ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSES

JOINING AN ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE –DOUBLE DEGREE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A DEGREE COURSE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

Your mandatory Italian course is usually placed in your study plan (APSP) of the first semester of your first year.

If you do not have any knowledge of Italian, you have to access the specific Procedure

go to Join an Italian language course

through your PoliTo page - Lingue/Languages section to join the course Lingua Italiana I livello (Italian beginner-level course).

PLEASE MIND:

You may choose not to attend any Italian course in the semester of your mandatory Italian course.

In this case, you will still have to access the procedure and choose not to attend any Italian course in that semester, to guarantee you the possibility to attend it in a subsequent semester.

Then, you will have to access the Procedure again in the semester of interest.

JOINING AN ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE –DOUBLE DEGREE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A DEGREE COURSE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

If you access the Procedure and choose to attend:

1. An Italian course of the same level as the level of the mandatory course present in your APSP

you will attend that course in the semester of interest.

JOINING AN ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE –DOUBLE DEGREE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A DEGREE COURSE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

2. An Italian course of a level different from the level of your mandatory Italian course present in your APSP (according to the given instructions)

a) the chosen Italian course will be displayed on your PoliTo page My Academic Progress, section Other courses;

b) you will be allowed to attend the chosen Italian course;

c) you will not be able to to take the relative exam;

d) you will not be allowed to attend in the same semester also your mandatory Italian course. You will attend it in a subsequent semester, if you choose it through the guided procedure in the semester of interest.

JOINING AN ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE –DOUBLE DEGREE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A DEGREE COURSE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

3. No Italian course for the semester

you will need to go through the guided procedure in a subsequent semester in order to choose an Italian course to attend.

JOINING AN ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE –DOUBLE DEGREE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A DEGREE COURSE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

PLEASE MIND:

In order to graduate, you will still have to take the mandatory Italian language exam present in your APSP (or the PLIDA exam of the CEFR level corresponding to the level of your mandatory Italian exam). The exam must be passed before the graduation deadlines for your Degree course.

JOINING AN ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE –DOUBLE DEGREE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A DEGREE COURSE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

If you access the Procedure and choose to attend an Italian course:

a) The Italian course will be automatically added to your Learning Agreement

b) You may take the university exam

Or/And

You may take the PLIDA A2 or PLIDA B1 exam

JOINING AN ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE –MOBILITY FOR COURSES/COURSES AND FINAL PROJECT/FINAL PROJECT/RESEARCH DURING PhD

The PLIDA exam (Progetto Lingua Italiana Dante Alighieri) has been chosen by Politecnico di Torino as the language certificate required to demonstrate the knowledge of the Italian language.

The PLIDA exam and the university exam are both valid in order to fulfill the Italian language requirement.

For more information about how to register for PLIDA exam visit https://didattica.polito.it/cla/en/plida

JOINING AN ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE –WHAT IS PLIDA?

Do you already know any Italian?YES NO

Do you want to attend the Italian beginner-

level course (Lingua Italiana di I livello)?

NO

The chosen Italian course will be displayed in your weekly

timetable. In order to watch the online lessons: at lesson time,

click on the Italian course name displayed in your Study plan

or in the section Other Courses

PLEASE MIND:You can access this procedure twice per semester.

The choice made the second time you access the procedure in the same semester will be final for that semester.In a subsequent semester, in order to attend an Italian course you will have to acces the procedure again.

You will not be allowed to attend the

Italian course in the semester of interest

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will not be placed in a course suitable for you

You will now choose whether to attend an Italian course or not

in the semester of interest

On your PoliTo Lingue page, click on Join an Italian language course

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JOINING AN ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE –HELP!

• Rules of my academic path, my Italian compulsory exam if I am a Double Degree student? Student Guide of your Degree Course

• Exam periods and rules, if I have an Italian exam in my APSP/LA? Student Guide

• Joining an Italian language course? CLA website, ticketing service

• PLIDA exam? CLA website, ticketing service

JOINING AN ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE –WHERE CAN I FIND INFORMATION ABOUT…

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