MODERN AND MEDIEVAL LANGUAGES TRIPOS

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2015–16, p. 523)

General

1. The Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos shall consist of three Parts, Part Ia, Part Ib, and Part II.

2. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part Ia:

1. (a)a student who has not obtained honours in another Honours Examination, provided that he or she has kept one term and that three complete terms have not passed after his or her first term of residence;
2. (b)a student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination, in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that he or she has kept four terms and that nine complete terms have not passed after his or her first term of residence.

3. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part Ib:

1. (a)a student who has obtained honours in Part Ia of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, in the year after so obtaining honours;
2. (b)a student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination, in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that he or she has kept four terms and that nine complete terms have not passed after his or her first term of residence, and subject to the prior approval of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages.

4. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part II:95

1. (a)A student who has obtained honours either in Part Ib of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos or in another Honours Examination, and has subsequently spent a period abroad in accordance with the requirements of Regulations 28 and 29, may be a candidate in the year next but one after last obtaining honours, provided that he or she has kept seven terms and that fifteen complete terms have not passed after his or her first term of residence.
2. (b)A student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination may be a candidate in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that he or she has kept seven terms and that twelve complete terms have not passed after his or her first term of residence.
3. (c)A student who has obtained honours in Part Ib of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos may, in exceptional circumstances, be a candidate for Part II in the year after so obtaining honours, by seeking special permission to do so from the Faculty Board by the division of the Lent Term preceding the year in which he or she wishes to take Part II. Such a candidate shall offer the papers currently listed in Regulation 24(b).
4. (d)An Affiliated Student may be a candidate under Regulation 24(d) or, with leave of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, under Regulation 24(e), in accordance with the regulations for Affiliated Students.

5. No student shall be a candidate for more than one Part, or for any Part and also for another Honours Examination, in the same term.

6. No student who has been a candidate for any Part shall again be a candidate for the same Part.

7. Except as otherwise specified in Schedules A and C, and by footnote in Schedule B, the written papers in each Part shall be of three hours’ duration.

8. There shall be a separate body of Examiners for each Part, provided that the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages shall have power to nominate an Examiner to examine in more than one Part. From among the resident Examiners for each Part the Faculty Board shall appoint such number of Senior Examiners as they may deem sufficient.

9. The Faculty Board shall have power to nominate one or more Assessors to assist the Examiners in any of the subjects in any Part of the Tripos. If required to do so, Assessors shall set papers in the subject or subjects assigned to them, shall mark the answers of the candidates in those papers, shall assess dissertations, projects, and coursework, shall set and conduct oral examinations, and shall advise the Examiners on the performance of candidates in the examination. Assessors may be summoned to meetings of the Examiners for the purpose of consultation and advice, but shall not be entitled to vote.

10. To conduct the examination in each Part, the Faculty Board shall nominate at least two Examiners for each modern language in which candidates desire to present themselves. The Faculty Board shall have power to nominate any Examiner to examine in more than one language.

11. The Faculty Board shall nominate such number of Examiners for the papers in classical Latin and classical Greek in Part Ia and Part Ib as they shall deem sufficient.

12. For each Part of the Tripos the Chair and Senior Examiners, in consultation, shall approve the questions proposed for each written paper and the subject matter proposed for each oral examination.

13. (a) The Examiners or Assessors shall assess any coursework submitted by the candidate under Regulation 16. Except where otherwise specified a candidate’s answers to the questions in each written paper and other submitted work shall be written in English.

(b) Two Examiners or Assessors shall conduct the oral examination of each candidate in each language.

14. For Part Ia there shall be a separate class-list for each language, which shall be drawn up at a meeting attended by the Examiners (including the Senior Examiner) responsible for that language and by the Chair of Examiners; each list shall indicate whether a candidate has offered Option A or Option B. For each of the other Parts there shall be a single class-list, which shall be drawn up at a meeting attended by all the Examiners for that Part.

15. In each class-list the names of the candidates who have obtained honours shall be arranged in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes and in each division of the second class shall be arranged in alphabetical order. Marks of distinction may be awarded as follows:

In Part Ia, for special excellence in any language.

In Part Ib or Part II, for special excellence in the examination as a whole.

