Studieprøven

This examination provides a high-level final qualification for candidates wishing to use Danish for study purposes. Studieprøven is recognised by the majority of the Danish universities as a Danish Language entrance requirement for foreign applicants. The examination is based on the Council of Europe's Effective Operational (C1) specification for both the written part and the oral part.

There are four components:

Reading

Candidates are expected to be able to read texts covering the areas of the arts, social and natural science, taken from newspapers, magazines and information material. They should demonstrate a variety of reading skills including scanning and careful global and local reading.

There are three compulsory sections, with a total of about 45 items of the following task types:

short answers, gap-filling (based on multiple-choice) and gap-filling (at paragraph level).

The length of the texts is about 35-40 pages. The time allowed is 90 minutes.

Writing

Candidates are expected to analyse and pass on factual information in a relevant form. They are further expected to be able to exemplify, evaluate, put into perspective and relate to a statement and support it with relevant and coherent argumentation.

There is one compulsory task (from a choice of three), that requires the candidate to complete a longer, non-specialist writing task (composition).

The response of the task should be about 400 words in length. The time allowed is 3 hours.

Listening

Candidates are expected to be able to understand a longer monologue, to extract factual information, main ideas, opinions and attitudes related to a specified topic. They must be able to demonstrate various listening skills including careful global and local listening.

Listening texts include a monologue read aloud and a dictation, with 40 items of the following type: note taking in combination with written questions - and gap-filling.

The time allowed is approximately 60 minutes.

Speaking

Candidates are tested individually by two Examiners (an Interlocutor and an Assessor).

There are two parts: a presentation of a specific topic and a conversation between the candidate and the Examiners.

Candidates are required to present a topic, describe, explain, evaluate and argue.

The candidate has been given a minimum of seven days to prepare three topics, and is given one topic to present at the exam.

Weighting of components

Each component is given a score. When calculating the average grade, the four components are equally weighted.

Results

The score given range from 0-13.

The four scores are reported as a profile of the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking.

There is a cut-off score at 6.

Certificates are awarded to all successful candidates.