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CILS exams at the Italian Institute of Culture \u2013 Edinburgh<\/strong><\/p>\n CILS is a certification of proficiency in Italian as a foreign language offered by the Universit\u00e0 per Stranieri di Siena (more info on the CILS website<\/a>).<\/p>\n The Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh is a recognized centre of CILS exams. More information on how to enrol and exam dates are available below.<\/p>\n Next exam date: 3 December 2026 <\/strong>(levels A1 – upon request -, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) Students of Italian, people working with Italy or want to obtain a long-stay permit, people who want to have their competence in Italian assessed can take a CILS certification exam. The CILS Certification tests are not linked to particular methods or types of language courses: each candidate can prepare for the CILS certification exams in the way they consider most appropriate and most suitable.<\/p>\n The CILS certification system covers six levels of linguistic-communicative competence as per the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Each CILS level is autonomous, the levels assess progressively higher linguistic-communicative competence.<\/p>\n Each CILS exam assesses five language skills: listening skills, reading comprehension, written production, oral production, analysis of the structures of communication in Italian. To obtain the certificate it is necessary to reach a sufficiency level in each skill.<\/p>\n It is not necessary to have any particular qualifications to take the CILS exam, but only a knowledge of the Italian language corresponding to the parameters indicated for each CILS level.<\/p>\n
\nIf you are interested in taking the exam, please get in touch at corsi.iicedimburgo@esteri.it<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n