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AT THE ORAL EXAMINATION (BEPC)
When … (sentences in bold letters), say … (sentences in standard letters).
1- GREETING THE EXAMINER
AND INTRODUCING
YOURSELF…
- Hello, Sir or Madam!/ Good morning, Sir or
Madam!/ Good afternoon, Sir or Madam!
- I am … or My name is … (say your name)
- I am from … (say the school where you are
coming from)
- Here are my school identity card, my oral
exam attendance form, and the list of studied
texts.
2- ASKING WHAT THE EXAMINER
WANTS YOU TO DO BEFORE
THE 15-MINUTE PREPARATION
PHASE…
- Please, Sir or Madam, shall I choose a text to
prepare?
- Please, Sir or Madam, which text do you
want me to prepare?
3- BACK TO THE EXAMINER
AFTER THE 15-MINUTE
PREPARATION PHASE…
- Can I sit down, Sir or Madam?
- May I read the text?
- Would you like me to read the text?
- Shall I sum up the text?
- Shall I say what the text is about?
4- APOLOGISING…
- Sorry, could you repeat your question?
- I beg your pardon? I didn’t catch what you
said.
- Would you, please, repeat what you have just
said?
- I don’t understand what you mean.
- I don’t quite understand what you are driving
at.
- Excuse my interrupting, but I remember
that…
5- EXPRESSING YOUR
EMBARRASSMENT AND “FILL
IN”…
- Well, er…Let me see…/ Let me think…
- I don’t know, but…
- How shall I put it?/ How else could I say it?
- Perhaps one could say that…/might say
that…
- I wonder if you’ll agree with me.
- I don’t know what you think of it, but…
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6- ASKING FOR EXPLANATION
ABOUT SOMETHING YOU
HAVEN’T UNDERSTOOD…
- Could I ask you the English for …?
- Could you possibly tell me what this means?
- I wonder if you could explain…
- I’m afraid I don’t know the meaning of…
- I’m afraid I don’t understand the meaning of
this sentence/paragraph/passage…
7- ASKING FOR WORDS YOU
DON’T KNOW/REMEMBER…
- What is the English for…?
- How do you say…in English?
- What do you call…in English?
- Can you give me the word for…?
- I’ve forgotten what … is in English.
8- REACTING TO THE
EXAMINER’S QUESTIONS AND
STATEMENTS…
- Did you find it interesting?/ Yes, I did/ No, I
didn’t really/ I’m afraid, I didn’t.
- “I like cartoons”/ So do I/ Well, I’m afraid, I
don’t!
- Have you ever heard of…?/ No, I haven’t/
Yes, indeed, I have./ I read about that a few
months ago./ I heard about that some time
ago.
- “I don’t find this passage very exciting”./
Neither, do I, I’d rather you choose another
passage…
9- LEAVING THE EXAMINER 15
MINUTES LATER…
- Please, can I have my school identity card
and my oral exam attendance form?
- Excuse me, Sir or Madam, you haven’t
signed my exam attendance form…
- Thank you very much, Sir or Madam!
- Goodbye, Sir or Madam!
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AT YOUR ORAL EXAMINATION (BAC)
When … (sentences in bold letters), say … (sentences in standard letters).
1- GREETING THE EXAMINER
AND INTRODUCING
YOURSELF…
- Hello, Sir or Madam!/ Good morning, Sir or
Madam!/ Good afternoon, Sir or Madam!
- I am … or My name is … (say your name)
- I am from … (say the school where you are
coming from)
- Here are my school identity card, my oral
exam attendance form, and the list of studied
texts.
2- ASKING WHAT THE EXAMINER
WANTS YOU TO DO BEFORE
THE 15-MINUTE PREPARATION
PHASE…
- Please, Sir or Madam, shall I choose a text
and an iconographic document to prepare?
- Please, Sir or Madam, which text and
iconographic document do you want me to
prepare?
3- BACK TO THE EXAMINER
AFTER THE 20-MINUTE
PREPARATION PHASE…
- May I sit down, Sir or Madam?
- May I read the text first?
- Would you like me to describe the
document?
- Shall I sum up the article?
- Shall I say what it is about?
4- APOLOGISING…
- Sorry, could you repeat your question?
- I beg your pardon? I didn’t catch what you
said.
- Would you, please, repeat what you have just
said?
- I don’t understand what you mean.
- I don’t quite understand what you are driving
at.
- Excuse my interrupting, but I remember
that…
5- EXPRESSING YOUR
EMBARRASSMENT AND “FILL
IN”…
- Well, er…Let me see…/ Let me think…
- I don’t know, but…
- How shall I put it?/ How else could I say it?
- Perhaps one could say that…/might say
that…
- I wonder if you’ll agree with me.
- I don’t know what you think of it, but…
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6- ASKING FOR EXPLANATION
ABOUT SOMETHING YOU
HAVEN’T UNDERSTOOD…
- Could I ask you the English for …?
- Could you possibly tell me what this means?
- I wonder if you could explain…
- I’m afraid I don’t know the meaning of…
- I’m afraid I don’t understand the meaning of
this sentence/paragraph/passage…
7- ASKING FOR WHAT YOU DON’T
KNOW/REMEMBER…
- What is the English for…?
- How do you say…in English?
- What do you call…in English?
- Can you give me the word for…?
- I’ve forgotten what … is in English.
