumlocution and paraphrase
- 2.B.2 Monitoring and self-correcting spoken language
- 2.B.3 Comprehensible pronunciation
- 2.B.4 Rate of speech and intonation
- 2.B.5 Conventions of written language
- 2.C Sharing ideas, information and opinions
- 2.C.1 Expressing ideas, preferences and opinions
- 2.C.2 Research strategies for information and evidence
- 2.C.3 Using examples to advise, inform and explain
- 2.C.4 Integrating sources to support a position
- 2.C.5 Referencing and citing sources
- 2.D Organisational and rhetorical strategies
- 2.D.1 Organisational structure
- 2.D.2 Cohesive devices to connect ideas