Epreuve 2 - General advice
STEP-BY-STEP guide on how to work on Past Paper questions efficiently before the exam:
1. Select a task, either by topic or by text type
2. Read the task carefully and:
- Highlight in the instruction the format in which the text has to be (article, speech, etc)
- Highlight in another colour the audience it is for (whom the letter is addressed to, where will the text be published, etc)
- Decide whether the tone will be formal or informal (based on the audience)
- Think about which linguistic features and rhetorical devices you will need for the format selected.
3. Read the task again, and decide whether the purpose of the task is to :
- Inform people ?
- Persuade someone ?
- Analyse a situation / evaluate something ?
(click here for more aims)
Think about the linguistic features / rhetorical devices you would use.
4. Read the task again and pay attention to the topic this time. Do you know enough about the issue / topic ? Would you have strong arguments to present ? Would you be able
to use a few topic-specific words ? If not, dedicate some time to work a little on the topic and make a few notes. You don’t need to write full sentences, just key ideas and key vocabulary.
5. Your analysis of the task and initial planning are done - you can start planning the contents and the lay-out.
6. Write the text.
Click below for Past Papers by text type:
- Article
- lettre formelle
- lettre informelle
- discours
- guide/brochure
- critique
- journal intime
1. Select a task, either by topic or by text type
2. Read the task carefully and:
- Highlight in the instruction the format in which the text has to be (article, speech, etc)
- Highlight in another colour the audience it is for (whom the letter is addressed to, where will the text be published, etc)
- Decide whether the tone will be formal or informal (based on the audience)
- Think about which linguistic features and rhetorical devices you will need for the format selected.
3. Read the task again, and decide whether the purpose of the task is to :
- Inform people ?
- Persuade someone ?
- Analyse a situation / evaluate something ?
(click here for more aims)
Think about the linguistic features / rhetorical devices you would use.
4. Read the task again and pay attention to the topic this time. Do you know enough about the issue / topic ? Would you have strong arguments to present ? Would you be able
to use a few topic-specific words ? If not, dedicate some time to work a little on the topic and make a few notes. You don’t need to write full sentences, just key ideas and key vocabulary.
5. Your analysis of the task and initial planning are done - you can start planning the contents and the lay-out.
6. Write the text.
Click below for Past Papers by text type:
- Article
- lettre formelle
- lettre informelle
- discours
- guide/brochure
- critique
- journal intime