Paper had sufficient challenges to allow top scorers to show off their vocabulary
The higher-level Italian paper contained familiar topics with unfamiliar vocabulary, but the paper reflected practised ideas and discussion topics.
“This was a very approachable paper, but the occasional challenge will require students to think carefully and keep a clear head,” she said. “The opening reading comprehension was a journalistic passage on pollution, but with the twist of only being about the sea. Not everyone would be as prepared to discuss the specific topic of ‘dell’ambiente marino’ , and so will have been pushed out of their comfort zone.
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