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There are published studies of common errors for Arab students of Italian (Della Puppa, 2006; Giacalone Ramat et al., 2001) . However, this study introduces the standardized language assessment, namely the CILS test of Italian, as context of research. The study uses error analysis as a method to improve didactic strategies for teachers considering the detected language needs and profiles of Arabic learners. The data is a representative sample of 200 test takers of CEFR level B2, is the level that guarantees the access to the Italian universities to foreign students. First, the study investigates the test outcomes in the four language skills (listening, reading, written and oral production) and the use of language, and then focuses on the exam scripts, in order to identify different types of errors that occur repeatedly.  \nKeywords: Linguistic features, Italian test, Arabic, Standardized assessment  \n1. Introduction1  \nThis study addresses the “features” in L2 Italian that are characteristic of Arabic learners, detected in their performance in a B2 level proficiency test. There are a number of published studies examining the errors produced by Arab students of Italian as a foreign language (Al-Ali & Al-Oliemat, 2008; Al-Buainain, 2007; Della Puppa, 2006; Vedovelli et al., 2001) . However, the current study is the first introducing the standardized language assessment, namely the CILS proficiency test of Italian as a foreign language, as a research tool for data gathering and interpretation. While learner corpora have been used for some time in the study of learning and teaching a second/foreign language, they are only just beginning to impact the field of language testing and assessment (LTA), particularly considering the Italian research context (Callies, 2015) . In particular, the error analysis is used as a method to improve didactic strategies for teachers considering the detected language needs and profiles of Arabic learners of IFL. The purpose of this study is not merely to count the error forms, but to analyse the candidates’ performances and interpret the most frequent incorrect forms occurred in order to propose suggestions and hypotheses for specific didactic intervention. First, the study investigates the test outcomes in the four language skills (listening, reading, written and oral production) and the use of language, and then focuses on the exam scripts, in order to identify different types of errors that occur repeatedly.  \n2. Research context  \nItalian was in fact one of the colonial languages in the period before the establishment of the Arab nation states (Caubet & Miller, 2000) although to a lesser extent than languages such as Turkish, French, and English,. In the last two centuries, the language scenario of the Arab community had more and more conspicuous contact with European languages, especially with English and French, that both through the development of language policies (which concerned most of the Middle Eastern region) and through processes of true linguistic and cultural assimilation (Maghreb region), became part of the language  \n1 This article is a work of shared reflection of both authors who together developed the references. However, author1 developed the paragraphs 1; 2; 4.3.4 and 5; author2 developed the paragraphs 3 and subparagraphs; 4 and subparagraphs.  \nuses of the Arab communities. It is therefore possible to affirm that today the majority of Arabs are perfectly bilingual, pairing French or English with their mother tongue; and possessing the mastery ","cbCaibVbeduLevn9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibVbeduLevn9","pdf",1569557,33,"English","# Introduction\n# Research context","[{\"question\":\"What assessment and learner group does the study focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses the standardized CILS test of Italian and analyzes Arabic learners’ performance at CEFR level B2.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper analyze learners’ performance?\",\"answer\":\"It applies error analysis to evaluate test outcomes across four skills and then examines exam scripts to identify recurring error types.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the goal of identifying linguistic features and errors?\",\"answer\":\"The study aims to improve didactic strategies by interpreting frequent incorrect forms and proposing suggestions for specific didactic interventions.\"}]","Investigating Linguistic Features into Italian Test Performances of Arabic Speakers | PDF",1792072907,83]