Italian

Assessment

Paper 1: Listening, Reading & Translation (40% of A Level, 2 hours) In the listening section of this exam students have individual control of the recording. All questions will be in Italian and will be answered with non-verbal responses or in Italian. The reading paper comprises short target-language and non-verbal responses to texts. For both reading and listening authentic source material will be used and questions will target main points, gist and detail. The final element of this examination requires students to translate into English. Paper 2: Written response to works and translation (30% of A Level, 2 hours and 40 minutes) In Section A of this paper students must translate one unseen text into Italian. For Section B pupils must write two essays. If they have studied one literary text and one film, pupils must write one essay on the text (from a choice of two essay questions) and one on the film (again, from a choice of two questions). Alternatively, if they have studied two set texts, they will be required to write one essay on each set text (again, from a choice of two questions for each text). Students will be required to demonstrate a critical appreciation of the concepts and issues covered in the work and a critical and analytical response to features such as the form and the technique of presentation, as appropriate to the work studied (for example the effect of narrative voice in a prose text or camera work in a film). Students will not be allowed access to the texts or films during the assessment. Each essay must be in Italian and approximately 300 – 350 words. Paper 3: Speaking (30% of A Level, 21-23 minutes long, including five minutes preparation time) This exam is split into Tasks 1 and 2. Task 1 is a discussion based on a stimulus card (6-7 minutes), relating to one of the themes studied. Pupils study the card for five minutes in the preparation period. There is a short discussion based on the questions from the stimulus card, followed by a broader discussion of the overarching theme. Task 2 comprises a two-minute presentation and discussion, lasting 10–11 minutes, of an individual research project on a topic of the student’s choosing.