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Le constat initial des disparités reste valable aussi bien à l’intérieur du pays qu’à Libreville,
Owendo et Akanda, communes où se déroulent pourtant la plupart de ces séances de réflexion.
C’est ainsi que le Département d’Anglais de l’Institut Pédagogique National (IPN), soucieux
de voir ces pratiques harmonisées, a conçu le présent document qui fera autorité en la matière
pour qu’à l’avenir les candidats soient préparés et évalués de la même manière sur toute
l’étendue du territoire.
Cette production est une compilation des travaux existants avec néanmoins quelques
réajustements et réadaptations ainsi qu’une mise en forme améliorée et uniformisée.
L’enseignant y trouvera la méthodologie et les outils nécessaires à la préparation de ses élèves
au BEPC et au Baccalauréat. Par ailleurs, compte tenu de sa simplicité et sa lisibilité, les élèves
peuvent également s’en inspirer pour mieux assimiler les enseignements reçus en classe.
LES CONCEPTEURS
Typeface
Font: Times New Roman
Size: 12
Type of letters: normal letters (no bold letters, no italic letters except if used by
the author in the initial text)
Line spacing: 1.5
Text alignment: justified
Lines: numbered in 5 (5, 10, 15, 20…) on the left margin
Length: 15-20 lines; 70 signs/line (signs = alphabet letters, spaces, and punctuation
marks).
1/ Introduction
2/ Summary
It concerns the structure or text subdivision, that is, the main parts of the text and their ideas.
3/ Comprehension
Here, some questions on the text are clearly asked to the candidate:
WH-questions;
YES-NO questions;
RIGHT or WRONG questions.
To get the candidate’s opinion about the text, the following questions can be asked:
Typeface
Font: Times New Roman
Size: 12
Type of letters: normal letters (no bold letters, no italic letters except if used by
the author in the initial text)
Line spacing: 1.5
Text alignment: justified
Lines: numbered in 5 (5, 10, 15, 20…) on the left margin
Length: 20-35 lines; 70 signs/line (signs = alphabet letters, spaces, and punctuation
marks).
1/ Introduction
After reading the text, the following items must be presented:
Title: the one mentioned at the top of the text
Example: “The text entitled…”
Author: the one mentioned at the end of the text
Examples: “… written by…”/ “…whose author is not mentioned…”
Origin/Source: newspaper; magazine; internet/website; novel; biography…
Example: “…taken from ‘The Economist’…”
Date of publication: the one mentioned at the end of the text
Example: “… and issued/published on November 10th, 2016…”
Nature: article/press article/online article; poem; play; letter; song…
Example: “… is a press article.”
Genre: informative/explanatory; descriptive; narrative; argumentative/ polemical/
controversial; injunctive; expository…
Example: “It is an informative text.”/ “In terms of genre, the text is informative.”
General idea: a sentence underlining the main theme
Example: “This informative text deals with the paradox in which African women live,
that is, they are gifted with a considerable potential but their lot is worsening.”
Writer’s intention: to analyze; to criticize; to inform; to show; to report; to draw
attention; to persuade; to convince, to sensitize…
2/ Summary
Examples:
- “The text can be divided into ‘three’ parts. The first part is from line 1 to line… and is
about… The second part starts from line…and goes down to line…; it deals with… The
third and last part is from line… down to the end; it is about…” or
- “The text starts with…; it then concentrates on…; next, it moves to… before ending
with…”
- “The text is built/may be built on a contrast/an opposition between… and …”
b) Summary proper
Helping questions (depending on the nature of the text): WHO?/ WHERE?/ WHOSE?
WHICH?/ WHEN?/ WHAT?/ WHY?/ HOW?
3/ Commentary
Choose 1, 2, or 3 aspects of the text structure on which you can comment. Explain and justify
by quoting from the text. You may take into account (depending on the text):
- the characters: their behavior, their relationships, their evolution;
- the setting: place and time of the action; the action evolution;
- the style: figures of speech (comparison, images, symbols…);
- the tone: sad; glad; pathetic; dramatic; ironic, simple, tempered…
4/ Evaluation
Use the text as a trampoline to talk about a topic in relation to it. A further hint is to link an idea
from the text to your own environment or experience, that is ‘contextualization’; draw a parallel
with your own experience.
Examples:
Note:
As the covers are the administrative part of the set of texts, the rubrics must be presented in
French. However, this does not imply that the content of the chart must be translated into
French! The themes, titles, and sources of the texts are reported in English. In addition, three
signatures validate the document, the teacher’s, the Deputy Headmaster’s, and the
Headmaster’s.
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Whatever the nature of the iconographic document, the steps are the same, to wit,
identification, description, interpretation or commentary, evaluation, and branching out.
1) Identification or Presentation
Title (if any): Example: “the document entitled…”
Nature: Example: “… is a photograph/ a black and white photograph/ a colour
photograph/ a cartoon/ an advertisement/ the cover of a magazine/ etc.”
