SPOKEN EXAM LANGUAGE LEVEL C 1 SPOKEN PRODUCTION

SPOKEN EXAM LANGUAGE LEVEL: C 1 SPOKEN PRODUCTION: I CAN PRESENT CLEAR, DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF COMPLEX SUBJECTS INTEGRATING SUBTHEMES, DEVELOPING PARTICULAR POINTS AND ROUNDING OFF WITH AN APPROPRIATE CONCLUSION SPOKEN INTERACTION: I CAN EXPRESS MYSELF FLUENTLY AND SPONTANEOUSLY WITHOUT MUCH OBVIOUS SERACHING FOR EXPRESSIONS. I CAN USE LANGUAGE FLEXIBLY AND EFFECTIVELY FOR SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES. I CAN FORMULATE IDEAS AND OPINIONS WITH PRECISION AND RELATE MY CONTRIBUTION SKILFULLY TO THOSE OF OTHER SPEAKERS.

EXAM CONTENTS THE EXAM WILL BE BASED ON: - THE LECTURE NOTES. THIS INCLUDES THE SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL USED IN CLASS. THIS MATERIAL IS ON MOODLE. - THE CONTENTS OF THE VOLUME, THE LANGUAGE OF PERIODICAL NEWS IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND. - IN MANY CASES, AS THE FIRST PART OF THE EXAM, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ANALYSE A TEXT RELATING TO THE KIND OF TEXTS STUDIED IN THE COURSE OR IN THE ABOVE VOLUME. MY EXAM AMOUNTS TO 50% OF THE TOTAL MARK OF THE 12 CREDIT LINGUA INGLESE EXAM. THE OTHER 50% OF THE MARK IS PROVIDED BY THE LETTORATO.

IN THE FIRST PART OF THE EXAM YOU WILL BE GIVEN A TEXT. WHILE THEOF STUDENT FORMAT EXAMBEFORE YOU IS COMPLETING HIS/HER EXAM, YOU WILL HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TEXT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN. DICTIONARIES ARE NOT ALLOWED AND TELEPHONES ARE TURNED OFF. BRIEF NOTES CAN BE MADE AND REFERRED TO WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO DO THE EXAM. EXTENSIVE NOTES CANNOT BE READ OUT ALOUD DURING YOUR EXAM. IN MY EVALUATION I WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION NOT ONLY WHAT YOU SAY IN YOUR ANALYSIS BUT THE LEVEL OF ENGLISH USED TO SAY IT. AFTER ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT, IN THE SECOND PART OF THE EXAM YOU WILL HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE LECTURE NOTES AND COURSE BOOK.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS (IN REFERENCE TO THE TITLE-PAGE ON PAGE 11 OF LECTURE NOTES) LOOK AT THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: QUESTIONS ABOUT TEXT: 1) THIS IS A TITLE-PAGE OF A 1617 NEWS PAMPHLET. IS A TITLEPAGE A PARATEXTUAL FEATURE? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER? 2) WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION OF THE TITLEPAGE OF THIS NEWS PAMPHLET? 3) AT A MACRO SEMANTIC LEVEL WHAT INFORMATION DOES THE TITLE-PAGE OF A TRUE RELATION OF A MOST DESPERATE MURDER PROVIDE? 4) WERE TITLE-PAGES IMPORTANT IN EARLY MODERN NEWS PAMPHLETS AND NEWSAPERS. EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER. 5) DID TITLE-PAGES CHANGE OVER THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY?

FURTHER QUESTIONS UNRELATED TO TEXT: SAMPLE QUESTIONS (2) HEADLINES ARE PARATEXTUAL. WHAT ARE SOME TYPICAL LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF MODERN-DAY NEWS HEADLINES? WERE THERE HEADLINES IN THE SEVENTEENTHCENTURY PRESS? WHAT CONTEXTUAL REASONS EXPLAIN THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF HEADLINES? MODERN-DAY NEWS REPORTS HAVE AN INVERTED PYRAMID NEWS STRUCTURE? WHAT IS THIS STRUCTURE? DID NEWS REPORTS IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIODICAL PRESS HAVE A SIMILAR STRUCTURE? WHAT IS LEECH’S MODEL OF ANALYSIS FOR MODERNDAY ADVERTISEMENTS? IS THIS METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK ALSO RELEVANT FOR SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ADVERTISEMENTS?