Maturita

 

CIEĽOVÉ POŽIADAVKY NA VEDOMOSTI A ZRUČNOSTI
MATURANTOV Z ANGLICKÉHO JAZYKA

ÚSTNA MATURITA

Ústna zložka internej časti pozostáva zo žiakovej ústnej odpovede pred predmetovou maturitnou komisiou, pričom si žiak žrebuje jedno z tridsiatich schválených maturitných zadaní.

Každé zadanie sa skladá z troch úloh.

Úloha č. 1 – Vizuálny podnet (obrázok, fotografia, komiks, graf, schéma a pod.) Žiak opíše predložené obrázky a nachádza súvislosti medzi obrázkami a danou maturitnou témou. Komisia hodnotí komplexnosť opisu, lineárnosť (postupnosť) vo vyjadrovaní, argumentáciu, plynulosť, gramatiku, slovnú zásobu.

Úloha č. 2 - Tematický okruh. Úlohou žiaka je zaujať stanovisko k téme a odôvodniť ho v rozhovore so skúšajúcimi, ktorí vedú rozhovor podľa zásad uvedených v metodických pokynoch pre odborné skúšobné komisie. Komisia hodnotí vyjadrenie stanoviska, vecnú argumentáciu, výber faktov a informácií, gramatiku (rozsah a správnosť), slovnú zásobu (aj výslovnosť a intonácia), plynulosť výpovede.

Úloha č. 3 – Situačná úloha, dialóg s rozdelenými úlohami. Žiak dostane opis konkrétnej situácie, v ktorej má zahrať určitú rolu, napr. je na stanici a má sa informovať o najvýhodnejšom vlakovom spojení do nejakého mesta. Skúšajúci preberie rolu partnera v rozhovore. Komisia hodnotí pohotovosť vyjadrovania, argumentáciu (obsahovú stránku), gramatiku, slovnú zásobu.

Maturitné okruhy úroveň B2:

1. FAMILY

• curriculum vitae (personal data: name, place of residence, date and place of birth, marital status, important moments in life)
• family members (appearance, character, hobbies)
• family relationships (relationships among siblings, parents and children, grand-parents, helping each other, domestic chores, weekday schedules and family celebrations)
• your ideas about your future family, partner, living/accommodation, employment
• the family and society (functions of the family, the family in the past and at present, the generation gap, problems of single-parent families, divorce, low birth–rate)

2. CULTURE AND ART

• cultural options in the city and in the country (museums, exhibitions, theatres, cinemas, concerts, the circus, dance)
• popular forms of culture and art (genres, famous personalities)
• attending cultural events
• music, film, theatre and folk festivals, atmosphere
• other forms of art – folk music, dance, painting, sculpture, architecture – well-known artists/performers

3. SPORTS

• kinds of sports (team, individual, summer, winter, popular, amateur, professional)
• the sports I like/ I am interested in (actively, passively, why?)
• why sport is important for the development of a person’s character (physical and mental health)
• important sports events, competitions, the Olympic Games
• negative aspects of sport (fame, money/greed, doping)

4. HOUSING

• my home (description of the area where I live, furnishings/appliances)
• living in the city and in the country (pros and cons)
• ideal housing (own ideas about living)
• home and its importance in the life of a person (how people live in Slovakia and in other countries)
• young families and their housing problems ( purchasing/renting a house, children in housing estates)

5. SHOPPING AND SERVICES

• shopping facilities (shops, hypermarkets, markets)
• services (post office, bank, police station, petrol station)
• sales promotion and its influence on customers
• ways of shopping and payment (catalogue selling, to buy something on an instalment plan, weekly shopping, e-commerce
• imported products, export of Slovak goods

6. HEALTH CARE

• human body
• common diseases and diseases caused by current lifestyles, injuries, mental and physical conditions, seeing a doctor, at the chemist’s/pharmacy
• healthy lifestyles, physical and mental hygiene
• health care (prevention, vaccination)
• national/public and private health care, health insurance, specialists

7. TRAVEL

• preparation for the journey, resons, destinations, the importance of travelling (work, holiday, business trip)
• means of transport (advantages and disadvantages of various means of transport)
• travelling individually and in a group (ways and kinds of transport, kinds of accommodation, board/catering)
• travelling in the past, at present and in the future
• possibilities of travelling abroad

8. SCHOOL AND STUDY

• educational systems (kinds of educational institutions, examinations, organization of the school year, marking/grading, holidays/days off)
• lessons (timetable/schedule, subjects, recess, breaks, school food, what lessons look like)
• student life (free time, hobbies, after-school activities/extracurricular activities, part-time/seasonal jobs, friends, pocket money)
• learning a foreign language/exchange stays abroad, educational stays, language courses, au-pair)
• student/teacher relationships

9. JOB

• kinds of labour (white collar and blue collar), job choice, motivation
• labour market (offer of employment, unemployment, job application, curriculum vitae (CV), job interview
• working hours, free/leisure time (improvements in the workplace, new technologies)
• employment opportunities in Slovakia and abroad, working conditions (pay, wage, salary, social security)
• career and family life, employment of women (maternity leave), requalification, retired people

