Techniques d’Expression Anglaise

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OF BTS EXAM

Examen National Du Brevet De Technicien Supérieur - Session 2020

Specialite(s) : Toutes les specialites — Epreuve : Techniques d’expression anglaise — Duree : 3 heures — Coefficient : 2

1 Linguistic Competence

A - Grammar (10 marks)

A/ Transform the initial sentence by operating the necessary grammatical changes; the beginning of the new sentence is given for you simply to complete the reformulation. (5 × 1 = 5 mks)

1. Today, Tony begs along the road and never buys anything. In the past, Tony ______________


2. When one tooth hurts, you cannot sleep. When two ______________


3. My brothers and I will build a new house for grandmother. A new house ______________


4. Pamela handles our management unit very well. Pamela ______________ well.


5. The final whistle was blown by the referee. The referee ______________

B/ Complete the sentence with the appropriate alternative from the brackets. (5 × 0.5 = 2.5 mks)

1. Your house will ______________ tomorrow. (be built, will be building, builds)


2. Bring me just ______________ milk for my tea. (few, a few, little, a little)


3. In the absence of the supervising foreman, the bricklayers were talking to ______________ (himself, one another, themselves)


4. The apartment has been undergoing maintenance work ______________ two weeks. (since, for, ago, till)


5. If I didn’t study, the test ______________ easy. (wouldn’t appear, wouldn’t have appeared, won’t appear)

C) Complete the blank space in each sentence with the appropriate form of the word in brackets. (0.5 × 5 = 2.5 marks)

1. This is the ______________ job I can think of. (bad)


2. The length and the width of the rectangle ______________ measured. (be)


3. The road construction enterprise in Cameroon is not ______________ measured. (busy)


4. Two of the ______________ car iron shaft must be soldered by the mechanic. (half)


5. Nelson Mandela ______________ 95 years. His death will be celebrated every year. (life)

Vocabulary (5 marks)

A) Complete the sentence with the appropriate form of the word given in brackets. (0.5 × 5 = 2.5 marks)

1. My wife trades in ______________ dress and her workshop is situated near the market. (produce)


2. His parents started an enterprise which is highly ______________ today. (profit)


3. I do electrical ______________ at the University of Technology. (engineer)


4. The ______________ to Paris from the Douala Airport is at 10 p.m. (fly)


5. Don’t forget to claim for your ______________ when you pay for anything. (receive)

5) Reconstruct a meaningful phrase by taking an element from each box once only. (0.5 × 5 = 2.5 marks)

Verb	Object	Complement
To deliver	a loan	in a cash book
To place	land	for goods
To obtain	food	from the bank
To preserve	a consignment of goods	in a refrigerator
To record	an order	to a customer

Example: To work hard in an exam

a) ______________ b) ______________ c) ______________ d) ______________ e) ______________

SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below it without necessarily copying the text.

Social Media and Cyberbullying

The dictionary definition of bullying is “the use of strength or power to frighten or hurt weaker people.” This definition does not account for many facets of bullying such as online abuse, subtle bullying within friendships such as manipulation, intimidation and social exclusion, as well as indirect bullying such as the spreading of harmful rumours, usually online. This new form of bullying is often referred to as cyberbullying.

Facebook and other social media platforms have brought communication across the world to an entirely new level. They have changed the way people communicate with each other and in turn, have affected our ability to empathise in both negative and positive ways. Although Facebook has made a positive impact on African youth, it has also contributed and exacerbated bullying in our schools. It has even created an around-the-clock atmosphere where bullying can occur even when school is not in session. A classmate can publish a hateful post or anonymous trolling on Facebook in the comments sections. That is why Thomas J. Billitteri’s book, “Cyberbullying”, sees social media as a cause of bullying and states that out of the teenagers using social media, forty percent have at least once claimed to have been cyber bullied.

While cyberbullying affects each child differently, there has been a clear correlation between victims and non-victims and their self-esteem. In one study, bullied victims had less self-esteem than those who were not bullied online. Additionally, it was reported that victims of cyberbullying were thirty percent more likely to think about committing suicide (Cyberbullying Research Center, 2012). With the lack of parent supervision, it was found that those who spent more than three hours per school day on social networks were \(110\%\) more at risk to be a cyberbully victim as compared to those who do not spend as much time online (Gilkerson, 2012). What may be worse is the fact that majority of those bullied online do not tell their parents or an adult about what occurred.

Many professionals have sought to address the negative aspects of social media and have worked to develop a solution to bring cyberbullying to an end.

QUESTIONS

1. Complete the following statement according to the text using the most appropriate option from the list. (1 mark)
   
   Those who are cyberbullied
   
   a) do not go online to get abused
   
   b) are victims of all Facebook users
   
   c) feel manipulated or excluded socially
   
   d) use strength and power to hurt weaker people


2. What advantage of social media does the author of the text see? (2 marks)


3. To what extent has cyberbullying affected teenagers according to Thomas Billitteri? (1 mark)


4. Where is cyberbullying occurring most? (1 mark)


5. Give two related consequences of cyberbullying mentioned in the text. (1 mark)


6. What role must the following people play to reduce cyberbullying? (4 marks)
   
   a) The young people must ______________
   
   b) The parents must ______________
   
   c) The cybercrime professionals must ______________
   
   d) The school should ______________

SECTION 3: TRANSLATION (5 marks)

Translate the following idiomatic/proverbial expressions:

To English: (0.5 × 5 = 2.5 marks)

1. Avoir du pain sur la planche.


2. Au fil du jour.


3. Tourner autour du pot.


4. Rendre l’ame.


5. Chaque chose a son temps.

To French: (0.5 × 5 = 2.5 marks)

6. To use one stone to kill two birds.


7. Prevention is better than cure.


8. To live within one’s means.


9. Charity begins at home.


10. Unity is strength.

SECTION 4: WRITTEN COMPOSITION (10 marks)

a) In not more than 150 words write a report informing Mr. Akebe, your Academic Supervisor of the difficulties you faced during your internship. [Your name is Akonji Esoh, a Marketing student at Wexford University, Soh-Nijkwa.]

b) What are the causes of rural exodus in your country and what are its consequences on the development?

c) Laptops are a necessity to students. Do you agree or disagree?

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Résumé du document

Ce document est un sujet d’examen national du BTS (Cameroun, session 2020) pour l’épreuve de Techniques d’expression anglaise, toutes spécialités. Il comporte quatre sections.

La Section 1 (Linguistic Competence) comprend des exercices de grammaire (reformulation de phrases, choix d’alternatives, mise au bon format des mots) et de vocabulaire (dérivation, reconstitution de phrases à partir d’éléments donnés).

La Section 2 (Reading Comprehension) propose un texte sur les réseaux sociaux et le cyberharcèlement, avec des questions de compréhension (choix multiple, avantages des réseaux sociaux, statistiques, lieux de harcèlement, conséquences, rôles des différents acteurs).

La Section 3 (Translation) demande la traduction d’expressions idiomatiques du français vers l’anglais et de l’anglais vers le français.

La Section 4 (Written Composition) offre trois sujets de rédaction : un rapport de stage, les causes et conséquences de l’exode rural, et un avis argumenté sur l’utilité des ordinateurs portables pour les étudiants.