In Part II, for special excellence in the oral examination.96

In determining the place in the class-list of any candidate who has offered one of Papers GL 6, GL 7, GL 21, or GL 22 in addition, the Examiners shall give credit for proficiency in these papers. A mark of distinction, G or L respectively, shall be attached to the names of those candidates who, in offering one of Papers GL 6, GL 7, GL 21, or GL 22 acquit themselves with credit in that paper. A mark, g or l respectively, shall be attached to the names of those candidates who, in offering one of Papers GL 6, GL 7, GL 21, or GL 22 satisfy the Examiners in that paper.

16. The Faculty Board shall have power:

1. (a)to issue from time to time supplementary regulations defining or limiting all or any of the subjects of examination and determining the scope and character of the papers, and to amend or withdraw such supplementary regulations as occasion may require, due care being taken that sufficient notice is given of any change;
2. (b)to determine the credit to be assigned to each paper, and to establish guidelines to be followed by the Examiners for assessing candidates’ work in the examination and for drawing up the class-lists.
3. (c)to specify papers which shall include coursework in addition to the written paper. The details of the coursework required of candidates and the arrangements for the submission of such coursework shall be published by the Faculty Board not later than the division of the Easter Term next preceding the examination. Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the coursework is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.

17. The Faculty Board shall give public notice of all the variable subjects selected for the examinations in any year as follows:

1. (a)for the written examinations for Part Ia and Part Ib: before the end of the Easter Term of the year next preceding the examination concerned;
2. (b)for the written examinations for Part II: before the division of the Easter Term of the year next preceding the examination concerned;

provided that the Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so, and if they are satisfied that no student's preparation for the examination is adversely affected. The Board shall have power when they give notice of the variable subjects selected for a particular examination to announce any consequential restriction on the combination of papers that a candidate may choose to offer, or on the subject areas in which a candidate may offer a dissertation.

18. Examinations shall be held in the following languages:

1. (a)In each Part of the Tripos papers shall be set and oral examinations shall be held, as specified in Schedule A, in the following modern languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
2. (b)In Part Ib and Part II papers shall be set in Modern Greek, in Neo-Latin, in linguistics, in Catalan, Dutch, Polish, and Ukrainian, in Ibero-Lusophone studies, and in comparative studies, as specified in Schedule B.
3. (c)In Part Ia and Part Ib papers shall be set in classical Greek and classical Latin, as specified in Schedule C.
4. (d)In Part II papers from other Triposes shall be available to candidates, as specified in Schedule D.

19. A candidate shall not offer in any Part of the Tripos a paper that he or she has previously offered in another University examination.

Part Ia

20. (a) In each of the modern languages specified in Regulation 18(a) other than French, the examination for Part Ia shall consist of either Option A or Option B, as set out below. In French the examination shall consist of Option B only.

(b) In classical Greek or Latin the examination for Part Ia shall consist of either Option A (in Greek only) or Option B (in either Greek or Latin) as follows:

In Greek a candidate may additionally offer Paper GL 6; in Latin, Paper GL 7.

21. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 19, every candidate for Part Ia shall offer:

1.  eithertwo modern languages
2.  orone modern language together with either classical Greek or classical Latin.

A candidate shall offer either Option A in one language and Option B in the other, or Option B in both languages.

22. In order to obtain honours in Part Ia a candidate shall be required to attain the honours standard in each of two languages.

Part Ib

23. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 19, candidates for Part Ib shall offer written papers and other exercises as follows:

1. (a)a candidate who offered two modern languages in Part Ia, choosing Option A in one and Option B in the other, shall offer in Part Ib:
2.  (i)Papers B1 and B2, together with oral examination B, in the language in which he or she previously offered Option A;
3.  (ii)one paper from Schedule Ib relating to that language;97
4.  (iii)a second paper from Schedule Ib;
5.  (iv)eithera third paper from Schedule Ib
6.   orPaper B3 in the language in which he or she previously offered Option B;
7. (b)a candidate who offered two modern languages in Part Ia, choosing Option B in each, shall offer in Part Ib Paper B3 in each of the two languages, and three papers chosen from Schedule Ib;
8. (c)a candidate who offered one modern language and either classical Greek or classical Latin in Part Ia shall offer papers in Part Ib as prescribed in the supplementary regulations;
9. (d)for a candidate for Part Ib under Regulation 3(b)98 the Faculty Board shall have power to determine the papers that the candidate shall offer, in general conformity with the provisions of either (a) or (b) above.

provided that a candidate may offer, in place of one of the designated papers from Schedule Ib,97 two long essays, each of not fewer than 3,500 words and not more than 4,000 words in length including footnotes but excluding bibliography. Both essays must be in answer to questions prescribed by the examiners for the paper and advertised by the division of term preceding the submission deadline. The two essays shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Faculty Board, in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Board, so as to arrive not later than 12 noon on the first Friday of the Full Lent Term and Full Easter Term respectively. Candidates may receive one hour’s supervision devoted to discussion of a plan of each essay but shall receive no further assistance in the writing of the essays. Detailed instructions will be issued by the Faculty and Departments regarding any other requirements for the essays as a whole. Candidates will be required to declare that the essays are their own work, and that they do not overlap in content with material submitted for supervisions. Candidates may be called for viva voce examination in connection with their essays.

