ÁGOTA MESTRA - ÉRETTSÉGI MINTATÉTELEK (angol nyelvből)

ELŐSZÓ

  • The book contains 50 essay examples to help advanced English students prepare for their oral exams.
  • The essays cover every type of task and topic from the curriculum.
  • A thematical index at the end of the book shows which essays belong to which topic.
  • The goal of this book is to provide comprehensive help to those preparing for the advanced level English oral Matura exam.
  • The topics of the essays were compiled considering the aspects of general oral language exams and oral language Matura exams and striving to consider the communication needs of Matura students.
  • Text essay examples were prepared for every exam task, which can also be heard on the attached CD, interpreted by native speakers.
  • The essay examples follow the evaluation aspects of the oral Matura exam, therefore they reproduce the official exam.
  • The book primarily expects the interest of those, who - as students - would like to find help for successful preparation for the exam, or who - as teachers - would like to increase their own collection with new and reliable essays, even saving time and work, so that they can get their students to a successful Matura exam with confidence.
  • Using our book makes it possible for the examinee to not face the task types at the Matura exam, but to thoroughly practice them during preparation.
  • It is possible to practice independently using the essay examples, to expand vocabulary with the help of the word lists, and to get to know the ideas and thoughts related to the topics.
  • The most important words and expressions needed to solve the tasks were collected in the word list found on the CD.
  • The book can also be used during classes in pairs or in groups.
  • It is suitable to practice full essay series or to supplement the topics processed during classes with Matura type tasks.
  • We trust that we contribute to the successful preparation with the essays found in this book.

MÓDSZERTANI ÚTMUTATÓ

AZ EMELT SZINTŰ SZÓBELI ÉRETTSÉGI VIZSGA

A szóbeli vizsga leírása
  • The exam lasts for 20 minutes.
  • The maximum achievable score is 30 points.
  • The examinee draws the oral essay.
  • Examiner and examinee copies are prepared for the essays.
  • The drawn essay contains all the tasks.
  • The tasks of an essay have to belong to different thematical groups.
  • The examiner's copy prepared for the essay contains the pre-planned interjections, questions and remarks in addition to the information given to the examinee.
  • There is no preparation time for working out the tasks, but the examinee has a short (maximum half a minute per task) thinking time to think through the second and third tasks.
  • The oral essay series consists of 20 oral essays.
  • At least 10% of the essays have to be replaced every year.
  • The goal of the exam is to measure whether the examinee is capable of expressing their thoughts orally in a foreign language at the given level, and to conduct a conversation that corresponds to the communication intentions.
  • The exam measures to what extent and in what quality the examinee is capable of oral transaction and interaction, which equally includes the receptive and the productive (listening comprehension, speaking skills) skills.
  • The examinee has to be capable of both independent topic expression and interactive participation in the conversation.

A vizsga tartalmi szerkezete

Emelt szinten a vizsga azt méri, hogy képes-e a vizsgázó:

  • folyékonyan, helyesen és hatékonyan használni a nyelvet,
  • gondolatait, álláspontját következetesen, folyamatosan kifejteni,
  • a megadott témákat általánosabb nézőpontból is tárgyalni,
  • folyamatosan és természetesen részt venni a különböző témájú társalgásokban,
  • bonyolultabb, váratlan elemeket is tartalmazó feladatokat sikeresen megoldani,
  • elmagyarázni álláspontját, világosan érvelni,
  • enyhe akcentusa ellenére természetes kiejtéssel, hanglejtéssel és normál beszédtempóban beszélni.

A tételsor jellemzői

  • The difference between the intermediate and the advanced level appears in the approach of the topics and the standard of the language performance, i.e. the characteristics of the language formation.
  • The essential difference in the approach of the topics is that at the intermediate level the examinee expresses the personal connections within the given thematical groups, while at the advanced level the examinee is capable of talking about the given topics at the level of generalization and expressing an opinion. At this level, the examinee expresses themselves selectively, in a nuanced way.
  • The examinee plays the active role at the oral exam.

ÉRETTSÉGI MINTATÉTELEK ANGOL NYELVBŐL

A feladattípusok jellemzői

  • The exam may contain the following task types: conversation, debate, and independent topic expression.
  • The oral exam part starts with a short introductory conversation, the goal of which is to get the examinee attuned to using the foreign language.
  • The instructions of the tasks and the verbal auxiliary materials are determined in the given foreign language, but their language level is lower than the language level needed to solve the tasks.
  • The conversation task (Conversation) measures whether the examinee is capable of taking part in a conversation that touches on topics that are not related to their everyday activity, but to more abstract phenomena.
  • In addition to the information given to the examinee, the examiner's copy prepared for the task also contains the pre-planned questions.
  • The questions are included in the worked-out essays in our book, but the examinee does not receive these at the exam.
  • The fitting vocabulary can be found in the word list on the CD.
  • During the debate task (Debate), the examinee has to discuss a provocative statement related to a given topic with the examiner.
  • The task of the examinee is to argue for or against the given statement, express their standpoint, and react to the standpoint of their debate partner.
  • However convincing the arguments of the examiner are, the examinee has to stick to their standpoint throughout.
  • In addition to the information given to the examinee, the examiner's copy prepared for the task also contains the possible arguments related to the given topic, which the examiner may use during the conversation.
  • The examinee is helped by three guiding aspects, which are included on the essay sheet drawn by the examinee.
  • They supplement these with their own arguments and thoughts.
  • The examinee does not receive the list of arguments that can be used by the examiner during the exam.
  • The relevant vocabulary can be found in the word list on the CD.
  • In the independent topic expression (Individual long term), the examinee has to express their thoughts and opinion about a more general topic in detail and coherently.
  • Visual auxiliary materials (pictures, drawings, graphs, etc.) or outlines are available for this.
  • In addition to the information given to the examinee, the examiner's copy prepared for the task also contains the pre-planned helping questions.
  • The lexical elements expected at the level are included in the word list on the CD.

A szóbeli vizsgarész értékelése

  • The evaluation is done based on a centrally worked-out analytical scale, which is built on the detailed description of the evaluation aspects.
  • The evaluation of the tasks is independent from each other.
  • The introductory conversation is not evaluated.
  • The task solution, the grammar and the vocabulary are evaluated in the case of all three tasks.
  • The pronunciation and intonation are evaluated based on the three tasks.