Epreuve E3C : Anglais – LVA et LVB
Voie : Toutes voies
Niveau d’études : Classe de première
Session : 2025
Durée de l’épreuve : 1h30
Calculatrice : Interdite
Dictionnaire : Interdit
Numéro du sujet : C1CANGL02577
Extrait de l’annale :
1. Compréhension de l’écrit (10 points)
Give an account, in English and in your own words, of text 1 and then of text 2.
In your account of text 1:
– identify the nature of the text,
– give the reasons why the narrator has a problem with dolls,
– say what the adults expect of the narrator,
– explain the reasons behind the statement “I had only one desire: to dismember it” (l. 12).
In your account of text 2:
– identify the nature of the text,
– present the Helms family and explain the parents’ choices concerning their daughters’ dolls,
– explain what is happening at the Mingei International Museum,
– comment on the last sentence (l. 28-29) “Vintage photographs in the exhibit show white children holding black dolls, often lovingly.”
After your accounts of texts 1 and 2, compare and contrast the ways dolls are presented in the two texts.
2. Expression écrite (10 points)
Vous traiterez, en anglais et en 120 mots au moins, l’un des deux sujets suivants, au choix :
Sujet A
Claudia, the young girl in text 1, wants to persuade a toy manufacturer to create a more diverse range of dolls. Write her letter.
Sujet B
Nikki Helms thinks that children “need to see themselves reflected in the toys that they play with” (text 2, lines 10-11). Do you agree with her? Justify.