What happens on exam day?

In short

You sit the written parts in a group, then speaking on your own before a committee of 3 examiners.
The written and spoken parts are usually on the same day.
Bring a photo ID issued by a state body and a pen. A pencil won't do.
Phones are off and no aids are allowed. If you are late for the written part, you can't sit it.

Written by Besedica.

Sources: CSDTJ, University of Ljubljana, Gerardo Ramirez and Sian L. Beilock, and Joanne Frattaroli, Michael Thomas and Sonja Lyubomirsky. Checked October 25, 2026.The Slovene on this page is not yet checked by a Slovene teacher.

Written from the official sources listed below and checked against each one. The exam's parts, points and pass lines come from the same data the app uses.

How the day runs

At the basic-level exam (izpit na osnovni ravni⁷⁸), the written parts (listening, reading and writing) are sat in a group. The spoken part is sat on your own, before a committee of 3²³ examiners. The written and spoken parts are usually on the same day (the exam centre’s questions and answers).

The exam centre describes how the speaking part runs, step by step.

What to bring

A photo ID issued by a state body.
A pen. A pencil won’t do.

Only your pen goes on the desk. Phones are switched off, and no aids are allowed. If you arrive after the written part has started, you can’t sit it. The exam centre’s rules for candidates give the full list.

If you’re nervous

Something you can try, if you like. In studies with students, writing for a few minutes about their worries just before an exam helped them do better (Ramirez and Beilock; Frattaroli, Thomas and Lyubomirsky). Those students sat other exams, not this one, and it is no promise for anyone’s result.

Check yourself

What two things must you bring to the exam?

A photo ID issued by a state body, and a pen (not a pencil).

Sources

Frequently asked questions about the exams, CSDTJ, University of Ljubljana, read October 25, 2026
Exam rules for candidates, CSDTJ, University of Ljubljana, read October 25, 2026
Exam regulations, confirmed 28 January 2026 (PDF), CSDTJ, University of Ljubljana, read October 25, 2026
How the speaking part runs (2025, PDF), CSDTJ, University of Ljubljana, read October 25, 2026
Writing about testing worries boosts exam performance in the classroom (Science 331: 211–213, 2011), Gerardo Ramirez and Sian L. Beilock, read October 25, 2026
Opening up in the classroom: effects of expressive writing on graduate school entrance exam performance (Emotion 11: 691–696, 2011), Joanne Frattaroli, Michael Thomas and Sonja Lyubomirsky, read October 25, 2026
The basic-level exam: description and format, CSDTJ, University of Ljubljana, read October 25, 2026
The basic-level exam (English page), CSDTJ, University of Ljubljana, read October 25, 2026

This guide is general information, not legal advice. Besedica is not affiliated with the Centre for Slovene as a Second and Foreign Language (CSDTJ) or the University of Ljubljana.