How many documents portray different images of the British monarchy in the sequence?
Three documents.
What should an audio or video report identify about its document?
Its main theme, audience, events, information, people, relationships, viewpoints, implicit elements, and communicative function.
What should students do during the three listens to the listening task?
Prepare the WH checklist and answer its questions, taking notes in English as much as possible.
When is the superlative used, according to the examples?
To describe exceptional events.
What happens to the final consonant of a one-syllable adjective after one vowel?
It is doubled in the superlative.
How does a two-syllable adjective ending in y change in the superlative?
The y changes to i.
How is the noun “present” stressed?
On the first syllable.
How is the adjective “present” stressed?
On the first syllable.
How is the verb “present” stressed?
On the second syllable.
Where is the stress usually placed in most English words, including adjectives and adverbs?
On the first syllable.
What can affect the usual first-syllable stress in English words?
A prefix such as “un-” or “dis-”.
Who does the student portray in the oral mediation task?
The young American woman who witnessed the princess’s birth outside St Mary’s Hospital.
What does the young American woman recount to her mother?
The princess’s birth outside St Mary’s Hospital.
Which four techniques should the oral mediation account use?
Identify feelings, add intensifiers, select interesting details, and narrate in the past simple.
For which event and year was the Crystal Palace built in Hyde Park?
For the Great Exhibition of 1851.
In which work did J. Mordaunt Crook describe the Crystal Palace’s architectural qualities?
The Dilemma of Style: Architectural Ideas from the Picturesque to the Post-Modern, 1987.
Which features gave the Crystal Palace its aesthetic qualities, according to J. Mordaunt Crook?
Repeated manufactured units, criss-cross trusses, transparent space, the elimination of mass and a sense of tensile strength.
How did Queen Victoria’s journals portray the Great Exhibition’s international gathering?
As a gathering of industry and arts, with flags of every nation and a large public procession.
What should an image description identify first?
The image type and subject.
What do “may” and “might” express when interpreting an image?
Possible interpretations.
How are possible interpretations of past events formed with “may” or “might”?
With “may have” or “might have” followed by a past participle.
What can royal portraiture do to a monarch’s splendour and authority?
Enhance her splendour and, consequently, her authority.
What two sounds can the letter s represent in the practice words?
It can represent /s/ or /z/.
How does the pronunciation of “close” differ by part of speech?
“Close” as an adjective and “close” as a verb can have different pronunciations.
What should a royal diary entry include to establish when it was written and whose perspective it uses?
A date and first-person narration.
What should a royal diary entry convey about the writer’s feelings?
Their feelings and their intensity.
Which language features should a royal diary entry use for exceptional events, descriptions, and past events?
Superlatives, present participles, and the past simple.
What two situations does the diary-writing project offer?
An artist records his feelings while painting the Queen, or Queen Victoria records her coronation.
Which royal photographer says a successful image generates a response in its viewer?
Chris Jackson.
What did Prince George do at Princess Charlotte’s christening?
He peered into his little sister’s carriage.
Which questions does the WH checklist ask?
Who, where, when, what, for what reason, and why.
How many times is the listening document played?
Three times.
How long does the listening document last?
Between one minute thirty seconds and one minute fifty seconds.
Which adjectives are practised in the superlative sequence?
Big, tall, lovely, awesome, hot and nice.
Which intensifiers appear in the examples?
Awfully, horribly, absolutely, totally, completely and utterly.
Which intensifiers express negative ideas in the examples?
Awfully and horribly.
Which intensifiers express positive ideas in the examples?
Absolutely and utterly.
How do grammatical suffixes such as “-est” and “-ly” affect word stress?
They do not alter it.
How can practising aloud help improve English pronunciation?
It provides practice saying words aloud.
Where should you check the pronunciation of English words?
In a pronouncing dictionary.
How long should the oral mediation recording last?
Approximately one minute.
How should written preparation for the mediation task be presented?
In note form only.
Which author described the Crystal Palace’s exhibits, including engines, machinery, jewellery and gems?
Charlotte Brontë.
In which source and year did Queen Victoria describe the Great Exhibition’s opening procession?
Queen Victoria’s journals, 1851.
How many state carriages comprised the Great Exhibition’s opening procession, according to Queen Victoria?
Nine state carriages.
How many instruments and voices accompanied the Great Exhibition’s organ?
200 instruments and 600 voices.
What date does the sequence give for Elizabeth I’s oil-on-panel portrait?
Circa 1575.
What might Elizabeth I’s pearls have symbolised?
A symbolic reason for wearing them.
What might feathers in Elizabeth I’s portrait represent?
Prosperity.
How might the painter have altered Elizabeth I’s appearance?
The painter might have enhanced the Queen’s features.
Which words and expressions appear in the pronunciation exercise?
Clothes, close, pearls, eyes, hands, fingers, distant, feathers, precise, use, British Isles, Charlotte’s and George’s.
In which year was Queen Victoria crowned, as proposed in a diary-writing situation?
1838.
Who reported Queen Elizabeth II’s unveiling of Colin Davidson’s portrait, and when?
Robbie Meredith, BBC News NI, 9 November 2016.
What did Colin Davidson tell the BBC about painting the monarch?
He was aware of the gravity and responsibility involved.
Which criteria does the written-expression assessment consider?
Content, coherence, language accuracy, and richness of vocabulary.
Teste tes connaissances avec un QCM de 21 questions sur Portraits of Power.
1. Que met en évidence la comparaison des trois documents étudiés sur la monarchie britannique ?
2. Une photographie royale laisse les spectateurs indifférents. Selon Chris Jackson, quel critère indique qu’elle n’a pas pleinement réussi ?
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