Part II

24. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 19, candidates for Part II shall offer written papers and other exercises as follows:

1. (a)A student who is a candidate for Part II under Regulation 4(a)99 shall offer:
2.  (i)Papers C1 and C2 in any language, provided that a candidate shall not be required to offer both papers in the same language;
3.  (ii)a year abroad project, which shall be offered in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 27;
4.  (iii)eitherthree papers chosen from Schedule II and Schedule D, not more than two of which shall be taken from Schedule D,
5.   ortwo papers chosen from Schedule II and Schedule D, together with a dissertation offered in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 27;
6.  (iv)oral examination C in a language in which the candidate offers one or both of Papers C1 and C2, provided that, if the candidate has obtained honours in Part Ib of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, the language shall be a language offered as a language paper as listed in Schedule A by the candidate in Part Ia and/or Part Ib. The Faculty Board have agreed that the following papers shall constitute a language for the purposes of this regulation: Du. 5, Gr. 3, and Pg. 3.
7. (b)A student who is a candidate for Part II under Regulation 4(c)100 shall offer:
8.  (i)Papers C1 and C2 in any language, provided that a candidate shall not be required to offer both papers in the same language;
9.  (ii)eitherthree papers chosen from Schedule II and Schedule D, not more than two of which shall be taken from Schedule D,
10.   ortwo papers chosen from Schedule II and Schedule D, together with a dissertation offered in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 27;
11.  (iii)oral examination C in a language in which the candidate offers one or both of Papers C1 and C2, provided that, if the candidate has obtained honours in Part Ib of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, the language shall be a language offered as a language paper as listed in Schedule A by the candidate in Part Ia and/or Part Ib. The Faculty Board have agreed that the following papers shall constitute a language for the purposes of the regulation: Du. 5, Gr. 3, and Pg. 3.
12. (c)A student who is a candidate for Part II under Regulation 4(b)101 shall offer:
13.  (i)Papers C1 and C2 in any language, provided that a candidate shall not be required to offer both papers in the same language;
14.  (ii)eitherthree papers chosen from Schedule II and Schedule D, not more than two of which shall be chosen from Schedule D,
15.   ortwo papers chosen from Schedule II and Schedule D, together with a dissertation offered in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 27.
16. (d)An Affiliated Student who takes the examination in the fifth term after his or her first term of actual residence shall offer:
17.  (i)Papers C1 and C2 in any language, provided that a candidate shall not be required to offer both papers in the same language;
18.  (ii)a project, which shall be offered in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 27;
19.  (iii)eitherfour papers chosen from Schedule II and Schedule D, not more than two of which shall be taken from Schedule D,
20.   orthree papers chosen from Schedule II and Schedule D, not more than two of which shall be taken from Schedule D, together with a dissertation offered in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 27;
21.  (iv)oral examination C in a language in which the candidate offers one or both of Papers C1 and C2.
22. (e)An Affiliated Student who has been given leave to take Part II in the second term after his or her first term of actual residence shall offer papers and other exercises as under sub-paragraph (b) above, except that oral examination C must be in a language approved by the Faculty Board at such time as that leave has been given.

provided that a candidate who offers a dissertation under (a)(iii), (b)(ii), (c)(ii), or (d)(iii) may not also offer two papers from Schedule D that are assessed by means other than a written examination, unless the Faculty Board has given special permission for the candidate to do so.

25. A student who is a candidate for Part II under Regulations 4(a) or 4(c) who has not achieved a satisfactory standard, as defined by the Faculty Board, either in Paper B3 or in the aggregated marks of Papers B1 and B2 in any language in the examination for Part Ib, may not offer Papers C1 or C2 in that language.

