Dirección General de Ordenación Académica DATOS DEL ASPIRANTE Apellidos: _______________________________________________________ CALIFICACIÓN _______________ Nombre: ____________________________________ DNI:________________ IES:_____________________________________________________________ Numérica de 0 a 10, con dos decimales PRUEBAS DE ACCESO A CICLOS FORMATIVOS DE GRADO SUPERIOR Convocatoria de 18 y 19 de junio de 2015 (Resolución de 10 de marzo de 2015, BOA 25/03/2015) PARTE COMÚN: INGLÉS LEARNING ENGLISH Today, millions of people want to learn or improve their English but it is difficult to find the best method. Is it better to study in Britain or America or to study in your own country? The advantages of going to Britain seem obvious. Firstly, you will be able to listen to the language all the time you are in the country. You will be surrounded completely by the language wherever you go. Another advantage is that you have to speak the language if you are with other people On the other hand, there are also advantages to staying at home to study. You don't have to make big changes to your life. As well as this, it is also a lot cheaper than going to Britain but it is never possible to achieve the results of living in the UK. If you have a good teacher in your own country, I think you can learn in a more concentrated way than being in Britain without going to a school. So, in conclusion, I think that if you have enough time and enough money, the best choice is to spend some time in the UK. This is simply not possible for most people, so learning in their own country is the only viable option. The most important thing to do in this situation is to maximise your opportunities: to speak only English in class and to try to use English whenever possible outside the class. Answer the following questions about the text: 1. Are these statements true or false? Quote the evidence. (2 marks) 1. Success in learning English is the same if you go to UK or stay in your country 2. Not having to change your lifestyle can become an advantage when learning languages in your own country. 1/3 Dirección General de Ordenación Académica 2. Answer these questions in your own words: (2 marks) 1) What are the pros of studying English in the UK? 2) What’s the best option, according to the writer if you can’t travel abroad? 3. Find synonyms in the text. Here you have the definitions (1 mark) a. system________________ b. evident ________________ c. fully ____________ d. to increase, to multiply ____________ 4. Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words provided. ( 2 marks) 1 It’s a pity I can’t speak English. I wish ............................................................................................. 2 The last time I travelled abroad was in 2012. I haven’t ........................................................................................ 5. Composition: write a composition (about 120 words) on ONE of the following topics: (3 marks) a. Travelling is the best way to learn:discuss b. What’s your opinion about the way of teaching languages in Spain? 2/3 Dirección General de Ordenación Académica CRITERIOS DE CORRECCIÓN: El examen se califica sobre un total de 10 puntos. La puntuación parcial de cada una de la preguntas figura ente paréntesis al lado del cada enunciado. En la pregunta 1 se otorgará un punto a cada frase, siempre que tanto la denotación de Verdadero o Falso como su justificación sean correctas. En el caso de que la justificación sea excesiva, se podrá otorgar medio punto por frase. No puntuarán aquellas respuestas en las que la denotación de Verdadero o Falso no vaya acompañada de su correspondiente justificación o esta sea incorrecta. En la pregunta 2, se valorará tanto el aspecto formal como la adecuación de cada respuesta a la cuestión formulada. En todo caso, se penalizará la reproducción fiel del texto. En la pregunta 5, se observará, en primer lugar, que el aspirante se atiene en su escrito al tema propuesto y valorará su capacidad comunicativa en inglés, el uso correcto de las estructuras gramaticales (se penalizarán los errores ortográficos y la falta de coherencia sintáctica), el vocabulario adecuado y preciso (se penalizarán los usos impropios e imprecisos de las palabras) y el orden y coherencia en la exposición. 3/3