Great emotions for the high school students who take the first test of the 2024 Baccalaureate exam: the one in Romanian language and literature, oral. Here are the most important things candidates need to know before entering the examination hall.
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Baccalaureate 2024. What time does the exam for Romanian language and literature, oral, start
Each exam in the 2024 Baccalaureate exam starts at 9:00 a.m. Candidates will be allowed access to the examination hall from 7:30 am to 8:30 am. At the entrance, students must present their identity card. The exam will start at 9:00 a.m. and the time for writing the topics for each written test is 180 minutes (three hours) and is calculated immediately after the distribution of the topics to the candidates.
What happens if a student is late?
If the students are not present for this oral exam within the interval specified above, they will no longer be able to take the test, appearing with the final status “Absent” in the baccalaureate results database. However, in exceptional cases, when there is a good reason justified and the delay time is only a few minutes, students can take the test if they manage to get the approval of the National Baccalaureate Commission. In these situations, candidates receive the reserve subjects and take the exam after 12 o'clock. The exam procedure is the same as in the case of the morning baccalaureate test. Students who are late are supervised by two or three teachers.
How the trial is conducted
Once in front of the committee, the students will draw a ticket. The first requirement is to read the text on the extracted ticket. The following requirement consists of three sub-items and the tasks are varied. For example, the student may be asked to identify the type of narrative text, the receiver or the functional style. The last requirement involves the expression of an opinion in relation to the topic of the text. The candidate will have approximately 30 minutes to prepare the answers and present them to the examining teachers.
Baccalaureate 2024. What students need to know in the Romanian language, oral
The oral test of the Baccalaureate exam in the Romanian language involves the evaluation of the linguistic skills of oral communication in the Romanian language. More precisely, students will have to prove how well they know how to express themselves in Romanian. The grade assumes a qualification (intermediate, advanced or experienced) and will not affect the final exam grade. But, be careful! The oral test of the Baccalaureate exam in Romanian is important because without this test, the written tests of the exam cannot be taken.
In the oral communication test in Romanian, twelfth grade students must be able to read correctly and cursive, in order to obtain the average qualification, writes edupedu.ro. In order to receive the advanced or experienced qualification, the student must have some additional skills in understanding a text. Thus, while an average student user reads correctly and cursively, an advanced user reads correctly, cursively and consciously. In addition, it clearly and coherently formulates the ideas of the text. A proficient user is the student who reads accurately, cursively, and expressively. It synthesizes the overall message of the text and explains its implicit aspects. In the expression and argumentation chapter, the student will receive the experienced user qualification if he supports and expresses with arguments a personal point of view, demonstrating the ability to persuade the interlocutors.
Tips for Experienced Answers. Subject I
– Carefully read the text and the adjacent information (author, title, vocabulary).
– Carefully reread the text paragraph by paragraph and determine the main ideas, theme and relationships between the title and the text.
– Make sure you understand the message of the text, and check yourself by asking questions like: who is communicating? What does it communicate? What are they communicating about? Who do they communicate with? How do they communicate?
– Read the requirements carefully, paying attention to the command verbs (specify, argue, summarize, name, illustrate, explain, motivate, etc.)
– Identifies the type of text (literary, non-literary or borderline).
– It motivates the classification in a type of text, through examples.
– Identify the style in which the text falls, specify some particular/general qualities of that style and justify them with examples from the text.
– Identifies and characterizes the elements of the communication situation (sender, receiver, message, code, channel, context).
– Construct a clear, coherent, logical, nuanced response. If you are not very confident in your speaking skills, use short sentences and make sure you know the meaning of all the words you use in your speech.
– Avoid cacophonies, pleonasms, tautologies!
Tips for Experienced Answers. The second subject
– Read the requirement carefully.
– Make connections between the given topic and the knowledge you have.
– Respects the structure of the argumentative text.
– Make sure you don't repeat yourself in your arguments and that you have eloquent examples for each of them.
– Check if you have used connectors: opinion verbs, etc.
– Construct a clear, coherent, logical, nuanced response. If you are not very confident in your speaking skills, use short sentences and make sure you know the meaning of all the words you use in your speech.
– The exam to support language skills is conducted orally and involves a dialogue between the examinee and the examiner. So, ebacalaureat.ro specialists recommend, pay attention to the elements of conduct, attire, gestures.
Tips for appropriate attire
One of the first rules that students must respect is the clothing they wear to the exam. It is important that they appear before the committee dressed appropriately and decently, respecting the rules of good conduct and presentation. It is recommended to avoid clothing with offensive or inappropriate prints or inscriptions. Also, accessories should be minimal and discreet, so that they do not distract attention. Comfort is also essential so that the outfit does not affect your concentration and performance during the exam.
Prohibited items in the exam room
Candidates are not allowed to have on them, in their clothing, shoes, pen or other personal belongings, or in the benches where they are seated, any kind of inspirational material. Textbooks, books, dictionaries, collections, forms, memos, notes, notes, summaries or works of other candidates are strictly prohibited. Likewise, entering the exam room with satchels, backpacks, bags, purses or any other storage items is prohibited. Candidates are required to leave these items in the special storage room established by the baccalaureate committee.
Baccalaureate 2024. Exam calendar, June – July session
June 17 – 19, 2024: Assessment of oral communication skills in Romanian – test A
June 19 – 20, 2024: Assessment of oral communication skills in the mother tongue – test B
19 – 21 June 2024: Assessment of digital skills – test D
25 – 27 June 2024: Assessment of language skills in a language of international circulation – sample C
July 1, 2024: Romanian language and literature – exam Ea) – written exam
July 2, 2024: Mandatory profile test – Ec test) – written test
July 4, 2024: Test of choice of profile and specialization – Ed test) – written test
July 5, 2024: Mother language and literature – test Eb) – written test
July 8, 2024: Displaying the results of the written tests until 12.00) and submitting appeals between 12.00 and 18.00
July 9 – 11, 2024: Resolution of appeals
12 July 2024: Display of final results
The written tests of the 2024 Baccalaureate exam begin on June 1, with the Romanian language and literature test.
