{"id":86,"date":"2025-10-28T15:51:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:9080\/en\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2025-12-23T11:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T11:36:04","slug":"preparation-for-the-tal-tests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/language-test\/preparation-for-the-tal-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparation for the TAL tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/test-linguistici\/preparazione-ai-test\/\">Versione in italiano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are instructions for each test, mock tests, and links to preparation courses that the Language Center offers free of charge to help you prepare for the tests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-418\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-418\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Test type<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Language<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Mock tests<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Preparation courses<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Instructions<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>TAL A1 Reading and Listening<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Italian<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.unipd.it\/cla\/course\/view.php?id=3665&amp;section=2\">Mock test TAL A1 RL<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TAL-A1-Reading-and-Listening-Italian.pdf\">Instructions for TAL A1 Reading and Listening<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>TAL A2 Reading and Listening<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Italian<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.unipd.it\/cla\/course\/view.php?id=3665&amp;section=3\">Mock test TAL A2 RL<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/italian-courses\/preparation-course-tal-a2\/\">Online preparation course<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TAL-A2-Reading-and-Listening_Italian_logo-da-cambiare.pdf\">Instructions for TAL A1 Reading and Listening<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>TAL B2 Reading and Listening <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">English<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.unipd.it\/cla\/course\/view.php?id=3665&amp;section=10\">Mock test TAL B2 RL<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/corsi-di-lingua\/preparazione-al-tal-inglese\/reading-listening\/\">Blended (50% in-person\/ 50% self-study) preparation course held by the CLA every semester  &#8211; open to students who have the TAL B2 Reading and Listening in their study plan<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.unipd.it\/cla\/course\/view.php?id=2398\">Online preparation course<\/a><br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TAL-B2-Reading-and-Listening-_AA25-26_da-modificare.pdf\">Instructions for TAL B2 Reading and Listening<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>TAL B2 Reading and Listening for STEM<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">English<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.unipd.it\/cla\/mod\/quiz\/view.php?id=111168\" target=\"_blank\">Mock test TAL B2 RL for STEM<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.unipd.it\/cla\/course\/view.php?id=3685\">Online preparation material<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TAL-B2-English-for-STEM-1.pdf\">Instructions for TAL B2 Reading and Listening for STEM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>TAL B2 Reading and Listening for Psychology<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">English<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.unipd.it\/cla\/mod\/quiz\/view.php?id=101468\">Mock test TAL B2 RL for Psychology<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.unipd.it\/cla\/course\/view.php?id=3519\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Online preparation course<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TAL-B2-English-for-Psychology-2.pdf\">Instructions for TAL B2 Reading and Listening for Psychology<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>TAL B2 Oral<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">English<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.unipd.it\/cla\/course\/view.php?id=1723\">Mock test TAL B2 Oral<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/corsi-di-lingua\/preparazione-al-tal-inglese\/speaking\/\">Preparation course held by the CLA (on Zoom, with a teacher) every semester &#8211; open to students enrolled in Master&#8217;s degree programmes in Engineering and Science who have the TAL B2 Oral in their study plan<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/corsi-di-lingua\/preparazione-al-tal-inglese\/b2-oral-tal-mini-workhop\/\"><strong>Mini workshop<\/strong> <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.unipd.it\/cla\/course\/view.php?id=2873\">Useful exercises and tips<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-5\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TAL-B2-Oral.pdf\">Instructions for TAL B2 Oral<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ISTRUZIONI-TECNICHE-TAL-ORALE-COMPUTER-BASED_EN.pdf\">Technical instructions for computer-based oral TALs<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.unipd.it\/media\/Istruzioni+TAL+orale+CB+INGLESE+-+NEW\/1_rgccvefm\">Video tutorial TAL B2 oral<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-418 from cache -->\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Full details on preparing for the tests administered as part of the <strong>University in Prison Project<\/strong> can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/about-us\/projects\/university-in-prison-project\/\">dedicated page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CLA also offers <strong>other activities<\/strong> that are not directly related to specific test preparation but can still be very useful in preparing for tests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/language-courses\/basic-courses\/\">Basic language courses<\/a> (in English, French, Spanish and German)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/self-study\/language-advising\/\">Language Advising<\/a> (personalised interviews with language learning experts)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/self-study\/tandem-face2face\/\">Tandem Face2Face <\/a>(conversations with native speakers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cla.unipd.it\/en\/self-study\/conversazioni-creattive\/\">Conversazioni CreAttive<\/a> (language conversation groups)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Versione in italiano Below are instructions for each test, mock tests, and links to preparation courses that the Language Center offers free of charge to help you prepare for the tests: &nbsp; 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