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PREMIERE SERIE DE PRODUCTIONS SCOLAIRES DU

DEUXIEME SEMESTRE
Epreuve : Anglais (LV1 & LV2)
Durée : 3 heures Coefficient : 1/2/3

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Compétences à évaluer
 CD 2 : Réagir à des textes ou supports multimédia.
 CD 3 : Produire des textes ou supports multimédia de types et de fonctions variés.

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SUJET
A- LA REACTION A UN TEXTE ECRIT

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Contexte :
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La langue anglaise est non seulement utilisée pour permettre des relations entre
personnes de langues maternelles différentes (Lingua Franca), mais elle est et demeure
la langue par excellence du développement et de croissance économique.
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Support :
TEXT: The link between English and Economics
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 Billions of people around the globe are desperately trying to learn English –not
simply for self-improvement, but as an economic necessity. It’s easy to take for granted
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being born in a country where people speak the lingua franca of global business, but
for people in emerging economies such as China, Russia, and Brazil, where English is
not the official language, good English is a critical tool, which people rightly believe
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will help them tap into new opportunities at home and abroad.
 Why should global business leaders care about people learning English in other parts
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of the world? Research shows a direct correlation between the English skills of a
population and the economic performance of the country. Indicators like gross national
income (GNI) and GDP go up. In our latest edition of the EF English Proficiency Index
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(EF EPI), the largest ranking of English skills by country, we found that in almost every
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one of the 60 countries and territories surveyed, a rise in English proficiency was
connected with a rise in per capita income. And on an individual level, recruiters and
HR managers around the world report that job seekers with exceptional English
compared to their country’s level earned 30-50% percent higher salaries.
 The interaction between English proficiency and gross national income per capita is
a virtuous cycle, with improving English skills driving up salaries, which in turn give
governments and individuals more money to invest in language training. On a micro
level, improved English skills allow individuals to apply for better jobs and raise their
standards of living.
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 It’s not just income that improves either. So does the quality of life. We also found
a correlation between English proficiency and the Human Development Index, a
measure of education, life expectancy, literacy, and standards of living. Low and very
low proficiency countries display variable levels of development. However, no country
of moderate or higher proficiency falls below “Very High Human Development” on
the HDI.
 For business leaders, knowing which countries are investing in and improving in
English can give valuable insight into how a country fits into the global marketplace
and how that might affect your company’s strategy. Business leaders who understand

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which nations are positioning themselves for a smoother entry into the global
marketplace will have a competitive advantage over those who don’t. Your company
needs to know how the center of English language aptitude is shifting. Because

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knowing English is not just a luxury –it’s the sina qua non of global business today.

Source: Adapted from McCormick, C. (2017). The link between English and

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economics. World Economic Forum. Retrieved 28 February 2022 from
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/03/the-link-between-english-and-economics

Critères d’évaluation : rig

Après avoir lu le texte, tu montreras que tu l’as bien compris en :
 exprimant ta compréhension globale ;
 répondant à des questions de façon approfondie ;
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 montrant ta maîtrise du vocabulaire ;
 montrant ta maîtrise des déterminants wh-ever ;
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 reformulant certaines phrases ;

 traduisant un de ses passages en Français.
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NB : Tu traiteras les items en anglais, à l’exception de la traduction.

Consignes:
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ITEM 1: Choose the best endings to complete these sentences according to the text.
Write numbers and letters only.
1) The main reason why many people around the world are desperately learning
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English is to -------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
a) get good marks
b) be fluent and travel abroad
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c) be highly competitive everywhere

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2) English is the official language in -----------------------------------------------------.

a) China only
b) Russia, China, and Brazil
c) none of the three countries above
3) Better English and income --------------------------------------------------------------.
a) have nothing in common
b) are the best recruiters and HR managers around the world
c) go hand in hand
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 4) The third element to complete the virtuous cycle after “improving English skills”
and “Increasing salaries” is -------------------------------------------------------------.
a) going up of GNI and GDP
b) earning 30-50% percent lower salaries.
c) more money to invest in language training
5) Better English, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
a) lower income
b) higher illiteracy

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c) better quality of life

ITEM 2: Provide answers to the following questions according to the text.

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1) How did the author test the correlation between the English skills of a population
and the economic performance of the country?

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2) How do the English skills of a population impact the economic performance of
their country?
3) What are the four constituents of the HDI?
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ITEM 3: Match the bolded and underlined words in the text to their meanings below.
Write numbers and answers only.
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1) The activity of competing with other companies to buy and sell goods, services,
etc.
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2) The money that a person, a region, a country, etc. earns from work, from
investing money, from business, etc.
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3) The total value of all the goods and services produced by a country in one year.
4) People who are in charge of the department that deals with the employment,
training support, records, etc. of a company’s employees.
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5) A shared language of communication used between people whose main

languages are different.
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ITEM 4: Choose from “whoever – whenever – whichever – however – wherever”

to fill in the gaps. Write numbers and answers only.
1) ---------------------- difficult the English language is, billions of people around
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the globe are desperately trying to learn it.

2) With a good command of English, you can get a new job today, tomorrow, next
month or --------------------- you want.
3) If you speak English, you can communicate easily ----------------------- you go.
4) ------------------------ job you choose, you need English.
5) ------------------------ says that English is useless is a liar.

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ITEM 5: Rephrase the following sentences using the prompts given. Do not change
their meanings.
1) I regret being unable to speak English fluently.
 I wish ------------------------------------------------------------------------.
2) “Knowing English is not just a luxury”.
 My students confessed that -----------------------------------------------.
3) I would not have neglected English if I had known its importance.
 Had --------------------------------------------------------------------------.

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4) No matter what you do, you cannot succeed without English.
 Whatever --------------------------------------------------------------------.

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ITEM 6: Translation
Translate into French from “Your company needs to know ……….” down to

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“............... the sina qua non of global business today.” (Paragraph 5)

B- LA PRODUCTION ECRITE D’UN TEXTE DE TYPE PARTICULIER.

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Contexte :
Beaucoup de journalistes ont fait leurs premiers pas dans la presse scolaire ou
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universitaire. Tu es invitée à rédiger en anglais, un article de presse pour le compte du
journal de ton établissement.
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Tâche : Tu montreras ta compétence à produire un article de presse en anglais en :

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 respectant le type de texte et le contexte ;

 construisant des phrases significatives et grammaticalement correctes ;
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 respectant la cohérence des idées ;

 respectant l’orthographe des mots et utilisant la ponctuation appropriées.
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Consigne :
Writing:
In the framework of the Commonwealth Day, the US ambassador in Benin gave
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a conference about English and the opportunities that it offers to study abroad in
general, and in the USA in particular. As a journalist of your school magazine, you are
invited to write a newspaper article to report the event.

_ End of the road_

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