Description
What is the CILS B1 cittadinanza certificate?
The
CILS B1 cittadinanza (
Certificazione di Italiano come Lingua Straniera) is the official Italian certification awarded by the University for Foreigners of Siena (
Università per Stranieri di Siena) that will certify your level of Italian is B1. It is an officially recognised title that certifies the level of linguistic and communicative competence in Italian as a foreign language. This qualification is recognised by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is used to grant Italian citizenship for foreign nationals as well as acceptance in any Italian university or higher education institution in Italy . Due to the amendments to the Italian law in December 2018, it is now compulsory to obtain an Italian
B1 language certification for all applicants for Italian citizenship through marriage or residence.
Structure of the CILS B1 cittadinanza test.
The CILS B1 cittadinanza exam proposes tasks that are related to real life situations to assess the candidate’s ability to use language in different contexts of communicative interaction. The test measures all language and communication skills: listening and reading comprehension as well as written and oral production. In this way, candidates have the opportunity to show their linguistic-communicative competence in the four skills.
The total duration of the test is approximately 2h00.
| Minimum level required: A2.2/B1
Sections |
Description of each section |
Duration |
| Listening comprehension
Test di ascolto |
Three short listening prompts – Multiple-choice questionnaires about the audio prompts – 2 parts |
0h30 |
| Reading comprehension and grammar
Test di comprensione della lettura e riflessione grammaticale |
One short reading exercise (350/450 words) – Text to read with gap-filling exercises – 2 parts |
0h40 |
| Break |
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| Written production
Test di produzione scritta |
One short writing prompt to choose from – Topics typically involve describing an event or writing an email – 1 part |
0h40 |
| Oral production
Test di produzione orale |
Brief self-introduction – Conversation with an examiner based on a chosen (out of 4) specific topic: express opinions, show agreement or disagreement, comment on the examiner’s questions and observations – 1 part |
0h10 |
About The Teacher.
Debora was born in Rome and she lived in different regions, in the centre, North and South of Italy. She moved to Dublin in 2018 and joined Languages Unlimited in 2010. She earned a Master’s Degree in Science of Education from the University of Florence and she then specialised in Didactics of Italian Language for Foreigners. She has been teaching Italian for many years working in the field of linguistics, language and literature education, translation and interpretation.
She teaches Italian in different settings and to different types of students (children, young people, adults and corporates) . She is aware that Italian is not an easy language, but she really enjoys supporting her students during their learning process and she always makes sure her classes are fun and interesting too.
In her spare time, Debora practises meditation and yoga; she loves cooking delicious vegetarian meals and she is passionate about storytelling performances from all over the world.
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