I 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 I – Mocanu are with me. The oral exams will be in the week of June 18 - June 21. 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 – of approximately 250 pages – in modern standard English for this exam. This is explained in the “Guida per lo studente di lingua e traduzione inglese.” In the oral exam we will talk about the book and elements of the language/vocabulary used in the book.

In preparation, I expect you to compile a list of vocabulary words (approximately 50 words or more) you have learned by reading 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 it at the very end of your entry.