UPDATED II Year Lettorato
Inglese – Full Exam (June 10,
2019)
Oral Exam Instructions
Dear
students:
As
you know, in this exam session, students with surnames (cognomi) in the
range Ciardello – Di
Vico are with me. The oral exams will begin on Thursday, June 20. As
soon as your written exam papers have all been corrected, I WILL PUBLISH ON THIS BLOG the
list of students admitted to the oral exam, along with an appointment (date and
time).
Below
are the instructions
for the oral exam.
Each
student is expected to have chosen and read a book from the list below. (To be
very clear: you MUST choose a book from the reading list below). In the oral
exam we will talk about the book and elements of the language/vocabulary used
in the book.
While
reading the book, I expect you to compile a list of vocabulary words
(approximately 50 words or more) you have learned from this book. You MUST
bring the list of vocabulary words to the oral exam.
I strongly suggest you record all vocabulary words in a ‘rubrica’ so that the words
are organized by their first letter. This is like compiling a personal
dictionary, which you can keep to consult and review in the future. This
‘personal dictionary’ can also grow with you over time: after this exam you can
continue to add new words from other sources (books you read, lettorato lessons
etc.) to the same rubrica.
While
reading, prepare your list of vocabulary
words (choose 50 words or more) from the book you have chosen.
These should be new vocabulary words you did not know before and/or
important or key terms that recur in the book and are central to understanding
the major themes and interpreting the messages and meanings in the text. For
each vocabulary word, be sure to include the essential elements (steps a, b, c,
and d).
(a)
the word;
(b)
the part of speech (noun, verb, adjective etc.);
(c)
a definition or synonym(s) IN ENGLISH (use a monolingual dictionary or thesaurus);
(d)
the page number where you found the word, along with an abbreviation of the
book title in parentheses. E.g. page 25 of the first book of the Harry Potter
series could be abbreviated as follows (pg. 25; HP1).
(e)
[optional] It is also a good idea (but not mandatory) to write an example
sentence using the word (you could simply copy the sentence from the book).
This will help you to remember the meaning of the word by seeing it in context.
(f)
[optional] Finally, if you want to also include the Italian translation,
you may write that at the very end of your entry.
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LETTORATO
2 READING LIST, 2018-2019
The Talented Mr. Ripley – Patricia Highsmith.
Eleonor Oliphant is completely fine – Gail
Honeyman.
Siddartha – Herman
Hesse.
The Midwich Cuckoos
– John Wyndham.
Defying Hitler –
Sebastian Haffner.
Northern Lights – Philip Pullman.
Emma – Jane Austen.
Pompei – Robert Harris.
Primary Colors – Anonymous (Joe Klein).
Steppenwolf – Hermann Hesse.
Long Day's Journey Into Night – Eugene O'Neill.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas
Adams.
