ASSESSMENT
Candidates only access the final oral exam upon completing their mandatory 'Coursework' (formative assessment). While assessment given for coursework parts (assigned under 'Activities' on Teams) is not factored in the average for the final grade, the work may be the subject of an additional oral question (accounting of students’ choices or mistakes).

1. Coursework Components (Formative assessment).
COURSEWORK: Tests. During the course, the candidate completes a batch of training tests in preparation for the communicative skills needed in the final oral exam. The tests (Listening tasks, Past Exam papers) are assigned on the Teams platform under the heading “Attività” (deadline shortly after the course final date). No other submission procedures are accepted. Completing at least 50% of the short Listening Tasks (6/12) and at least 1 out of 8 Exam Papers by the closing date entitles candidates to access the oral exam.

COURSEWORK: Multiple-choice test. Passing 60% of the multiple-choice questions on Unit 1 gives access to the oral exam. The automated test, to be sat in person in the last week of the course, focuses on all the contents from Unit 1 (including the short Case Studies, the Key Terms and the Tables). The test is set up on an assessment platform and a device (laptop or tablet) is required; results are given in real time at the end of the test. In the event of a score below 60%, the test can be taken a second time before the exam sessions and no later than a certain date.

2. ORAL TEST
The skills and competences gained through class attendance, coursework completion and individual work are formally assessed in an oral test in English. The oral exam factors in (and aims at appreciating) all of the candidate’s communication skills (not the mere 'grammar & syntax' aspect). Details and requirements for the oral test are clearly laid out in the “ORAL EXAM DETAILS” file, published in the Teams classroom.

Test structure:

Part 1: Presentation. Structured expository part. Marks: 15/30
The candidate presents (Powerpoint, Prezi or other application) a travel design / tourism management project informed by the SWOT model (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats), on one of three assigned themes (A. Sustainable Tourism; or B; Promoting an off-the- beaten-track location in Lombardy (or other region); or C. 'Impact of Brexit on the UK-Italy travel industry' – with no text (only photos, graphic data and concise captions), followed by Q&A session.

Part 2: Discussion. Interactive and argumentative part. Marks 15/30

The student shows a range of syntactic, lexical and dialogic skills (B2 + ESP framework) while answering:
- 1 question covering an aspect of the project presented (argumentative);
- 1 question asking to summarise the contents of the additional chosen unit (expository);
- 1 question on a mistake in the test on Unit 1, or on an answer in the submitted Past Papers.
- (at the examiner’s discretion: an 'opinion' question on the candidate’s summary of the ‘additional’ unit)

The assessment grid is detailed in the "ASSESSMENT GRID" file (published on the Teams class); it aims to weigh up a student's global skills based on these benchmarks:

Part 1: overall design of work (5 marks); content quality (5 marks); overall fluency and cohesion (5 marks).

Part 2: language quality (syntax, collocations, lexis, pronunciation) (7 marks); ability to answer (5 marks); pragmatic / presentation skills + compliance with time given (3 marks).