C1 Accademico Test

C1 ACCADEMICO INGLESE


The English academic C1 written test is based on a study project that each student carries out independently. The candidate should choose a written article, or section from a book, of approx. 800 words ( 2 or 3 pages) (The material must, of course, be in English) The article chosen should reflect the area of study students are specialising in although it may be written with general readers in mind rather than a specialised readership. Those specialising in Economics, for example, may refer to articles from The Economist or similar texts.
In the examination students will be asked to write approx. 500 words about this material. They may be asked to summarise the main ideas and then choose one or two areas of interest to discuss in more detail with reference to other sources. They may also be asked to comment on the way the ideas are presented in their source materials.
Candidates will be allowed two hours time to do this test and will be allowed to refer to a monolingual English dictionary. They must show that they are able to discuss ideas in academic English making reference to the ideas of others, and to draw conclusions from their discussions.

A New Space

Dear Everyone,

Welcome to a new term (I know it already started a few weeks ago, but now you're settling in you may have time to think about things like reading a blog!)

This blog is a spece that will be used to post messages to different groups studying English with me in Verona this year, and it will lso provide other exciting information. Please feel free to comment on whatever you want to, so that this becomes our space rather than simply mine. There is only one important rule: everything must be in English.

Read on to see how to use the blog!