Exam Registration Information

What do I need to know before registering my students?

• Before registering students, teachers should familiarize with the structure of the exam, in particular they need to consider the exam levels and categories, as well as the typologies of students that are participating. Click on the links below to read a detailed information on these three criteria.  Home-schooled students, students who have studied Italian outside a traditional school setting, and college students can participate in the competition, but should contact the NIE director to determine the exam level (nationalitalianexam@gmail.com).

Exam Levels

Exam Categories

Students

Exam Registration Instructions

How do I register for the exam?
The NIE is delivered electronically on the web platform, Lingco. Follow the three steps below to register for the NIE:

1. Create an account in Lingco.  Participating teachers will receive a link to register via email. Interested teachers or teachers who have not received the link, can use the link below.
2. Select exam level(s). Once you have your account, you will be able to select the level(s) of exam in which you are interested.  Follow carefully the guidelines to choose the appropriate level for your class. Choosing a level that does not reflect your students' proficiency level or years of study will be cause for disqualification. At this point you will able to select the total number of "seats" (students) and include other general information. This will generate an invoice and a code that should be used to finalize your payment. See more info on the payment page.
   
3. Assign students to level(s).  At this point you will need to invite your students to join your "class/level".  You can add their names at once, or any time, but no later than a week prior to the exam day.  At this point you will also be able to assign students to their categories.
4. Send invitation to students to join.  Ask your school to include Lingco on their whitelist otherwise you and your students might not be able to receive messages from them. Students should have responded to their invitation and answered the questionnaire at least a week prior to the day on which you have scheduled for them to take the exam.  For example, Mr. Jones has scheduled the exam on March 10, then all his students should have replied to your email invitation and answered all the questions in the questionnaire by March 3rd.
5. Select the appropriate category following the instructions.
6. Make sure students complete the demographic questionnaire. See more information in the instructions manual.  Students will find the link to the questionnaire on their dashboard in Lingco, while teachers can preview the questions at the link below. The questionnaire will be open to students on February 1st.

Once you register on Lingco, you will find a step-by-step tutorial on how set up your account, invite your students and administer the exam on your dashboard.

Registration Instructions

Preview Students' Questionnaire (PDF)

If you have any questions you can always reach out to Lingco’s help desk using the purple chat tool in the bottom-right corner of every page in Lingco.