Patrick

I am a recent graduate from Oxford University (Summer 2024) where I studied Italian for 4 years, including a year living in Italy (I, also, studied Linguistics but I did not do enough papers to be an ‘official’ Italian and Linguistics graduate). Although my academic experience was focused on Italian, I would be confident in prepping any applicants for their interview no matter the language they have selected. The reason being is that Oxbridge language interviews are focused primarily on a candidate’s confidence in discussing literature, a conversation which always takes place in English. Importantly, however, the aforementioned confidence should not be misinterpreted as ‘ability’ – interviewers are not testing the extent of your knowledge of literature in general, nor is this expected of you – rather, they want to see how you can cope in a learning environment (such as, tutorials). There is a basic level of literary analysis that each candidate should have in hope of receiving an offer and I promise to help them reach this level.