Correction of BEm June 2013
This typical correction was done by
1- Mr.Samir Bounab
2- Algerianme
3- Dida Fethia
4-Amani hassen
and under the supervision of the following inspectors of English
1- Madam L.Barroud ( Algiers)
2-Mr.Habib Latreche ( Skikda)
3-Madam N.Benzerrouk ( Medea)
Activity One : Answer the following Questions ( 2pts)
1.	Do English children begin secondary school at eleven? 
-	Yes , they do / Yes / In England ,Children start secondary school at the age of 11. ( 1pt)
2.	Do all students leave school after GCSE exams?
-	No, they do not. / No/ After these exams, about 25 % leave school and find jobs. ( 1pt)
Activity Two : Match each idea with the corresponding paragraph.
- Paragraph 1: Subjects at secondary school ( 3) / ( C) <1pt>
- Paragraph 2: Exams at 16 and 18 ( 1) / (A) <1pt>
- Paragraph 3 : Types of Secondary school ( 2) / ( B) <1pt>
Activity 3 : Lexis.
1/ Synonyms :
1- kids = children ( 0,5pt) / 2- select = choose / take/( 0,5pts
2/ Opposites:
1- before =/= after (0,5pt) 2- cheap =/= expensive(0,5pt)
Activity One: Supply the punctuation and the capital letters where necessary 
English students have to wear a school uniform, but American ones don’t .
0,5pt 0,5pt 0,5pt 0,5pt
Activity Two : Re-order the following words to get coherent sentences.
1- Children at the age of 5 can go to pre-school classes in Algeria .
- In Algeria children can go to pre-school classes at the age of 5.
-At the age of 5 children can go to pre-school classes in Algeria. 
-At the age of 5 children , in Algeria , can go to pre- school classes .
- Children in Algeria can go to pre-school classes at the age of 5 .
2- Education is compulsory between 6 and 16 .
Education between 6 and 16 is compulsory.
Compulsory education is between 6and 16.
3 - Students take the BEM exam at the end of middle school.
-	At the end of the middle school students take the BEM Exam.
Activity 3 : Find in the text four words that have the following sounds
/ei/ ( name) 
– same – they- take- stay-state-age- information -communication -education famous .
/ai/ ( my
- like -
Design –find - private
The grid of evaluation of the Written Expression:
Criteria	Good	Fair	Poor
	Relevance (2points)	•	Topic (1pt) « all the ideas are related to the topic»
•	Format (1pt) : « correct » 
(2points)	•	Topic (0.5pt) 
-	Some ideas are related to the topic ( at least 4)
•	Format (0.5pt) : 
-correct
(1pt) •	Topic 
-	Very little reference to the topic ( 1 or 2 sentences)
•	Format: 
Correct /incorrect 
(0.5 pt)
	Organisation (2points)	-	Ideas well
Organized
-	topic sentences/
-	supporting sentences conclusion
-	sentences are linked correctly
(2points)	-	Some Ideas are well organized 
-	No topic sentence (no) conclusion
-	Topic sentences/no conclusion
-	Some sentences are linked correctly
( 1 point )	-	Ideas are not well organised difficult to follow
-	No topic sentence 
-	No conclusion
-	Sentences are not linked correctly 
( 0.5 point)
	Linguistic Resources 
( 2 points)	 Correct use of (tense)/ verb form/ link words
vocabulary varied
( 2 points)	-	Correct use of (tense) / verb form 
-	Use of 3 link words 
-	Vocabulary not varied
-	3 mistakes are accepted
( 1 point)	-	incorrect use of (tense)/ verb form 
-	no link words
-	vocabulary (very) limited
-	more than 6 mistakes
( 0.5 pt)
Note : 
If a candidate is out of the topic , Do not take into consideration (do not mark) « organisation » and « linguistic resources »
-	Mark just Format