Beth Smith

Übung macht den Meister    

It is not enough that students know the language to be prepared for the language AP tests.  Students must be trained to take the test itself and must be informed as to how they will be graded. During this workshop, we will go through the test and spend a lot of time actually grading samples from last year’s free- response questions. As we do that, participants will also receive ideas on how to improve their students’ performances on the test in the free-response areas. We will discuss and create classroom activities to prepare students for the test,. Participants will create materials to be used in teaching literature and will work on ways to incorporate music and film into the AP classroom.

Beth Smith has been teaching German since 1969 and has been teaching AP German since 1991. She is currently a question leader for the AP reading and has been presenting workshops on the teaching of AP German since 1993. She has just finished authoring a workshop for the College Board on Vertical Teaming in the Language classroom and has recently collaborated on a book to be published by the College Board which will help prepare students for the exam. She is a reviewer of materials on the website, AP Central, and has just written articles on reading and writing in the AP Classroom for the College Board. As past president of the American Association of Teachers of German, she has had the opportunity to work with the latest materials and pedagogy. She was honored by the AATG as Educator of the Year at the Secondary Level in 2006.

Updated 1/15/08