[The book] is intended to meet the need for a text to accompany the Advanced Placement Spanish Lanugae course. The overall goal ... is to prepare students to perform at a high level of proficiency in the four basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Upon completing the course, students are expected to be able to comprehend formal and informal Spanish, and also speak, read and write cohesively and precisely at the third-year college level. [The authors] have attempted to create a series of exercises that will both meet the general objectives of the course and help the students prepare for the Advanced Placement examination ... Although geared primarily to the AP course and examination, the book is also intended to provide an opportunity for advanced learning. The exercises are desgined not only to review and reinforce students' knowledge, but also to increase their vocabulary and sharpen their grammatical skills. [The book] can be used as a complementary text in any advanced course in Spanish.-Intro.

Azulejo's standards-based curriculum, simultaneously emphasizing context and themes, introduces students to high-level critical thinking as it prepares them for success in the AP® Spanish Literature and Culture Course. Azulejo is divided into units that progress chronologically, but are organized along a common thread. The chronological approach allows students to study the historical context in which the work was written and to appreciate how authors see, engage, and influence their world. Azulejo contains every text from 2012-2013 AP® Spanish Literature and Culture reading list. --