8- REACTING TO THE
EXAMINER’S QUESTIONS AND
STATEMENTS…
- Did you find it interesting?/ Yes, I did/ No, I
didn’t really/ I’m afraid, I didn’t.
- “I like cartoons”/ So do I/ Well, I’m afraid, I
don’t!
- Have you ever heard of…?/ No, I haven’t/
Yes, indeed, I have./ I read about that a few
months ago./ I heard about that some time
ago.
- “I don’t find this passage very exciting”./
Neither, do I, I’d rather you choose another
passage…
9- LEAVING THE EXAMINER 20
MINUTES LATER…
- Please, can I have my school identity card
and my oral exam attendance form?
- Excuse me, Sir or Madam, you haven’t
signed my exam attendance form…
- Thank you very much, Sir or Madam!
- Goodbye, Sir or Madam!
10- LOCATING THINGS ON A
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ICONOGRAPHIC DOCUMENT
USEFUL VOCABULARY & SOME HINTS
Nature Useful vocabulary
Close-up (gros plan); extreme close-up (très gros plan); close shot (plan rapproché); medium
shot (plan américain); full shot (plan moyen); long shot (plan d’ensemble); medium long
shot (plan de demi ensemble); low angle shot (contre-plongée); high angle shot (plongée)
A Identity photo; snapshot (photo d’actualité); art photo; family photo; a selfie; a colour/black
photograph and white photo; the setting; the layout; a shadow; the framing; the lighting; special effects;
the focal point…
Bright/vivid colours; colourful; dull; sharp; blurred
To take a photograph; to centre (cadrer); to capture (saisir)…
Advertisement/ Advert/Ad
Product; advertising medium (support publicitaire); catchphrase (accroche); caption
(légende); logo; brand name (nom du produit); picture (image du produit); slogan
A headline (grand titre); a cliché or a stereotype; the target; prospective buyer (client
An advert potentiel); a pun (un jeu de mots); a model (un mannequin); a lie (un mensonge)
Persuasive; successful; witty (drôle); cheerful; clever (astucieux); informative; honest;
banal; ridiculous; sexist; dishonest; grotesque…
To advertise; to aim at (+V+ing); to emphasize; to lie about; to symbolize; to suggest; to
interpret; to identify with; to give a positive/negative image of…
Cover/ Front page
The publishing house/firm (maison d’édition, ex. Newsweek); heading (titre); the features
(articles vedettes); the periodicity (daily, weekly, monthly…); the banner headline (le gros
A cover titre); the leading headline (l’article de fond); the subheadline (le sous-titre); code bar/ bar
code; the issue number; the publication date; the picture (photo, drawing…)
To issue (issued on/in)
A cartoon; a cartoon character (un personage de dessin humoristique); a cartoonist (un
dessinateur); a drawing (un dessin); a caricature; a comic strip; a caption; a balloon (une
bulle); a symbol of… ; a representation of…; an exaggeration of…; a satire of…; a criticism
A drawing or
of…; humour; wit (l’esprit)…
a cartoon Funny; hilarious; witty (drôle, spiritual); satirical; sarcastic; cruel; biting (mordant);
exaggerated; silly…
To show; to symbolize; to criticize; to draw (dessiner); to exaggerate; to highlight/ underline;
to ridicule…
Some hints for the comment
When it is an identity photo, comment on the character; if it is a snapshot, comment
on the event reported by the document; in case of an art photo, point out its
aesthetic pleasure; for a family photo, focus on the emotion or curiosity aroused,
the way it entertains…
Focus on:
 The catchphrase: it catches the attention of the reader and incites to continue
reading.
 The caption: it gives the advantages of the product and informs.
 The slogan: it associates the product to a key sentence and aims at creating a
reflex.
 The picture: it gives an attractive, comic or scheming view of the product; it
requires the reader’s imagination.
 The logo: always present, it helps identify visually the product; it creates a
reflex.
 The brand name: it is at the core of the task.
 The target and the prospective buyers…
Give the gist of the information contained in the article developed in the issue.
Focus on the banner headline, relate it to the picture and comment on the related
current event; if the examinee is not inspired on the banner headline, they may
explain it to the examiner and choose either one of the features or the leading
article, or one of the sub headlines for the comment. The other elements listed on
the left are just described, that is, located on the frame.
In general, the purpose is to create humour or a state of mind, to amuse, to make
fun of someone or a social group, to criticize…, which all aim at arousing hilarity,
emotion, indignation, pity or sympathy. The point is incidentally to find and
explain in what the document is humorous, satirical, sarcastic, cruel, biting,
exaggerated, silly…
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THEMES AND TOPICS SHEET by Bernard Bouassa (2005)

