MML
Modern and Medieval Languages (Cambridge)
Test Information:
This written test will be taken by applicants, in the College by which they are being interviewed, while they are in Cambridge for their interviews. (Applicants with disabilities or special learning needs are asked to inform the College so that they can take the test in an appropriate form). There is no expectation that applicants will have practiced this kind of exercise before. The test has been designed so that anyone who has already practised it will not be at any great advantage. The test forms just one small part of the overall assessment of applicants (based on your written application, your school/college record, interviews, etc.): even if you do not do particularly well at this written test, it is perfectly possible for you still to be offered a place.
Applicants are asked to read a brief passage in English (300-350 words) and then to answer two or three questions about it. They will write their answer in a target language that they are studying at A-level(A2) or equivalent and that they are applying to study at Cambridge University. The questions will contain an element of comprehension but will also invite applicants to add ideas of their own. In other words, the exercise is a combination of comprehension and free composition. The purpose is to see how applicants write in the foreign language: i.e. it assesses their grammar, their accuracy, their ability to express ideas, and their vocabulary, though they are not expected to know the exact foreign-language term for each English term in the passage.
Developed by University of Cambridge
Validation/reliability research by - University of Cambridge
Taken at - the College for which you are being interviewed
When - at interview in December 2011
Duration - 45 minutes
How much - free to applicants
Fee reimbursement/bursary - N/A
Test required by - some Colleges of the University of Cambridge
Website - University of Cambridge
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Reviewed and updated: June 2011