Comparison of written production of the national matura exam of Spanish and Italian as foreign languages

Magistrska naloga se osredotoča na analizo maturitetnih nalog za pisno izražanje ter njihovo ocenjevanje pri predmetih španščina kot TJ in italijanščina kot TJ. V teoretičnem delu magistrske naloge je sprva obravnavan pojem sporazumevalne zmožnosti, pri čemer je večja pozornost namenjena zmožnosti pisnega izražanja, procesu pisanja in ocenjevanju pisnih sestavkov. V nadaljevanju je predstavljen koncept splošne mature in nalog za pisno izražanje na maturitetnem izpitu. Zadnji večji sklop teoretičnega dela je namenjen Skupnemu evropskemu jezikovnemu okviru (SEJO) in SEJO Dodatku, ki predstavljata temeljni okvir za učenje in poučevanje TJ. Sklop obsega opredelitev pragmatične zmožnosti, pisnega tvorjenja in pisne interakcije s ponazoritvenimi opisniki za ravni znanja B1 in B2. Empirični del magistrske naloge je sestavljen iz kvalitativne raziskave, ki smo jo razdelili na dva dela. Prvi del se koncentrira na ocenjevanje nalog za pisno izražanje na maturi, pri čemer primerja kriterije za ocenjevanje izpita iz španščine in italijanščine ter podrobneje predstavi Preglednico za pisno ocenjevanje, ki jo ponuja SEJO Dodatek. Drugi, osrednji del, vključuje analizo dvanajstih maturitetnih nalog iz vsakega od predmetov z vidika štirih področij: navodila, tema, besedilna vrsta in raven znanja TJ. Sledi interpretacija izsledkov analize in nazadnje predstavitev rezultatov.The master\u27s thesis focuses on the analysis of the written expression tasks within the Slovenian national matura exam as well as their evaluation for the subjects Spanish and Italian as foreign languages (FL). The theoretical part initially presents the concept of communicative competence, paying more attention to the skill of written expression, the writing process and the evaluation of written compositions. Furthermore, the concept of matura and the written production tasks that appear in this exam are presented. The last essential section of the theoretical part is devoted to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and its Companion Volume, which represent the fundamental basis for learning and teaching FL. It covers the definitions of pragmatic competence, written production and written interaction, including illustrative descriptors for language proficiency levels B1 and B2. The empirical part of the master\u27s thesis consists of qualitative research, divided into two parts. The first part is dedicated to the evaluation of the written production tasks in the national matura exam, comparing the evaluation criteria of the Spanish exam with the Italian criteria. In addition, it presents in more detail the Written evaluation table, proposed by the Companion Volume of the CEFR. The second part (which is the central part) incorporates the analysis of twelve matura tasks from each of the subjects, taking in consideration four different areas: instructions, topic, text type and level of FL proficiency. Subsequently, the interpretation