HEALTH & WAR & ECONOMICS &
THEME EDUCATION DEMOCRACY ARTS & MEDIA
NUTRITION VIOLENCE BUSINESS
 Juvenile  Drugs  Refugees  Human rights  Children’s trade  Fashion
delinquency  Smoking  Terrorism  Elections sex  TV vs Reading
T  Sex & education  Alcohol  International courts  National  Globalization/  The press
 Girls’ education  Famine Malaria  Children conferences Mundialization  Information
O  UNESCO  AIDS  Ethnicity  Freedom of press  The World Bank revolution
 Reforms  STDs  Genocide  Capital punishment  The IMF  TV
P  School systems  Ebola  Criminality  Multiparty system  Overpopulation  Bread in Africa
 School failure  Malnutrition …  Felonies  Debt & crisis  Sex on TV
I  School dropping  Cancer and diet …  Privatisation  TV shows
 Traditional  Dioxin chicken  Dependence  …
C education  Bird flue  Children labour
 …  Abortion  Industrialisation
S  …  Agriculture
 Immigration
 Urbanisation
 …
SCIENCE & ENTERTAINMENT RELIGION & ENVIRONMENT FAMOUS POLITICS &
THEME
TECHNOLOGY & SPORTS CULTURE & DISASTERS PERSONALITIES HISTORY
 DNA and  Shows  Tradition  Earth summit  MLK  The United States
T Genetics  Music  Bwiti  Deforestation  Nelson Mandela of Africa?
 Computers  Films  Tales  Desertification  Barack Obama  African diasporas
O  Robotics  Rap Blues  Religious  Earth warming  Malcom X  African
 Video games  Reggae revolution  Pollution  Jesse Jackson Americans
 The Internet  World Cup African  Polygamy  Rainforest  Julius Nyerere  RSA
P
 Cloning Cup of Nations  Islam  Ozone layer  Lady Di  English people
 Artificial  Football  Marriage  Dumping  Gandhi  Indians
I  American people
insemination  African players  Same sex  Nuclear accidents  Queen Elizabeth
 Test-tube babies  African athletes marriage  New energies II  American
C  Organ transplants   
Dream team Syncretism  Endangered Pope John Paul II diversity
 Video calls  IOC scandals  Racial species  Pope Frances  UNO role
S  New careers  Drug use discrimination  Poaching  Bob Marley  AU role
 …  …  Sex discrimination  …  …  …
 …
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MINISTÈRE DE L’ÉDUCATION NATIONALE RÉPUBLIQUE GABONAISE