26. The Faculty Board shall have discretion in exceptional circumstances to grant exemption from the oral examination specified in Regulation 24(a), (b), or (d) to any candidate on the application of his or her Tutor. The Secretary of the Faculty Board shall send to the Registrary, not later than the first day of the Easter Term in which the written examination is to be held, a list of candidates to whom the Faculty Board have granted exemption from the oral examination under this regulation.

27. (i) A year abroad project or dissertation offered under Regulation 24 shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions set out in sub-paragraphs (a)–(h) below.

1. (a)Every year abroad project offered under Regulation 24(a)(ii) shall be on a subject that falls within the field of modern and medieval languages, including linguistics and comparative studies. A dissertation offered under Regulation 24(a)(iii), (b)(ii), (c)(ii), or (d)(iii) (henceforward termed an optional dissertation) shall be on a subject that falls within the scope of a paper from Schedule II.
2. (b)Year abroad project
3. A candidate who is required to offer a year abroad project under Regulation 24(a) shall give notice to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of the subject of the proposed project and the general area within which it will fall by a date announced by the Faculty Board, which shall be not later than the third Friday of the Full Easter Term in the year next but one preceding the examination. After giving notice as required above, a candidate shall submit a clearly defined subject area within which the project will fall by a date announced by the Faculty Board, which shall be not later than the Division of Lent Term in the year next preceding the examination.
4.  If, after submitting such a subject area, a candidate subsequently wishes to revise his or her choice of subject and to offer a project on a subject that falls within an area different from that notified, he or she must seek the permission of the Faculty Board, in accordance with any instructions issued by the Board and according to the timetable set out in Schedule E.
5. (c)Optional dissertations102
6. Every candidate who wishes to offer such a dissertation shall submit the proposed title to the Secretary of the Faculty Board, in accordance with any instructions issued by the Board and according to the timetable set out in Schedule E. A candidate shall obtain the approval of the proposed title by the Faculty Board according to the timetable set out in Schedule E. When the Faculty Board have approved a title, no change may subsequently be made in it, except that a candidate who has elected to offer an optional dissertation may apply to the Faculty Board for permission to revise the title of that dissertation; such an application shall be submitted not later than the second Friday of the Full Lent Term next preceding the examination. A candidate who has elected to offer two papers and a dissertation, rather than three papers, under Regulation 24(a), (b), or (c), or three papers and a dissertation, rather than four papers, under Regulation 24(d), and who subsequently fails to obtain the approval of the title of the proposed dissertation by the due date, or who fails to submit the dissertation by the due date, shall be required to offer in the examination either three papers or four papers, as the case may be.
7. (d)A year abroad project shall be written in English, except that quotations from primary sources must be in the language of the original. An optional dissertation may be written in a modern foreign language instead of English if the Faculty Board so agree.
8. (e)A year abroad project may take three forms. If in the form of a dissertation, it shall normally be of not less than 7,000 words and in any case not more than 8,000 words in length. If in the form of a translation project, it shall normally be of not less than 6,000 words and in any case not more than 7,000 words in length. If in the form of a linguistics project it shall normally consist of a set of linguistic data of not less than 2,000 words and not more than 3,000 words in length, accompanied by an appropriate transcription or morpheme-by-morpheme gloss, a translation, and a formal analysis. The formal analysis shall normally be not more than 4,000 words in length. An optional dissertation shall normally be of not less than 8,000 words and in any case not more than 10,000 words in length.
9. (f)The word limits specified in sub-paragraph (e) above include notes but exclude appendices and bibliography. A project or dissertation shall be typewritten, except where a non-Roman or symbolic typeface is necessary and cannot be provided; in such a case hand-written or photocopied extracts may be inserted. A project or dissertation within the field of comparative studies shall relate to at least two languages. Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the project or dissertation is her or his own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
10. (g)A candidate shall submit an electronic copy and two hard (paper) copies of the year abroad project or optional dissertation, in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Faculty Board, so as to reach the Faculty Board by the date specified in Schedule E.
11. (h)A candidate may be called for viva voce examination on the subject of his or her year abroad project or optional dissertation; the viva voce examination shall be conducted in English, or, in the case of a optional dissertation which is written in a foreign language, in the language in which the dissertation is written.

(ii) (a) A project offered under Regulation 24(d)(ii) shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions set out for year abroad projects in sub-paragraphs (a) and (d)–(h) above.

(b) A student who is required to offer a project under Regulation 24(d) shall give notice to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of the subject of the proposed project and the general area within which it will fall by a date announced by the Faculty Board, which shall be not later than the third Friday of the Full Easter Term in the year next preceding the examination.

