Advanced Placement (AP) Italian Language and Culture (also known as AP Italian Language or AP Italian) is a course offered by the American College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. It is intended to give students a thorough background in the Italian language and Italian culture equivalent to a college-level course.
Due to low numbers of students taking AP Italian, it was temporarily discontinued after the 2008–2009 year.[1] On July 3, 2008, The Italian Language Foundation was established to support Italian language education and the AP Italian program.[2] On November 10, 2010, the College Board announced that the program would be reinstated in the fall of 2011, with the first AP Italian Exam scheduled for May 2012.[3]
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- ^ "History of the AP Italian Program". Italian Language Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ Lewin, Tamar (10 November 2010). "Italian Studies Regains Spot on the List of AP Courses". New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2010.