********** Union – Travail – Justice
**********
SECRÉTARIAT GÉNÉRAL
**********

DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE
DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT SECONDAIRE ET NORMAL
**********

DIRECTION DE L’OFFICE
DES EXAMENS ET CONCOURS
**********

NOTE À L’ATTENTION DES INTERROGATEURS

- Ne pas interroger un candidat sans pièce d’identité; le signaler au Secrétariat de l’Examen.

- Ne pas interroger un candidat libre n’ayant pas le nombre de textes requis.
- Exiger à chaque candidat deux (02) jeux de textes.
- Ne pas avoir à la fois plus de deux candidats dans la salle d’interrogation.
- Éviter des va-et-vient dans la salle d’interrogation ou entre les salles.
- Laisser les téléphones au Secrétariat de l’Examen.
- Tout écart de comportement d’un candidat sera signalé à l’Harmonisateur qui, à son tour et en cas de
besoin, pourra porter l’affaire au Secrétariat de l’Examen.
- La note définitive doit être TOUJOURS ENTIÈRE.
- Les notes en-deçà de 05/20 et au-dessus de 13/20 doivent être certifiées par l’Harmonisateur.
- TOUJOURS ÉMARGER la fiche individuelle du candidat.
- Ne pas laisser le candidat emporter le document iconographique (au Bac).
- Une fois les interrogations de la demi-journée terminées, remettre les histogrammes (dûment remplis) à
l’Harmonisateur et les feuilles d’interrogation au Secrétariat.
- Les candidats ayant des difficultés d’élocution notoirement notifiées à l’Harmonisateur seront interrogés
par écrit.

Fait à Libreville, le ………………………………………….

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MINISTÈRE DE L’ÉDUCATION NATIONALE RÉPUBLIQUE GABONAISE

********** Union – Travail – Justice
**********
SECRÉTARIAT GÉNÉRAL
**********

DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE
DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT SECONDAIRE ET NORMAL
**********

DIRECTION DE L’OFFICE
DES EXAMENS ET CONCOURS
**********

NOTE À L’ATTENTION DES CANDIDATS

Les prescriptions suivantes concernent aussi bien les candidats officiels que les candidats libres.

- Avoir le nombre de textes requis en deux (02) jeux.

- Se présenter physiquement de façon décente: tenue vestimentaire et coiffure décentes.
- L’usage des téléphones et autres gadgets électroniques reste interdit dans l’enceinte du Centre
d’Examen.
- Seules les lunettes médicales sont autorisées en salle de préparation et en salle d’interrogation.
- Une pièce d’identité en cours de validité est obligatoire (carte scolaire, carte nationale d’identité,
passeport, permis de conduire, carte de séjour).
- Tout écart de comportement d’un Interrogateur sera signalé à l’Harmonisateur qui, à son tour et en cas
de besoin, pourra porter l’affaire au Secrétariat de l’Examen.
- Toute incapacité à passer l’oral doit être notoirement notifiée à l’Harmonisateur.
- Remettre le document iconographique à l’Interrogateur à la fin de l’oral (au Bac).
- Déposer la fiche individuelle du candidat (signée par l’Interrogateur) à l’endroit aménagé à cet effet.
- Sortir du Centre après l’oral: il est formellement interdit de faire un détour par la salle de préparation
ou de traîner dans la cour.

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GRILLE DE NOTATION (BEPC)

BEPC ORAL SCORE SHEET
SESSION DE: …………………………………………….……….. CENTRE DE: …………………………………………………………………………
EPREUVE ORALE D’ANGLAIS
NOM DE L’EXAMINATEUR: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
SALLE: ……….......... JURY: ………… DATE DE CONVOCATION: …………………………………. HEURE: ……………..………

FINAL MARK / 20
Personal opinion
comprehension
TEXT NUMBER

presentation
Introduction

correctness
Language
Reading
(2 pts)

(3 pts)

(4 pts)

(4 pt)

(4 pt)

(3 pt)
Text

Text
N° STUDENT’S NAME

Take into account the examinee’s stress

 Preparation: 15 minutes / Interview: 15 minutes

 Start with warm-up questions, simple preliminary ones, such as “What’s your name?” “How are you?” “How old are you?” etc.
 Try to reduce tensions and maintain the candidate’s confidence by shifting from easy questions to more challenging ones and vice versa.
 Don’t ask for translations and grammar rules.

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ORAL TESTING FOR THE BEPC EXAMINATION

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GRILLE DE NOTATION (BAC)

BAC ORAL SCORE SHEET
EXAMINER’S NAME: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… JURY N°: ………………….…………..
SÉRIE: ……….......... DATE: ………………………............................................................... TIME: .......................................

