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ISI INSPECTION REPORT - APRIL 2023

Albemarle Independent Private College in Central London

ITALIAN (PEARSON)

A Level Course Outline

Why choose the Edexcel Advanced GCE in Italian?

Italian A Level at Albemarle College

Inspiring and engaging themes

Popular literary texts and films

Rewards creativity

Clear and coherent structure

Prescribed literary texts and films

Films


ITALIAN (PEARSON)
A Level Course Specification

Paper 1: Listening, reading and translation

Written examination: 2 hours, 40% of the qualification, 80 marks, students are not permitted access to a dictionary during the examination.

Section A: Listening (30 marks)
A listening assessment based on a recording that features male and female Italian speakers. Students will respond to comprehension questions based on a variety of contexts and sources.

Section B: Reading (30 marks)
A reading assessment based on a variety of text types and genres where students must respond to comprehension questions.

Section C: Translation into English (20 marks)
An unseen passage to be translated from Italian to English.

Paper 2: Written response to works and translation

Written examination: 2 hours and 40 minutes, 30% of the qualification, 120 marks.

This paper includes a translation exercise and two essays on either two literary texts or one literary text and one film (students must not answer questions on two films).

Students are not permitted access to a dictionary or any documentation relating to the works during the examination.

Section A: Translation (20 marks)
Students translate an unseen passage from English into Italian.

Section B: Written response to works (literary texts) (50 marks)
Students must write an extended response on either one or two of the literary texts listed in the prescribed literary texts and films.
Students select one question from a choice of two for each of their chosen literary text(s). If a student answers questions on two literary texts then they do not complete Section C.

Section C: Written response to works (films) (50 marks)
Students who answer only one question from a literary text in Section B must now write an extended response on one of the films. Students select one question from a choice of two for their chosen film.

Paper 3: Speaking

Internally conducted and externally assessed.
Total assessment time: between 21 and 23 minutes, which includes a single period of 5 minutes' formal preparation time, 30% of the qualification, 72 marks.
Students complete two tasks. Task 1 is worth 30 marks and Task 2 is worth 42 marks.

Textbook

Nuovo Magari: Libro + CD audio C1/C2

Further reading

https://www.raicultura.it, https://www.liberliber.it/online/, https://www.newsinslowitalian.com, https://easyitaliannews.com, https://www.rai.it/raistoria/, https://www.corriere.it, https://www.repubblica.it

Nuovo Magari