Source & author:
Examples:
“It comes from…” (source).
“It is taken from a magazine.”
“It was published in… (source), by…” (author).
“It was drawn/taken by…” (author).
“The photographer/ cartoonist is…”
2) Description
Examples:
“This document shows…”
“We can see or notice…”
“The scene takes place in a city/a suburb/in the countryside...”
“The scene is set in a wealthy/poor neighbourhood…”
“The main characters are…”
“There are many dark/light colours…”
in the top
left-hand
corner
on the
left-hand
side
in the
bottom
left-hand
corner
on either side of
3) Interpretation or Commentary
Bring out the theme and topic of the document:
Examples:
“The document represents…”
“It is about… (theme), and more precisely… (topic)”
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“It deals with…”
“It features…”
“It shows…”
Relate what you see to what you know
Examples:
“From the way the characters are dressed, we can easily imagine that… because…”
“As we can see…, we can deduce that…”
“We can notice that…, so we can suppose that…”
“We can see…, so the woman must be…”
What happened before/ What has just happened/ What may happen or may have
happened:
Use:
- the simple past + AGO/ a date/ when…
- the present perfect with JUST.
- a modal with HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE. Example: “Kumba can’t open the door;
he must have lost his keys.”
- MAYBE, PERHAPS. Example: “Ondo is absent today; maybe he is sick.”
What is going to happen:
Use:
- BE GOING TO + V. Example: “The man is going to open the door.”
- BE LIKELY TO + V. Example: “He is likely to leave his house.”
The author’s intention:
Examples:
“The photographer/cartoonist/artist criticizes…”
“The artist wants to make us aware of…” (a noun)
“The cartoonist’s goal is probably to highlight…”
“The aim of the cartoonist is probably to highlight…”
“I think the artist wants to show that…”
“Perhaps the author conveys the impression of…”
“This picture portrays… in a negative light because…”
“The artist certainly wants to raise the controversial issue of…”
5) Branching out
‘Open a window’ and/or contextualize:
- Use the theme to start a consequent discussion by drawing a parallel with your own
experience.
- Show how the problem raised is experienced and/or solved around you, in your family,
in your school, in your city, in your country…
- A snapshot:
A caricature
Come here!
That’s provocation. Above
all, don’t reply!
1 to be angry/to be cross to look smug (pleased with to look peaceful 12 to be curious 17 to yawn 19 a punk
to be furious oneself) to daydream to be nosy to look/be bored to tears to have a Mohican
to shout at someone 5 to look/be shocked to let one’s mind wander 13 to look miserable to look/be bored to death to have a shaved head
to threaten someone to look/be worried 9 to look distinguished to look/feel jaded to look/be totally 20 to look exhausted
2 to be petrified to look/be astonished to look conservative to be skinny/thin uninterested to look worn out
to be terrified to look concerned to look old-fashioned to look apathetic to put one’s hands over to look like a nervous
to be afraid to raise one’s eyebrows 10 to pout to look/be unconfident one’s mouth wreck
to quake with fear to look startled to sulk hunched shoulders 18 to look down one’s nose at to look a mess
to protect oneself 6 to look/be cool to look unconcerned 14 to scratch one’s head someone to look sloppy
3 tears to be trendy to look bored to look puzzled to put one’s nose in the air
to cry/to sob 7 to be fat to look fed-up to look confused to look like a snob
to dry one’s eyes to be greedy 11 to grin to bite one’s lip to look/be condescending
4 to smirk to have a beer belly to laugh 15 to look confident to be a snob
8 to look serene 16 to look tense snobbish
Brand name
(Nom du
produit)
Product
(Tennis)
Text or Caption
(Légende: détaille les avantages
du produit; informe)
Slogan
(Associe le produit à une
phrase clé; crée un
réflexe)
Logo Website
(Permet de reconnaitre (Donne davantage
visuellement le produit; d’informations sur le
crée un réflexe) produit)
DONALD
TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF
THE
DIVIDED STATES
OF AMERICA
Globe
SORRY
EARTH
Cette image (couverture du magazine Time), de par sa nature est particulièrement riche. Beaucoup de
choses sont donc à noter et à commenter: la nature du magazine, la date de publication (est-ce une
référence historique ou non), le gros titre. Ne vous contentez pas d’une simple description de l’image et
d’une simple lecture du gros titre; essayez toujours d’en deviner le contenu en associant l’image au texte.
Ici, une attention particulière doit être portée à “Person of the Year” associé à “Donald Trump: President
of the Divided States of America” (politique intérieure); et à l’insouciance de Trump au sujet de
l’environnement (sourire niais; globe terrestre comme cabinets associé à “Sorry Earth”) (politique
internationale). Cherchez à relever les conséquences des politiques intérieure et internationale de Donald
Trump…