2nd year Programme 2025-26
2nd year Programme 2025-26
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Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere e Culture Moderne
LETTORATI EXAMS HAVE A VALIDITY OF 3 YEARS
(an exam sat in January/May/September 2025 is valid until 31/12/2027)
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 is divided into three parts:
A computer-based grammar test (45 minutes) based on the units of Macmillan English Grammar in Context, Advanced specified here. The test contains 40 questions and is worth 10 points. Students will only be admitted to the next part of the exam if they have scored at least 6/10 (i.e. 24 correct answers).
An essay of approx. 200 (+/-10%) words (60 minutes - written exam). Students who have passed part 1 of the exam will return in the afternoon to sit the written exam (part 2). The essay should have a clear, coherent logical structure and be divided into paragraphs with an introduction and a conclusion. The essay is worth 10 points and students will only be admitted to part 3 of the exam if they have scored at least 6/10.
An oral exam (worth 10 points). Students will be asked to discuss and answer relevant and targeted questions about a chapter or key theme from the textbook, Skillful 3 Reading and Writing. Students must score at least 6/10 in the oral to pass the second year Lettorato exam.
Examples (pdf) of the part 1 Use of English component are available here Sample Exams.
Essay and oral assessment criteria (pdf)
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 2025
Holding a mark over
Holding a mark over
Students who fail the Oral exam (pass mark 6/10) after passing both written parts can hold over their written mark (minimum 6/10 for part 1 Use of English and minimum 6/10 for part 2 Essay for a total of 12/20 ) for the two subsequent sessions, only resitting the Oral part.
All three parts must be taken together in the same initial session before the decision to keep the overall written mark (parts 1 and 2) is made. If a student fails the Essay (part 2) the Use of English (part 1) mark can be held over for two subsequent sessions.
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 results 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 are not satisfied with an overall pass mark (minimum 18/30) should “refuse” this final mark in the usual way by emailing the co-ordinator within 3 days of the results being posted and repeat all three parts in a subsequent exam session.
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