sessione unica

English translation: single sitting (exam session)

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Italian term or phrase:	sessione unica
English translation:	single sitting (exam session)
Entered by:	Lisa Jane

16:00 Nov 6, 2020

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Education / Pedagogy / school certificates

Italian term or phrase: sessione unica

It is a school certificate which contains a table with two columns: the left-hand side column lists "materie d'esame" while the right-hand side column entitled "sessione unica" contains the evaluation, in this case "sex" for all the courses/exams.

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single sitting (exam session)

Explanation:
it means that the exam takes place in a single session/sitting and accounts for the total mark

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Note added at 38 mins (2020-11-06 16:39:20 GMT)
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It is common practice on handwritten reports to write grade 6 as "sex" = sei. It is written with an X so students cannot alter it and turn it into a "sette" with a few strokes of the pen!

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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 00:38

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4 +2

single sitting (exam session)

Lisa Jane

exam

Cillie Swart

2 +1

final exam

Wolfgang Hager

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peer agreement (net): +2

single sitting (exam session)

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 00:38
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 88

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

final exam

Explanation:
the problem with this term is that it provides an information - only one examination (session) instead of the usual 5-7 tests (sessioni) given in university or school courses - which no one else cares to know, hence no technical equivalent in English. "Final exam" at least gives the right impression; single or unique exam would not. Nor would "consolidated grade", e.g., as there are no intermediate results to consolidate.

Wolfgang Hager
Italy
Local time: 00:38
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German
PRO pts in category: 70

20 hrs confidence:

exam

Explanation:
Agree with Wolfgang but I would go even further and just say "exam", as opposed to a continuous assessment approach. Otherwise why the need for unica. Was also thinking maybe plenary session but would not quite make sense in context, although conceivably still possible.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/plenary
https://www.linguee.com/english-italian/search?query=sessione+unica

Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 00:38
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Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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