How long is the AP Spanish Language exam?

The AP Spanish Language and Culture exam is about 2 hours 30 minutes long. Section II has 55 multiple-choice questions in 80 minutes, split into two 40-minute parts, listening and reading. Section I has 3 free-response tasks, two spoken and one written, in about 65 to 70 minutes. Each section is 50% of your score. In 2027 it is on Thursday, May 13, in Session 1, in the Bluebook app.

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In more detail

Section II is multiple choice: Part A has 25 listening questions in 40 minutes and Part B has 30 reading questions in 40 minutes, each part worth 25% of your score. Section I is three free-response tasks. Question 1 is a project presentation (20%): 3 minutes to prepare and 3 minutes to speak. Question 2 is a project Q&A (15%): you answer 4 pre-recorded questions you have not seen, 40 seconds each. Question 3 is an argumentative essay (15%) written in 55 minutes from print and audio sources, with two chances to hear the audio.

Questions 1 and 2 build on the research you did for a project topic that College Board releases in January of the exam year. Question 3 is independent of that topic. You submit your Personalized Project Reference (PPR) as final through the AP Digital Portfolio by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, April 30, 2027, so that deadline comes before the exam itself.

The exam is fully digital. You hear audio prompts and record your spoken answers directly in Bluebook, so test your headphones and microphone in a Bluebook test preview first. In 2027 it is on Thursday, May 13, in Session 1, usually the morning, and for most schools Session 1 starts at 8 a.m. local time. Check-in and instructions come on top of the 2 hours 30 minutes, and approved accommodations such as extended time make the sitting longer.

AP Spanish Language and Culture exam timing (College Board, 2027)

Part	Questions or tasks	Time	Share of score
Section I, Q1: project presentation	1 spoken task	3 min preparation, 3 min speaking	20%
Section I, Q2: project Q&A	4 recorded questions	40 seconds per response	15%
Section I, Q3: argumentative essay	1 written task	55 min, audio heard twice	15%
Section II, Part A: listening	25	40 min	25%
Section II, Part B: reading	30	40 min	25%
Total	55 multiple choice and 3 free response	About 2 h 30 min	100%

Step by step

1
Submit your Personalized Project Reference as final in the AP Digital Portfolio by April 30, 2027.
2
Run a Bluebook test preview on the device you will use, and check your headphones and microphone.
3
Practice the 80 minutes of multiple choice in two blocks of 40 minutes: listening first, then reading.
4
Rehearse the project presentation out loud: 3 minutes to plan, 3 minutes to speak, and record yourself.
5
Practice the Q&A by answering 4 questions you have not seen in 40 seconds each.
6
Write one argumentative essay in 55 minutes from a print source and an audio source, and listen to the audio twice.

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