REMINDER - EXAMS

EXAMS & WORK CORRECTION (see blog for 22.05.2007)
I am sorry if this appears negative but it is essential that all students should remember the following.

1) IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS TO ENROLL FOR WRITTEN EXAMS VIA E-MAIL TO ME. ALL REQUESTS FOR 'PRENOTAZIONE PER L'ESAME' WILL BE DELETED.

2) I DO NOT CORRECT ANY EXERCISES OR HOMEWORK OF ANY KIND MECHANICALLY VIA INTERNET.

3) I DO NOT CORRECT HOMEWORK FOR EXAMS DURING THE WEEK PRECEDING THE EXAMS EXCEPT BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT (homework is serious and should be done throughout the year, not at the last minute).

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ESAMI SPECIALISTICA II YEAR

The 2nd yr specialistica exam for NF students will be:
Wed 11th June @ 08.30
The form of the exam will depend upon which course the student is following.

a) Technico/scientifico:
students will be required to pass a short written grammar test (and then oral) before being allowed to register the theory part of the exam (total theory and practical = 4 credits);

b) Artistico/letterario:
students will have a grammar test and a composition an analysis of a passage of poetry. The subject of the oral exam will be agreed with each student separately (total theory and practical = 8credits).

EXAMS III YEAR, sessione estiva 2007/8

The written examination will take place @ 08.30 on Wednesday 11 June '08.
It will, as usual, take the form of a grammar test (translation from Italian to English without dictionaries), and a composition in English, for which one English dictionary per candidate will be allowed.

Exams for non-frequentanti (3rd year & 'specialistica')
III year students who will be examined outside of the courses ('non-frequentanti') will first have to pass a written examination at advanced level. It will be in the form of a grammar test based upon putting Italian sentences into English, and an analysis, written in English, of the language of an English advertisement.

The recommended books for this are as follows:
Sara THORNE, 'Mastering Advanced English Grammar', Palgrave (1997), especially chapters 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 17, 20;
Mark FOLEY & Diane HALL, 'Longman Advanced Learners' Grammar', Longman (2003);
Jennifer PUDNEY, 'Written English for Advanced Learners', Rome (2003)

During the oral examination you may be asked about grammar problems arising from your written paper. You should prepare the rest of the exam as follows: an oral analysis of two newspaper articles (one from a tabloid, one from a broadsheet), both of the same date and about the same news topic. You may not use material from other courses you have attended and the newspapers must be from a date during the SEVEN DAYS PRECEDING YOUR ORAL EXAM;

EXAM DATES (LINGUA INGLESE 1st yr 2007/8)

ESONERO,
per gli studenti frequentanti (durante il corso):
giovedì, 29/5/8, ore 08.30, aula V.

ESAMI,
sessione estiva:
1° appello, martedì 24/6/8, 12.30-14.30, aula V
2° appello, lunedì, 07/7/8, 10.30-12.30, aula VI

sessione autunnale:
1° appello, giovedì 18/9/5, 12.30-14.30, aula V
2° appello, martedì 30/9/8, 12.30-14.30, aula V

Per l'esame, il programma è quello per tutti gli studenti del 1° anno:

James O'Driscoll, "Britain", Oxford.
capitoli 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 22.
The examination will be wrtitten and in English. Students may use dictionaries, including Italian/English.
There will also be some simple comparative analysis sentences to translate from Italian into English.