Learning will be tested by means of a written and an oral test to be held on the same day. The written test must be passed to gain access to the oral test.
The 3-hour written test includes 2 parts:
1) 10 multiple choice questions about the programme (10 points);
2) Writing of a news article of 200/250 words based on given information (20 points).
The test will score 30 points. A pass mark is achieved with a score of 18/30 and will allow access to the oral examination. If the score is lower than 18/30, the student will have to retake the test at the next roll call.
The oral examination consists of an interview in English on the topics of the lessons, starting with the discursive analysis of a journalistic text or general media assigned and the simulation (role play) of a journalistic interview prepared by the student from given information.
The following will be assessed: 1) grammar and lexical correctness of the exposition (10 points); 2) correctness of the linguistic-communicative analysis carried out on selected documents (5 points); ability to plan questions and to manage the conversational exchange during the interview (10 points); the student's critical and autonomous ability (5 points).
The oral examination will score 30 points. A sufficiency is achieved with a score of 18/30. If the student does not achieve a sufficiency, he/she will have to repeat the examination at the next oral exam.
Once the oral examination has been passed, the grade in thirtieths given to the student will be added up and averaged with the grade obtained in the written examination.