Open Exams for Catalan C1
PLEAES NOTE THAT REGISTRATION FOR THE MARCH SESSION OF THE OPEN C1 CATALAN EXAM IS NOW CLOSED
(all exam places now taken)
Examination Information
The exam follows the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages directives comprising the following areas: Listening, Reading, Grammar and Vocabulary, Writing and Speaking. Each area is eliminatory and in order to pass, candidates need to attain a mark of 50% in each area.
Areas 1, 2 and 3 will all be marked ex officio. If candidates fail any of these areas, area 4 will not be marked. Only those candidates who have passed the written examination will be allowed to take the oral exam.
You may view the level description, objectives, structure and assessment of the test, a sample examination and the bibliography to prepare for the exam in this booklet produced by the Directorate-General for Language Policy (DGPL).
Registration Terms
Available places: 40 in Majorca, 4 in Minorca and 4 in Ibiza.
Registration must be done in person and is by order of arrival.
In case candidates need to withdraw their registration due to force majeure, a waiting list of a maximum of 10 places will be organised by the same order of arrival.
Registration Process
1. Come in person to the Language Service (Son Lledó building, university campus) with the following documentation:
o Registration form downloadable in editable pdf format here (where it states 'Curs al qual us inscriviu, please write 'Examen lliure').
o A photocopy of your ID document
Candidates who are residents in Minorca and Ibiza can submit this documentation at the corresponding local university headquarters. The examination will be held on the university campus in Palma.
2. Upon submission of this documentation to the Language Service, you will be provided with the account number to pay in your registration fee: 40 euro for university staff and students; 60 euro for external candidates.
3. You have two (2) days to make the payment. Failure to do so in this period will lead to your registration being cancelled.
Exam Sessions 2019
March 2019 Session
March 2019 Session
Registration Period
- 11th-15th February 2019, 9am to 2pm.
Date, Time and Place
- Written exam (areas 1, 2, 3 and 4)
- 15th March, 9am to 1pm
- Guillem Cifre de Colonya building, room C3 (university campus, Palma)
- Oral exam (area 5)
- 11th-12th April, in the morning (you will be assigned an individual time slot)
- Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda building, room SAL04b (university campus, Palma)
Results Date and Issuance of Certificates
- Results for the written exam will be released on 8th April 2019 (<slg.uib.cat>)
- Results for the oral exam will be released on 15th April 2019 (<slg.uib.cat>)
- Certificates will be available from 17th April 2019 (Servei Lingüístic, Son Lledó)
September 2019 Session
September 2019 Session
Registration Period
- 9th-13th September 2019, 9am to 2pm.
Date, Time and Place
- Written exam (areas 1, 2, 3 and 4)
- 27th September, 9am to 1pm
- room TBD (university campus, Palma)
- Oral exam (area 5)
- 24th and 25th October, in the morning (you will be assigned an individual time slot)
- room TBD (university campus, Palma)
Results Date and Issuance of Certificates
- Results for the written exam will be released on 21st October 2019 (<slg.uib.cat>)
- Results for the oral exam will be released on 28th October 2019 (<slg.uib.cat>)
- Certificates will be available from 31st October 2019 (Servei Lingüístic, Son Lledó)