KNOWN DOCUMENT UNKNOWN DOCUMENT

TEXT ICONOGRAPHIC DOCUMENT
CANDIDATES’

FINAL MARK / 20
Personal opinion

Personal opinion
Comprehension
NUMBERS

Interpretation
Branching out

Branching out
Identification
Text analysis

Description
Reading
CANDIDATES’ NAMES

(2 pts)

(3 pts)

(3 pts)

(3 pts)

(3 pts)

(2 pts)
(1 pt)

(1 pt)

(1 pt)

(1 pt)
N° N°

Take into account the examinee’s stress

 Preparation: 20 minutes / Interview: 20 minutes

 Start with warm-up questions, simple preliminary ones, such as “What’s your name?” “How are you?” “How old are you?” etc.
 Try to reduce tensions and maintain the candidate’s confidence by shifting from easy questions to more challenging ones and vice versa.
 Don’t ask for translations and grammar rules.

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ORAL TESTING FOR THE BAC EXAMINATION

KNOWN DOCUMENT CRITERIA UNKNOWN DOCUMENT CRITERIA

-Pronunciation
Candidate’s ability to:
-Intonation
- give the nature of the document;
READING -Respect of Punctuation IDENTIFICATION
- indicate its source (or origin).
-Fluency
-Respect of the different stages
-Introduction (methodology);
ANALYSIS -Commentary DESCRIPTION -Use of expressions for location;
-Summary -Identification and description of the
different elements in the document.
-Understanding of questions;
-Formulation of answers to -Meaning of the scene displayed;
questions; -Relationship between the elements
COMPREHENSION -Language accuracy and fluency INTERPRETATION in the document;
(he or she must answer the -Comment on the document.
questions correctly).
-Candidate’s opinion about the
-Candidate’s opinion about the
PERSONAL text, the topic or the theme;
document, the topic or the theme;
OPINION -Justification of his or her
PERSONAL -Justification of his or her opinion;
opinion;
OPINION -What the candidate retained from
-What the candidate retained
the document.
from the text.
-Candidate’s ability to make a -Candidate’s ability to make a link
BRANCHING OUT link between the text and any BRANCHING OUT between the document and any
aspect of life. aspect of life.

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REMPLISSAGE DE L’HISTOGRAMME
I/ Relevé de notes
BAC ORAL SCORE SHEET
EXAMINER’S NAME: OLALU DITENGU Maximilien JURY N°: 15
SÉRIE: B DATE: 23 juillet 2018 TIME: 7:30

KNOWN DOCUMENT UNKNOWN DOCUMENT

TEXT ICONOGRAPHIC DOCUMENT
CANDIDATES’

FINAL MARK / 20
Personal opinion

Personal opinion
Comprehension
NUMBERS

Interpretation
Branching out

Branching out
Identification
Text analysis

Description
Reading
CANDIDATES’ NAMES

(2 pts)

(3 pts)

(3 pts)

(3 pts)

(3 pts)

(2 pts)
(1 pt)

(1 pt)

(1 pt)

(1 pt)
N° N°

1 ABAKUYA OKUMBA Gontran 7 1 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 12 1 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 10
2 ABUM TORO Anselme 10 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 8 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 08
3 BAZUZES NABAZU Victor 1 1 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 3 1 2 1 0.5 0.5 10
4 FIFIAN RIBANA Hector 3 1.5 2 2 1 1 9 1 2.5 2.5 1.5 1 15
5 GAGARA GUGURU Philibert 8 1 1.5 1.5 1 1 5 1 2 1.5 1 0.5 12
6 KINDA MABE Salomon 6 1 1.5 1 0.5 0.5 2 1 1 1.5 0.5 0.5 09
7 KULU ba ZE Ambroise 4 1 1.5 2 0.5 0.5 7 1 2 2 1 0.5 12
8 MAKUTI NGONGONGO Robert 5 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0 07
9 MANGANI MANGWA Barthelme 2 1 2 1.5 0.5 0.5 3 1 2 2 1 0.5 12
10 NGWALA NGWALI Philémon 9 1 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 11 1 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 10
11 OPOKU MABUL Joachim 7 1.5 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 2.5 2 1 15
12 OTANAZIEF ÉVU Josué 10 1.5 2.5 1.5 1 1 6 1 2.5 2 2 1 15
13 POPOZIAN MALUMALU Didier 1 1 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 8 1 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 10

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II/ Histogramme

OLALU DITENGU Maximilien

Lycée Central de Bangos

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