Circular Paau Ingles 2009

CIRCULAR PARA OS DEPARTAMENTOS DE INGLÉS DOS CENTROS DE ENSINO SECUNDARIO (2009 / 2010) 1. Novedades na proba de inglés das PAAU: Introduciranse os seguintes trocos na proba de inglés das PAAU do curso 2009 / 2010: 1. O punto da proba de audición quedará dentro dos dez puntos, facendo así un total de dez puntos en lugar dos once actuáis. 2. Reducirase a puntuación do resto das preguntas da maneira seguinte: a) No 1. O resumo (máximo 50 palabras) = 1 punto (actualmente 1.5) b) No 2. "Find words or phrases in the text that correspond in meaning to the words and definitions given here" 0,25 x 4 = 1 punto (Actualmente é: "Explain in English the meaning of the following expressions as used in the text") c) No 3. Como agora (0,5 x 4 = 2 puntos) d) No 4. Como agora "Answer the following questions in your own words" (2 x 1 = 2 puntos) e) No 5. Elevarase o número de palabras de "approximately 100 words" a "approximately 120 words". (3 puntos) f) No 6. Proba de audición (1 punto) PUNTUACIÓN: 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 10

2. A continuación, algúns erros comúns suliñados polos corretores en probas recentes: * = incorrecto 1. Concord S/Pl.; *people is; *too much marriages; *others causes; *it are going to; *women is. (confusion de “other” e “another”) 2. Verb tenses and verb forms: *you will married; *they thinked; *I’m worry; *people have did bungee jumping; *jumping isn’t been; *he don’t (en vex de “didn’t” cuando es pasado). Misuse or non-use of present perfect tense in writing. 3. False friends and words confused: how / like / as /; make / do; fly / flight; sure / secure / safe; sing / sign; couple / pair / partner; other / another; lose / loose; marry / marriage / married; notice / news / new; live / life; dead / died / death; pass / spend; fall / fail; success / exit / event; more / a lot (of) / very / much / many, eg *“very people”; try / prove; ancient / old. 4. Articles (usually generic use): *the divorce / *the women / *the secrets of the life. *(the) next / last week etc. 5. Plural forms: *womens / *childrens / *mans. 6. Comparatives: *more .. that…; *the same that / than …; *more old / young; confusion between comparative and superlative forms. 7. Possessives and reflexives: confusion between and wrong use of “his” / “its” / “her” / “hers” / “their” / “theirs” / *“themself” / *”theirselves”. 8. Misspelt words: *nervious; *wich; *whith; *decission; *exciteing; *recibe, *practique; especially frequent the missing out of the second consonant when needed in English (*acording to; *apearance).

9. Invented words: *determinate / observate / descuidate; *deportist; *magnific; *miedous; *afortunate; *detallist; *comprensive; *actuate; *convivence; *they have fracased; *to supperate the problem; *equivocated; *families are compost of; *insupportable. 10. Invented expressions: *year a year / *day a day / *to have 20 years / *in the actually / *you are reason; *it likes me; *he born / borned; *I am agree. 11. Subject / verb are reversed, or the subject is simply not present: *many think is dangerous; *are right; *is important. 12. Adjectives: adjectives in plural (*differents families; *certains prototypes; *biologicals feelings) and placed after the noun (*a country very important). 13. Prepositions after verbs: *think in; *insist in; *become in. 14. Modal verb groups: *must can; *must to…; *will keeping; *they will can to go; *he can has; *it will must be perfect; *I am will waiting; *to can. 15. Interrogatives: *You went? *You can fly? *Who they are? *Was there the plane? *How do you are? 16. Catenative verb structures: *I want that you will be happy; *I want that you know; *I went for see; *due to more young people prefer; *she decided to don’t do it. 17. Punctuation: Absence of commas and full stops, also confusion about where to put one and the other. 18. Relative clauses often formed badly. Confusion between “that”, “what” é “which”.

Os membros do Grupo de Traballo de Inglés son: Alan Floyd Moore, Cristina Larkin Galiñanes, Víctor Aragonés Herrero; Víctor García Plata, Mónica Álvarez González; Juan Carlos Varela Vázquez, María José Robelo Pardo; Xabier San Isidro.

3. Modelo dun exame escrito (2009 / 2010): Read the text and the instructions to the questions very carefully. Answer all the questions in English. Jared Diamond’s Collapse takes readers through a history of societies that overtook their ecological limits, and collapsed as a result. The most famous example is that of Easter Island, famed for its sombre giant stone statues – moai. It is not certain, but the moai appear to have been built as part of status competition between the various tribes on the island, with bigger moai demonstrating greater power. The early seventeenth century was probably the pinnacle of Easter Island culture, the time the biggest moai were being built, an echo of the skyscrapers going up across the world from Canary Wharf to Kuala Lumpur. However, moai construction consumed a lot of resources, particularly wood, for transport and energy. By 1650, the last tree had been felled. By the time Europeans arrived on the island’s shores in 1722, the number of Easter Islanders had fallen dramatically, and they had been reduced to wars and cannibalism. Easter Island reminds us of the danger of only measuring human economic progress, and excluding factors affecting sustainability. In the first half of the seventeenth century, says the archaeological evidence, quality of life in Easter Island may have been at its highest ever. If Easter Islanders had measured well-being, they would have seen increasing life expectancy and life satisfaction. Despite that, or rather because of it, disaster was just around the corner. It appears that nobody on Easter Island was measuring their environmental impact. Their society was particularly vulnerable, being separated by over 2000km from the next inhabited island. Such dramatic collapses are rare in a world where societies are and have always been interconnected. Resources are exchanged, people migrate, and empires are conquered. But the Earth itself is also an island. The nearest other island, inhabited or otherwise, is 40,000,000 km away. If there is one lesson we must learn above all others, it is to not let the Earth go the way of Easter Island.

1. Write a summary of the text in English, including the most important points, using your own words whenever possible (maximum 50 words, 1 point). 2. Find words or phrases in the text that correspond in meaning to the words and definitions given here (1 point, 0,25 each): a) showing b) well-known c) reached d) seems 3. Complete the second sentence of each pair so that it has the same meaning as the first one . (2 points; 0.5 each) a) The moai appear to have been built as part of status competition. It appears … b) Moai construction consumed a lot of resources. A lot of … c) Their society was particularly vulnerable, being separated by over 2000km from the next inhabited island. Because their … d) The nearest other island is 40 million kilometers away from the Earth. The distance … 4. Answer the following questions in your own words. (2 points; 1 point each) a) Why did Easter Island society collapse? b) What lessons can the world learn from what happened to Easter Island? 5) How could you and your family save energy? (approximately 120 words; 3 points)