LETTORATI EXAMS HAVE A VALIDITY OF 3 YEARS

(an exam sat in January/May/September 2023 is valid until 31/12/2025)

Remember only students who have passed and registered Lingua 1 are permitted to take the 2nd year lettorato exam. Students will be asked for proof at the oral exam.

The exam will consist of:

1. a computer-based Use of English/grammar test (40 multiple choice questions - 45 minutes) sample tests

Only students who have passed this test with a score of at least 24 points will be admitted to the oral exam.  

It is now possible to hold over your pre-test pass mark (see below) for the two subsequent sessions if you do not pass the oral exam.  NB This opportunity is only available to students who have taken and failed the oral exam in the same session as the pre-test.

Students must request their mark to be held over. When the final results are posted on this website there will be a link to a form where students can opt to keep their Part 1 result valid for the next two exam sessions. 

Students will have 3 days in which to communicate their decision via this form - do not email teachers.

Students who wish to "refuse" a final mark can do so in the usual way by emailing the co-ordinator for each year within 3 days of the results being posted.  Students who refuse their final mark will have to resit both parts of the test.

The test will be based on:

My Grammar Lab - Advanced, C1/C2, With key - M. Foley & D. Hall, Pearson, 2012

ISBN: 9781408299111

Units: 1 – 16, 19 – 35, 37,38, 47 – 49, 51, 52, 58, 59, 62 – 64, 79 – 81

2. An oral exam (download oral exam criteria) during which students must demonstrate fluency of the spoken language at a good B2 level, together with specific vocabulary and content related to the current 2nd year course books.

The final mark (/30) for the second year lettorato will be based on the results obtained in the grammar test (15 points) plus student performance in the oral exam (15 points), i.e. the total of the two marks.  

All students must bring an English language CV to the exam, (download example CV or Europass template). During the oral, students will be shown a selection of job advertisements and asked to choose between them, justifying their choice .  

Subsequently, students will be asked either to summarise a TED Talk from the Keynote book or to discuss a theme or a text from the CdL book (Business Partner B2, Pearson /FT Publishing   L12, English for International Tourism, Upper Intermediate, Pearson L15 or Macmillan Travel Stories L11.)

Checklist

Before the oral exam students must

• prepare a c.v. and bring a paper copy to the oral.

• be familiar with the texts, vocabulary and content from Keynote and your CdL textbook, and be prepared to discuss and summarise them in the oral. 

Examples of the Pre-Test and the Vocabulary exercises (option 2 oral exam) are available here Sample Exams.

Please note: You cannot take the 2nd year lettorato exam until the end of the academic year in which you enrolled for 2 nd year (May session or after).

The lettorato result is valid for 3 academic years.

Students with disabilities or special educational needs should contact Silvia Pireddu.

Erasmus students should consult the Erasmus page

Sonia Slaviero October 2024