Nature de l’épreuve d’Anglais au BEM

L’épreuve comporte deux parties et commence à partir d’un support qui peut être :
Un texte ou deux textes courts
Une lettre de type formel ou informel
Un dialogue
Un poème
Une chanson
Une notice
Un e-mail
Un panneau publicitaire/ d’orientation
Un télégramme (s)
Des coupures de journaux
Non verbal/verbal input ( drawings, pictures )

I / Evaluation des apprentissages en terme de ressources (14points)

La première partie est relative à la compréhension et au lexique. Deux propositions sont suggérées .

1ere suggestion : Elle comporte :
o une activité de compréhension notée sur 5 points.
o une activité portant sur le lexique noté sur 2 points.

2eme suggestion : Elle comporte :
o deux activités de compréhension notée sur 5 points
o une activité portant sur le lexique noté sur 2 points.

La deuxième partie porte sur le fonctionnement de la langue
1ere suggestion : Elle comporte:
Deux activités relatives à la syntaxe (5points).
Une activité sur la prononciation (2 points).

2eme suggestion : Elle comporte:
une activité de syntaxe (3points)
une activité de morphologie (2points)
une activité de prononciation (2 points).

II/ Situation d’intégration (réinvestissement des ressources) (6 points)

Le candidat réinvestit ses ressources en terme de savoirs et de savoir faire, pour produire un message écrit appartenant à la même famille de situations que la situation initiale.

Proposition de Typologie des Activités de l’Epreuve d’Anglais au B.E.M.
Compréhension ( information transfer ,no production )
§ True /false activity with a quote from the text.
§ Matching ( questions and answers related to reference and inference)
§ Information transfer.
§ Listing items.
§ Text identification.( type of discourse/ how many paragh/ indirect Qs/ select the suitable title…).
§ Identify linking words in a text ( cohesive devices).
§ Discrepancies ( similarities & differences).
§ Auxiliary questions.
§ Identify and match( text with topic sentence, main idea…).
§ Match headings with paragraphs.
§ Multiple choice questions( 4 items, 1 distractor).
§ Match sentences with paragraphs.
§ Provide appropriate title.

Lexis ( tasks should target lexical items .
Mcq ( items selected should only deal with vocabulary).
Cloze passage ( 4 items deleted).
Word attack ( ability to infer meaning from context, synonyms, antonyms, definitions).
Read and pick out words related to feelings, honesty, violence, good deeds) recognition.
Word association technique.
Gap filling ( select 4 items from 8 provided).

C. Grammar .
§ Mcq ( tenses, prepositions…..).
§ Word sequencing ( focus on question word order and complex sentences.
§ Tense concord.
§ Transformation ( rewrite the passage using the 3rd person singular, rewrite the passage using the simple future…..).
§ Editing ( correct mistakes).
§ Sentence completion ( creative aspect expansion…).
§ Combine sentences using provided connectors.
§ Gap filling.
§ Supply punctuation and capitalization ( contextualized ) .
§ Affixation.

D. Pronunciation.
§ Sound recognition (words that rhyme , identification of vowel sounds, consonants, silent letters)
§ Minimal pairs.
§ Grammatical endings (‘ed’ past and final ‘s’ pronunciation.

E. Situation of integration.

This phase is devoted to the reinvestment of the resources in terms of the “knows” and the “know how”
The activities suggested in the previous phases should build up towards the final output and help the pupils to produce a piece of writing in accordance with the situation of communication.

1.Writing of a paragraph:
a- a report
b- a paragraph of different types (descriptive, narrative, expository etc….)
c. story ending

2. correspondence:
a- a letter to a penfriend / an e.mail ( informal).
b- a letter to the authorities, to the local newspaper .... ( formal).
3. a tourist guide to praise one’s area.

4. a listing of do’s and don’ts.
a.giving advice.
b. arguing against /or for something.
c. writing slogans( with or without drawings.)



















A Sample B.E.M. Paper. Timing: 1h30

Text: Yesterday morning at 9.30a.m. two bikers died in a tragic accident on a sharp bend on Airport Road. The bikers were talking to each other while they were overtaking a lorry which was travelling in the direction of Heathrow Airport. Apparently they were having morning exercise in preparation for the Tour de France. Two motorcyclists were coming from Heathrow Airport while looking at a low-flying landing airplane. “ They were riding very fast”, an eyewitness said. The collision between the motorcyclists and the bikers blocked the traffic for more than two hours. Two policemen were investigating the accident when we arrived on the scene.
( From On the Move , student’s textbook MS4, ONPS ,ed.2006)
Part 1: 14 pts

Reading Comprehension ( 7 points )

a) Read the text .Write – true or false – and justify your answers.(3pts)
§ Yesterday morning at 9.30a.m, two bikers died in a deadly accident.
§ They were riding slowly.
§ The bikers were hit by a lorry.
b) Answer the following questions according to the text.( 2pts)
Did the two bikers die yesterday afternoon ?
Did the traffic block last more than two hours?
c) Lexis ( 2pts)
Find synonyms to the following words from the text.
* accident = ……… * stopped = ………..
Find antonyms to the following words from the text.
* high ¹ ………… * taking off ¹ ……..


II. Mastery of language.(7points)
a) Syntax (5 pts)
1) Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.( 3pts)
a) What ( to happen ) while it ( to rain) ?
b) After they heard about the accident, the policemen ( to arrive).
c)
Supply punctuation and capitalization where necessary.(2pts).
the driver john had a terrible accident .










Pronunciation (2pts).
Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final – ed - :
blocked – died – finished – ended .


/ d / / t / / Id /



Written production .( 6 points) .


You have recently witnessed a road accident and you have been shocked .

First suggestion: Write a letter to the local authorities. Express your worries about the increasing number of road accidents in Algeria .

Second suggestion: Suggest a series of measures to prevent road accidents.






















SAMPLE 2
Angry Holiday Makers


A group of tourists who recently visited Algeria after reading an ad brochure on a web-site complained about the unsatisfactory conditions. They said there was no water in their rooms, bad accommodation , lack of transport… The food , they had was not as delicious as promised in the ad. The service was terrible .
They said if they did not have their money back , they would write an official complaint to the authorities .
( From On the Move , student’s textbook MS4, ONPS ,ed.2006)


I / Comprehension ( 7 points )

A . Read the passage and answer the following questions
1. Did the tourists have an enjoyable stay in Algeria ?
2. Did the travel agency respect its promise ?
3.Was the food delicious ?

B/ Choose a ,b or c to complete the following sentences .

1. There are …….interesting sites to visit in Algeria
a. not any
b. few
c. many

2.The group of tourists found the ad in ……
a. papier
b. magazine
c. Internet
C/ LEXIS
Find in the text two adjectives with a negative meaning
- …………..
-…………….
B . Find in the text two words that are closest in meaning to
a. Tasteful …………… ……………..

GRAMMAR ( 7points )
a/ Syntax

Spot the mistake and correct it .
1.The tourists buyed souvenirs from Algeria .
2.The ad stated that the tourists would visit the goodest sites .

B/Morphology

1.Rewrite the following sentence using “he”
I always behave well with tourists who visit my country .

2.Rewrite the following sentence into the negative form
The tourists enjoyed their stay in Algeria .

2. Turn into plural
The tourist is taking photos .

C/ Pronunciation
Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final “ s” sound
1.Tourists 2. services 3. rooms

/s/ /z/ /IZ/





Writing ( 6points)

Few tourists come to visit Algeria .
You have good ideas on how to improve tourism. You can make a leaflet or a cartoon to encourage tourists to come to our country .