Speaking: the conversation — opinions, comparisons, disagreeing

The oral test, part two. Two to three minutes of conversation on a topic you choose from a short list. The published set was: city or countryside, which parts of Italian culture feel furthest from your own, healthcare in Italy compared with your country, and the documents and procedures for obtaining citizenship.

It is marked out of 12: communicative effectiveness 4, morphosyntactic correctness 4, lexical range 3, pronunciation 1. Say something, then give a reason — secondo me è meglio X, perché.... A short answer with a reason scores better than a long one without.

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