Italian

[Scrono13]

How did everyone find the Italian exam? There's probably no one on here, though. Haha.

[Stick]

Tell me what was on it!

[Scrono13]

Tell me what was on it!

First listening section was on Coffee, 2nd was on a GPS system.
Reading and responding (english) was about Rociotti Garibaldi, reading and responding (italian) was about "Made in Italy" products, hand crafted things.
Then the essay topic I did was a letter to a friend explaining my plans and hopes for the future!

[Stick]

Love how they put coffee in the exam. Was it similar to previous years in terms of difficulty? I don't ever recall the exams being exceptionally difficult, although I often found the listening assessments impossible.

[Scrono13]

Love how they put coffee in the exam. Was it similar to previous years in terms of difficulty? I don't ever recall the exams being exceptionally difficult, although I often found the listening assessments impossible.

Uhhhh, probably on par with previous years. Listening wasn't hard for responding in English, but listening and responding in italian, I believe was quite hard. Being about a GPS system too, I was a little unfamiliar with a bit of the vocab. Oh well!

[Stick]

Yeah, I guess I know words like strada, cartolina and macchina and perhaps directions (destra, sinistra, davanti, indietro etc.)... I don't think I have too many other verbs in my vocabulary that would relate to a GPS!!

[Scrono13]

Yeah, I guess I know words like strada, cartolina and macchina and perhaps directions (destra, sinistra, davanti, indietro etc.)... I don't think I have too many other verbs in my vocabulary that would relate to a GPS!!

Exactly! Haha. Would you happen to know, how much of the Italian cohort would be considered fluent, do you think?

[Stick]

Not many. There are a lot of people with Italian backgrounds, but they're second generation Australians; i.e. their parents were born here so English is the main spoken language at home. There's only a small number of exceptions to this rule. I know a lot of people with high study scores in Italian and they were either in this situation or not even Italian at all.

[Scrono13]

Not many. There are a lot of people with Italian backgrounds, but they're second generation Australians; i.e. their parents were born here so English is the main spoken language at home. There's only a small number of exceptions to this rule. I know a lot of people with high study scores in Italian and they were either in this situation or not even Italian at all.

So what exam scores would you need for around 35-38?

[Stick]

I think a combination of B+ and A for all GAs would be necessary for that range. Take a look at the grade distributions for previous years to give you an idea of the mark range.

[Scrono13]

I think a combination of B+ and A for all GAs would be necessary for that range. Take a look at the grade distributions for previous years to give you an idea of the mark range.

I have, but it tells me 277/400 for an A+ and that just makes no sense to me haha

[Stick]

Yeah, I'm not sure if the assessors are particularly critical or the cohort just tends to be weakish in general. Anyway, it's all done now! Well done!