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A Level Course Outline
Why choose the Edexcel Advanced GCE in Italian?
Why choose the Edexcel Advanced GCE in Italian?
The new Edexcel A Level in Italian has been developed to inspire all students who have an appreciation of the language, literature, film and culture of the Italian-speaking world. This qualification offers a suitable progression route to further study at university level. The qualification may also add to an individual's employability profile, particularly for UK organisations trading overseas as well as with international companies based in the UK and globally.
Inspiring and engaging themes - Familiar and popular themes as well as some new content will provide clear links to some of the most fundamental and interesting aspects of the culture of the target language country and communities.
Popular literary texts and films - This qualification offers a rich choice of literary texts and films that includes contemporary and more classical titles, together with authentic source materials from Italy and the wider Italian-speaking world.
Rewards creativity - The assessments place an emphasis on spontaneity and grammar, as well as providing plenty of opportunities for students to apply their knowledge independently and creatively. Clear mark schemes encourage students to develop ideas and use language to persuade and analyse and give critical responses in their writing and speaking.
Clear and coherent structure - Four engaging themes - I cambiamenti della società italiana; La cultura politica ed artistica nei Paesi di lingua italiana; L'Italia:una società in evoluzione; Dal Fascismo ai giorni nostri. The four themes are studied alongside two works (either two literary texts or one literary text and one film) assessed through two externally-examined papers (Paper 1 and 2) and one teacher-examiner conducted speaking assessment (Paper 3).
Prescribed literary texts and films Students are required to study two works from the list below. This can be either two literary texts or one literary text and one film.
Films
Content and assessment overview | |
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)
Section B: Reading (30 marks)
Section C: Translation into English (20 marks) |
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)
Section B: Written response to works (literary texts) (50 marks)
Section C: Written response to works (films) (50 marks) |
Paper 3: Speaking |
Internally conducted and externally assessed. |
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 |
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