Biletul nr. 1 - 2005

Limba Engleza 1-2 ore/saptamana

SUBIECTUL I

Read the text below and answer the following questions:

a. Why is it important that the people living in the USA should share a common language?
b. What do bilingual education programs offer the non-English-speaking schoolchildren?

With the more recent growth of a multicultural, multilingual society in the United States, as in other nations of the world, the question of whether or not its population should be required to share a common language has arisen. On order to accommodate the many language groups living in the U.S., government agencies, schools, and businesses often offer their services in other languages. For example, when Florida residents go to vote for local or national candidates, they can read their ballots* in Spanish. Non-English-speaking school children, often Hispanic or Chinese, may study in bilingual education programs, in which they are taught in their native language until they master English. In this way, the children are presumed to gain a sense of identity and self-confidence, which will help them succeed in the future.

*papers on which you make a secret vote

SUBIECTUL II

It is said that teenagers have a lot in common, that they share ideas and a certain way of behaving. Express your views on this matter.

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