After giving notice as required above, a candidate shall submit the proposed title of the project to the Secretary of the Faculty Board, in accordance with any instructions issued by the Board and according to the timetable set out in Schedule E.

28. No student shall be a candidate for Part II under Regulation 4(a) unless evidence has been produced to the Secretary of the Faculty Board that during the academical year next before the year of the examination he or she has spent a period studying abroad under conditions approved by the Faculty Board in a country or countries relevant to the papers to be offered in the examination.103 Such evidence will normally consist of a certificate from a university or employer confirming dates of attendance. Every student shall submit a report on their year abroad to the Faculty Board in the manner prescribed from time to time by the Board. Students shall keep the Secretary of the Faculty Board informed of their address abroad at all times.

29. A candidate proposing to study abroad in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 28 shall apply to the Faculty Board for the approval of his or her plans, using a form issued by the Faculty Board and available in the Year Abroad Office. The application shall be submitted through the candidate's Director of Studies to the Secretary of the Faculty Board so as to arrive not later than the last day of Full Michaelmas Term in the academical year next preceding that which the candidate proposes to spend abroad, and shall indicate the country or countries that the student intends to visit and the way in which he or she will be occupied while abroad.103 If a student subsequently changes his or her plans, he or she must inform the Secretary of the Faculty Board and seek permission afresh.

SCHEDULE A

In each language specified in Regulation 18(a) the following papers and other exercises shall be set:

SCHEDULE B

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Dutch

French

German

Modern Greek

Ibero-Lusophone Studies

Italian

Medieval Latin

Neo-Latin

Portuguese

Slavonic Studies

Spanish

Linguistics

Comparative Studies

SCHEDULE Ia

Papers available in Part Ia

SCHEDULE Ib118,119

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Papers available in Part Ib

SCHEDULE II

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Papers available in Part II

SCHEDULE C

SCHEDULE D

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Papers from other Triposes that may be taken in Part II

Subject to the provisions of Regulation 24, candidates for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos who take any of the papers in this schedule may submit the alternative exercises permitted for those papers.

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos, Part I

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos, Part II

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos, Part II

Classical Tripos, Part II

English Tripos, Part II

Historical Tripos, Part I

Historical Tripos, Part II

Papers in European history announced by the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages from among Papers 7–30 of Part II of the Historical Tripos, in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 17(b).

Philosophy Tripos, Part II

SCHEDULE E

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Requirements for projects and optional dissertations in Part II

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

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Parts Ia and Ib

Papers A1, A2, and A3, and Oral Examination A

These papers and the corresponding Oral Examination (Oral Examination A) will be of a standard of difficulty appropriate for candidates who had no knowledge, or relatively little knowledge, of the foreign language before entry to the University.

Papers A1, A2, and A3. Introduction to the foreign language

Papers A1 and A2 (two hours) will consist of exercises designed to test candidates’ knowledge of essential vocabulary and grammatical structures, their ability to comprehend (and in certain cases to translate) authentic material in the foreign language, and their skill in the active use of the foreign language. The exercises set for Papers A1 and A2 in each language will be specified by the Faculty Board from time to time; they will not necessarily be identical in all languages.

The maximum mark allocated to Paper A2 will be two-thirds of the maximum mark allocated to a three-hour paper.

Paper A3 may include questions on literary, cultural, linguistic, or historical topics, some of which may be based on more extensive material in the foreign language, as specified by the Faculty Board from time to time.

Oral examination A

The examination will consist of (a) reading aloud a passage taken from a text chosen by the Examiners, and (b) a conversation based either on the subject-matter of the text or on a prescribed topic, as specified by the Faculty Board from time to time.

A copy of the chosen text will be made available to each candidate not less than fifteen minutes before the beginning of his or her examination.

The maximum mark allocated to the oral examination will be one-third of the maximum mark allocated to a three-hour written paper.

Papers B1, B2, and B3, and Oral Examination B

Paper B1. Use of the foreign language

This paper will consist of one or more passages in the foreign language. Exercises on the passage(s) may include questions of a grammatical and lexical nature, critical response, précis, and guided writing. Candidates will normally be required to answer in the foreign language. Candidates may be required to translate a passage or passages of continuous prose into the foreign language.

