FRENCH PATENT SUBJECT 2022. At the end of the month, the Third will work on their subject of the French patent, the first test of the DNB’s writings. We reveal to you the fallen subjects in North America; of group 1 from abroad and past years.
[Mis à jour le 22 juin 2022 à 17h22] Consulting the topics and exercises that fell during the last sessions of the patent (including those of this year in French centers abroad) allows you to prepare as well as possible for this next test. Linternaute invites you to discover the subjects of the 2022 patent in North America or in the foreign centers of group 1, but also the annals of the 2021 subjects…
The date for passing the French patent tests in France is approaching The French patent 2022 test takes place on Thursday, June 30 in the morning. Each year, the French test opens the ball for the French patent, for three hours. Grammar, language skills, dictation… The program is provided. Are there too many novels and literary analyzes? Do not panic. You just have to read this paper (and revise on your side !) to get some review keys. Also consult this special page for the date and times, the coefficient and the course of the event in mainland France.
The written tests for the national patent diploma common to all candidates will take place on Thursday June 30 and Friday July 1, 2022 for the normal session and Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 September 2022 for the replacement session (Paris time). In mainland France, the French test will take place on the morning of Thursday, June 30, from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.. It corresponds to the first of the tests, but also to the longest: lasting three hours, it can earn you many points.
Third-grade students in the general series who reside in North America took their tests on June 1 and 2, 2022. For the first part of the French test, they had an imposed subject. For the second part, the subject of imagination, they had two subjects to choose from.
♦ Part 1: French dictation and text comprehension exercise
It was a dictation from the extract from “Prince travesti”, act I, scene V, by Marivaux, published in 1724. They also had to work on the extract from act I, scene XI and XII of the same text, with an image of the act, taken from a staging by Daniel Mesguisch (2016). From this work, the college students made a dictation, which could earn up to 10 points. Then followed a series of comprehension and interpretation skills questions on 32 points, while the last exercise, that of grammar and linguistic skills, was evaluated on 18 points.
♦ Part 2: the writing exercise
Evaluated on 40 points, it was a question of being imaginative while being based on the same corpus as that of the first part. This editorial part could take the form of a subject of imagination or a subject of reflection.
- Subject of imagination (choice 1) : At the end of scene XII, Harlequin enters the scene. Questioned by Frédéric, he tells him about the life of his master Lélio. Write the dialogue between the two characters, focusing on showing who Lélio really is. You will respect the codes of the theatrical genre.
- Subject of reflection (choice 2) : To be appreciated by others, do you think it is important to keep a part of mystery like the character of Lélio? You will answer this question with a reasoned development based on the works studied in class, your reading and your personal culture.
For 3rd graders residing in the countries of group 1 and therefore having passed the 2022 patent tests in centers abroad, these took place on June 14 and 15.
♦ Part 1: French dictation and text comprehension exercise
It was a dictation (on 10 points) of an extract from “Terre des hommes” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a collection of autobiographical essays published in 1939. The part “Grammar and linguistic skills, comprehension and interpretation skills” (marked out of 50 points) related to “Night Flight”, by Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1931), as well as the oil on canvas “The Fall of Icarus”, by Jacob Peter Gowy (1636-1637).
♦ Part 2: the writing exercise
For this subject, scored out of 40 points, it was necessary to choose between a subject of imagination and a subject of reflection.
- Subject of imagination (choice 1) : “The storm, below him, formed another world three thousand meters thick, traversed by gusts, waterspouts, lightning […]” Fabien and his radio operator eventually find themselves caught inside the storm. You will tell this experience from Fabien’s point of view. You will take care to take into account his sensitive and poetic way of perceiving it. You will insist on the emotions felt.
- Subject of reflection (choice 2) : Do technological advances still allow humans to escape?
You will answer this question in a reasoned and organized development based on your experience, your reading, your personal culture and the knowledge acquired in all disciplines.
Last year, the French patent test took place from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., then from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. In connection with the subject of the 2022 French patent, last year’s full DNB French subject (general series) can be accessed for free below following its formalization to the general public by the Ministry of Education, thanks to our partnership with Studyrama:
At the patent, the value of each test is not calculated on the basis of a coefficient, but with a counting of points. As a reminder, you can obtain a maximum of 800 points during the patent. You need a minimum of 400 points out of 800 to pass. Then, when you collect more points, you can get mentions: you need at least 480 for the mention fairly well, at least 560 for the mention well, and 640 for the mention very well. The French test can pay up to 100 dots, it is therefore very important.
On June 30, students in mainland France will have three hours to prove themselves in the written French test. It will consist of a part of “grammar and language skills – comprehension and interpretation skills and dictation”, from 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. It will be a question here of carrying out the explanation of an extract of literary text and exercises of grammar and rewriting. After a short break will follow a second part dedicated to writing, from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Here is the French DNB dictation of the previous edition of the DNB (general series) sent by our partners from Figaro Student. This is worth 10 points and the students had 10 minutes to complete it. It was made clear to them that the narrator was a man. The text is extract from “Memoirs from beyond the grave” by François-René Chateaubriand (1848-1850).
After each exam, our partner Studyrama offers an answer key to outline the answers to be provided and the references to be included in its copy. Find below last year’s DNB French answer key (general series), produced by teachers :
The French test is one of the four written tests of the college diploma, along with that of history-geography, mathematics and science. As usual, the letters test consisted of three parts: the first, assessed on 40 points, is based on a literary text sometimes accompanied by an image and consists of answering a series of questions on grammar, comprehension of language and interpretation. The order of the questions is not insignificant, the first are rather short and address specific grammatical points while the following call for more developed and written answers based on quotations from the extract of the text provided to be studied. Finally, the candidate must also complete a short rewriting exercise.
The next twenty minutes are dedicated to dictation, scored out of 10 points, of approximately 600 characters for students in the general series and 400 characters for the professional series. After a short break of fifteen minutes, the students find their copy for the last part of the test: writing on a subject of invention or reflection of their choice, and on which the last 50 points are played.
The 2022 patent results fall the first week of July. If the dates of publication of the results vary according to the academies, one thing is certain: you will know your results for the French test as well as for all the other tests of the patent 2022 at the latest on July 8, 2022. And after the results, it’s time to celebrate the students who obtained the best marks! A republican patent graduation ceremony is organized at each start of the school year for the winners in their college. The academies, in connection with the educational establishments and the elected representatives of the territory – mayors, departmental councillors, etc. – organize each year, an official presentation of the diplomas obtained the previous year. According to the official website of National Education, this ceremony “brings together the educational community and elected officials around the students who complete their common school career”. Its usefulness is to “state the essential role of the school in the Republic and to congratulate the pupils who have obtained their first diploma”. National Education specifies that this makes it possible to erect “models of success”.