Language in practice.

Step 1
M
Mu us si ic c c ch ha ar rt ts s
1. Listen and fill in the card about the music band Maroon 5.
Nationality: ...
City: ...
Year of creation: ...
Genre(s) of music: ...
2. Listen again and match the corresponding information.
Members’names
Instruments
Jesse Carmichael
 lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, piano
Matt Flynn
 keyboards, rhythm guitar (occasional), backing vocals*
Adam Levine
 bass guitar
Mickey Madden
 lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals*, percussion
James Valentine
 drums, percussion
3. Tick the right ending for each sentence.
a. Joe thinks that reggae music is:  good music too  the nicest music of all time.
b. He also thinks that Rihanna is:  a good singer  really great.
c. Mike says Maroon 5 is:  the most brilliant band
 the best music band of the moment.
d. They will see if Maroon 5’s musicians are really:  as brilliant as Mike says
 as good as Mike says.
4. Listen to the conversation and circle the right information.
a. Peter said that Rihanna (was in the news / was an important person / was releasing an album).
b. Peter told Joe that Rihanna (was number ten / was number one / was number twenty) on Time
Magazine’s list of influential people.
c. Forbes declared that Rihanna was (the fifth / the fourth / the third) celebrity in the US.
d. Joe said that Rihanna (had won a cinema award / had got married twice / had broken Guinness World
Records).

5. Listen again and complete the form.
 Year of birth: ...
 Country: ...
 Genres of music: ...
 Instruments: ...
 Talents: ...
 Other information: ...
 Personality: ...
Rihanna’s music sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWA.pjMjpBs&list=LPcKFGe.NCO.M&index=.&feature=plc
Language in practice.
a. Quel énoncé affirmatif est du discours direct ? du discours rapporté ?
b. Quel verbe introduit le discours rapporté ?
Ce verbe est :  au passé  au présent
c. A quel temps est le verbe de l’énoncé “a” ?
d. A quel temps est ce même verbe dans l’énoncé “c” ?
Practice.
1. Report Joe’s words, starting with: Joe (he) said that…
a. “Rihanna is a good actress.” Joe said that ...
b. “She is always in the charts.” He said (that) ...
c. “She comes from Saint Miguel in Barbados.” He said (that) ...
d. “She has won many rewards.” He said (that) ...
2. Ecrivez au discours direct les paroles d’Andrew dans la bulle.
Andrew said he was late. He said that he had been delayed by a traffic jam. He added that he would wait
for Jill at the end of the concert.
a. “She is known worldwide”
b. “What did Peter say?”
c. He said that she was known worldwide.
a. …
b. …
c. …

3. Zach et Ben se revoient après plusieurs années. Rapportez ce qu’a dit Ben.
a. Ben said ...
b. He said (that) ...
c. He said (that) ...
d. He said (that) ...
e. He said (that) ...
I In n t tu un ne e
a. Ecoutez la prononciation de : “director” et “designer”.
Quelle remarque faites-vous sur la prononciation des syllabes terminales “-er” et “-or” ?
b. Prononcez ces mots.
actor – songwriter – rapper – producer – singer – performer
Ter Bac Pro - Reporting information
Compétence évaluée : Expression Orale en Continu (B1)
Tâche intermédiaire.
You've listened to a radio programme about a famous artist. You report the information to your teacher.
Activité langagière
EOC : Message à dominante informative ou explicative
 Produire une courte synthèse orale
Barème
Note
Développement
thématique
Restitution complète des informations entendues
/ 3
Restitution partielle des informations (1 -2 infos manquantes)
/ 2
Restitution incomplète (3-4 infos manquantes)
/ 1
Restitution insuffisante
/ 0.5
Qualité de la
langue
Respect de la syntaxe
Utilisation du discours rapporté
1
2
3
Etendue lexicale
Lexique riche et varié. Utilisation du lexique de la séance
1
2
3
Aisance à l'oral
Discours aisé et compréhensible
1
2
3
Phonologie
Production clairement intelligible, erreurs occasionnelles
Respect des terminaisons en -or / -er
1
2
3
Note : Niveau
A2
B1
“I live in downtown Toronto.”
“I work part time in a cafeteria.”
“I play the drums in an amateur pop group on
weekends.”
“We are planning to record a CD.”
“We’ll record it in a new small studio.”