Paper B2. Translation from the foreign language

This paper (two hours) will contain exercises in translation from the foreign language, of which one may be a commentary on a passage in the foreign language or a commentary on a translation or an exercise in comparative translation. In Portuguese and in Spanish four questions will be set, of which candidates will be required to attempt two; in all other languages three questions will be set, of which candidates will be required to attempt two. In French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish the passages set will be chosen from material in the foreign language not earlier than 1500, in Russian from material not earlier than 1700, and in German from material not earlier than 1800.

The maximum mark allocated to this paper will be two-thirds of the maximum mark allocated to a three-hour paper.

Paper B3. Translation into the foreign language, and test in the foreign language through audio-visual media

The examination for this paper will consist of two exercises, (a) translation from English into the foreign language (two hours), and (b) test in the foreign language through audio-visual media (one and a half hours).

Section (a) will consist of one or more passages of English prose, amounting to not more than 400 words in total, for translation into the foreign language.

Section (b). In the comprehension test, candidates will be required to watch and listen to prepared audio-visual material in the foreign language, of not less than seven minutes and not more than ten minutes in length, during which they will be allowed to make notes. After an interval during which candidates will be allowed to read the exam questions, the passage will be repeated. Candidates will be required to answer questions in writing on the material presented. This will include comprehension questions, as well as a written summary, a response, or a commentary based on the passage. The questions will be posed, and answers will be required, in the foreign language.

Oral examination B

The examination will consist of (a) reading aloud a passage taken from a text chosen by the Examiners, and (b) conversation on the subject-matter of the text. The examination may also include conversation on general topics.

A copy of the chosen text will be made available to each candidate not less than fifteen minutes before the beginning of his or her examination.

The maximum mark allocated to the oral examination will be one-third of the maximum mark allocated to a three-hour written paper.

Part II

Papers C1 and C2, and Oral Examination C

Paper C1. Translation from and into the foreign language

This paper (two hours) will consist of two exercises: (a) will consist of one passage of English prose, amounting to 250 words in total, for translation into the foreign language; (b) will consist of one passage in the foreign language, amounting to not more than 250 words in total, for translation into English. Both exercises must be attempted.

The maximum mark allocated to this paper will be 70% of the maximum mark allocated to a three-hour written paper.

Paper C2. Foreign language: text and culture

This paper (two hours) will consist of two passages in the foreign language. Candidates will be required to answer on one passage. Answers must be in the foreign language, showing knowledge of wider contexts as well as responding to the specific text. Passages will relate to a prescribed topic as specified by the Faculty Board from time to time. The maximum mark allocated to this paper will be 70% of the maximum mark allocated to a three-hour written paper.

Oral examination C

The examination will consist of a five-minute presentation and ten-minute conversation between the candidate and the Examiners: the subject of discussion shall be the candidate’s Year Abroad Project. The maximum mark allocated to the oral examination will be 60% of the maximum mark allocated to a three-hour written paper.

Part Ib

Candidates who in Part Ia offered Option A in a modern language and Option B in classical Greek or Latin

A candidate who offered one modern language and one classical language in Part Ia, choosing Option A in the modern language and Option B in the classical language, shall offer in Part Ib:

1. (i)Papers B1 and B2, together with oral examination B, in the modern language;
2. (ii)one paper from Schedule Ib relating to that language;
3. (iii)Paper GL 15 or GL 16;
4. (iv)one further paper from among Paper GL 11 or GL 13, Papers GL 17–20, and the papers in Schedule Ib.

In Greek a candidate may additionally offer Paper GL 21; in Latin, Paper GL 22.

Candidates who in Part Ia offered Option B in a modern language and Option A in classical Greek

A candidate who offered one modern language and classical Greek in Part Ia, choosing Option A in classical Greek and Option B in the modern language, shall offer in Part Ib:

1. (i)Papers GL 12 and GL 15;
2. (ii)one paper chosen from among Papers GL 17–20;
3. (iii)two papers chosen from among the following: one further paper from among Papers GL 17–20; the papers in Schedule Ib; and Paper B3 in the modern language.

A candidate may additionally offer Paper GL 21.

Candidates who in Part Ia offered Option B in a modern language and Option B in classical Greek or Latin

A candidate who offered one modern language and one classical language in Part Ia, choosing Option B in both, shall offer in Part Ib:

1. (i)Paper B3 in the modern language;
2. (ii)either Paper GL 15 or Paper GL 16;
3. (iii)three papers chosen from Paper GL 11 or GL 13, Papers GL 17–20, and the papers in Schedule Ib.

In Greek a candidate may additionally offer Paper GL 21; in Latin, Paper GL 22.