SIB - Brevet speaking tests - 3e students

At the beginning of June, the SIB students at MLK will have two "Brevet" speaking exams.

• English Literature
• History and Geography

The students will compile an English Literature file during the school year :

• based on one or two themes studied during the year : "Love and Relationships" and "Social Class".
• focusing on the documents studied during the year (with the possibility of including a digital format) : literary texts, poems, extracts from poems, extracts from novels or short stories, plays, art, posters, advertisements, song lyrics or multimedia documents.
• including at least one original document, written by the candidate, about the theme or themes chosen for the file.

Time for the exam : 20 minutes

The first 10 minutes - the candidate will give an oral presentation of his/her file.

The candidate must :

• justify his/her selection of documents he/she has chosen.
• explain the process in which he or she worked.
• make his/her point of view known about the different aspects and elements of the file.
• reveal the ideas that motivated his/her written work and the importance that the work has in the file.

The second 10 minutes - interview/exchange :

The examiner may :

• ask the candidate to develop different points from his/her presentation.
• concentrate on documents in the file or the candidate’s written work.
• offer the candidate the possibility to extend the discussion to other themes studied during the year.

The candidate will be evaluated on his/her oral presentation and exchange with the examiner/s.
His/her score will be based on the criteria for the CEFR, B2 level (upper independent English level).

Please visit the official website for more information (in French) :
https://www.education.gouv.fr/bo/18/Hebdo7/MENE1802827N.htm?cid_bo=126181