10. HUMAN RELATIONS

• interpersonal relationships (family, school, neighbours, generations)
• friendship and love (value systems, attitudes, gatherings, celebrations)
• social issues (how communities and individuals relate to the disabled, the addicted and homeless)
• negative phenomena (aggression, vandalism, egoism, indifference)
• methods of solving conflicts

11. THE HUMAN RACE AND NATURE

• seasons, weather
• the wildlife around us – fauna (animals in the wild, at the ZOO, at home) and flora
• the state of the environment (soil, water and air pollution, natural disasters)
• environmental protection (national parks, protected regions, environmental education)
• the influence of the environment on human life (agriculture, healthy nutrition, agrotourism, organic crops)

12. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• life in the past and today (achievements in science and technology, and changes in the standard of living, household appliances)
• extraordinary discoveries in science and technology
• science and technology helping humankind (electronics, information technology / computer science, nuclear physics…)
• misuse/abuse of science and technology (weapons of mass destruction/arms, substance abuse, violence, consumer society, new diseases)
• mankind and science and technology in the future (replacement of the teacher by the computer, children and computers, brain drain)

13. MAN AND SOCIETY

• morality (behaviour of the younger, middle and older generations, ethics in family and at school)
• social etiquette – get-togethers/gatherings, greetings and congratulations, etiquette of visits, reasons and time, subject of conversation, hospitality
• norms and how they are broken (morality and law, misunderstandings and conflicts)
• expression of concern and help to people in need, sponsorship and sponsors (reasons and forms)
• the influence of society on family

14. COMMUNICATION AND ITS FORMS

• kinds of communication and the importance of communication (verbal and non-verbal)
• communication in varius situations (in public and in private lives, among the young, young and older, in the street, at school, at home, in everyday life, in unique situations)
• modern forms of communication (mobile phone, computer, e-mail, the Internet)
• language as means of communication (teaching/learning of languages, in which spheres of life they can be used, how foreign languages are spread and used)
• language: standard, colloquial, slang, professional

15. MASS MEDIA

• kinds of mass media (their use, advantages, disadvantages)
• the press (newspapers, magazines, articles), how to choose them, where to buy them – favourite columns
• radio, TV (favourite kinds of programmes, ratings)
• the influence of mass media on life of an individual, family and society
• the Internet and its influence on a person and society

16. YOUNG PEOPLE AND SOCIETY

• characteristics of young people (appearance, fashion, character traits, interests
• the position of young people in society (rights and duties, possibilities of study, work, young families)
• relationships among peers and generational relationships (conflicts – reasons, their expression, consequences
• unhealthy lifestyles of young people (aggression, gambling, substance abuse)
• young people’s vision of the future (expectations, dreams, fears)

17. FOOD

• daily food and drink (breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper), favourite dish/food
• places where people eat (at school, at home, in a restaurant)
• national cuisine – customs, specialities (ingredients, meals, table setting)
• international cuisine (characteristics, differences, specialities)
• healthy diet (children’s eating habits, vegetarianism, dieting)

18. HOBBIES, FREE TIME AND LIFESTYLE

• how people spend their free time
• formally organised free time (extra-curricular activities, clubs, seasonal jobs/part-time job
• hobbies (arts, culture, music, books, sport, do-it-yourself, outdoor activities)
• the influence which changes in society have on how we spend our free time
• free-time activities according to age

19. MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY

• holidays, customs and traditions (religious and public holidays, national traditions and various events)
• the coexistence of various ethnic groups in one country
• bringing cultures together (contacts in the past and at present), personal contact with other cultures, tolerance
• negative phenomena (racial discrimination, intolerance, relations with minorities)
• cultural values of other nationalities, coexistence in Europe

20. TOWNS AND PLACES

• important places in my life (birthplace, where I have studied and where I have spent my weekends and holidays)
• tourist guide (welcome, basic information about their stay)
• places of interest for tourists (castles, chateaux, spas, caves) and towns
• places suitable for relaxation and for entertainment
• my dream place

21. CLOTHING, FASHION

• the influence of weather and climate on what people wear
• clothes and accessories for various occasions
• how people decide what to wear (fashion, age, mood/atmosphere, possibilities) care of clothes
• fashion trends – clothes, designers, fashion shows
• fine feathers make fine birds/clothes make the man, made-to-measure/tailor-made clothing/tailored clothing or mass-producing clothing (in the clothes shop, at the tailor’s/dressmaker’s

22. BOOKS – OUR FRIENDS

• books – variety/ how people choose where and when they read
• favourite author, genres
• a book I have read by an author from an English-speaking country
• Nobel prize winners for literature and their work
• crisis in reading fiction (reasons, do people buy books, services of libraries and institutes)

23. ROLE-MODELS AND IDEALS

• positive and negative traits of a person, the ideal person, criteria of values
• the person I respect
• real-life and literary heroes
• heroes are not born, they may become one (person’s reaction in a critical situation)
• me as a hero

24. THE COUNTRIES WHOSE LANGUAGE I AM LEARNING

• the countries and their inhabitants
• the place I would like to visit
• uniqueness, customs, traditions and conventions
• stereotypes and prejudices
• united Europe

25. SLOVAKIA – MY HOMELAND

• the country and its inhabitants
• places I would recommend to a foreigner
• customs and traditions
• sterotypes and prejudices
• the place of Slovakia in united Europe