A Level Oral Exam

8/6/2019 A Level Oral Exam

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ORALEXAMINATIONGuidelines



FORMAT OF THE EXAM(15 mins.)

} PREPARED TOPIC (3 mins.) ² 12 marks

} TOPIC CONVERSATION (5-6 mins.) ² 18marks

}GENERAL CONVERSATION (5-6 mins.) ² 18marks



PREPARED TOPIC} Topic should focus on Unit One (Modules 1-3)

}Must be a topical, polemic issue

}Must focus on a Francophone country.}Candidates may compare/contrast the topic to

their own country.

} Presentation should be for 3 minutes

}Candidates are allowed to use cue cards, no morethan 5 headings.

} The presentation is not an expository piece. It shouldbe weigh the pros and cons of an issue andhighlight the student·s standpoint on the issue.



Francophone countries} Belgium} Benin} Burkina Faso} Burundi} Cameroon}

Canada} Central African Republic} Chad} Comoros} Congo (Brazzaville)} Congo (Kinshasa)} Côte d'Ivoire} Djibouti} Equatorial Guinea} France} Gabon} Guinea

} Haiti} Luxembourg} Madagascar } Mali} Monaco}

New Caledonia} Niger } Rwanda} Senegal} Seychelles} Switzerland} Tahiti} Togo} Vanuatu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_where_ French_is_an_official_language



TOPIC CONVERSATION

} Candidates should have additional factualinformation to support their presentation.

} Candidates should have an informed opinionon the topic under discussion.

} Candidates should comment on issues arisingout of their discourse.

} Students should prepare a list of possiblequestions (approx 5) that they would like tobe asked.



GENERAL CONVERSATION

}Candidates should be able to discussabstract or current issues.

Structure of responses



STRUCTURE OF RESPONSES

CREAPS:CREAPS:

}Causes} Responsables

} Effets

}Avantages

} Problèmes} Solutions



Obviously it's not realistic to try and getthrough all 6 pointers if they ask you one

question, but say if the question"que-pensez vous de la question de logementen France aujourd'hui? »

comes up, you can think of it this way -

C'est un problème fort difficile à résoudre;

grâce au flux migratoire en France (cause), legouvernement (responsables) ne peut quefournir le logement pour une minorité despersonnes dans le pays (effets)...



MARKING SCHEME

} Students would be assessed in thefollowing areas:

i. Content and Presentation

ii. Comprehension

iii. Correctness of Expression andVocabulary

iv. Pronunciation. Intonation and Fluency



CHOOSING A TOPIC

Two ways of choosing a topic:

i. Do a general topic ² e.g. talk abouteducation and narrow it down to the actualsituation in a Francophone country

ii. Choose something which, in itself, is French ²

e.g. L·Immigration et Le Front National



} Le Front National ² right-wing party(traditional in values); anti-immigrationetc.

} Le port islamique



TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL ORALPRESENTATION

}Quality of Language:

i. You use very accurate language and a widerange of appropriate vocabulary and structures.

ii. You are spontaneous and independent in your response, even when the conversation movesaway from the areas you have prepared

iii. You have done wide ranging research, and cangive, not only the detail, but also your opinionsand ideas as to developments



POSSIBLE TOPICS} Doit-on augmenter l'âge de retraite?} Pouvoir politique et pulsions sexuelles

} L·harcèlement scolaire} Racisme et foot} Les problèmes d·une famille monoparentale} Le Concubinage} Pères au foyer*} Les mannequins et l·anorexie*} L·obésité, maladie des temps modernes ?} La malbouffe} Jeunes toxicomanes*



} Le téléphone portable ² un besoin superflu ?

} Le vaudoisme*

} La déforestation*

} La promuiscuité chez les jeunes*

} Les Restavecs*

} Les MGF (Mutilation genetiale féminine)*

} L·abus sexuel*

} Le déclin des coraux



} Lemonde.fr*

}

Lepoint.fr } Lefigaro.fr*

} Lenouvelobs.fr

}News.google.fr

} Lexpress.fr*} Leparisien.fr

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