Grand oral du bac 2022: tips and instructions

GREAT ORAL. The grand oral exam for the 2022 baccalaureate began this Monday, June 20, and its tests run until Friday, July 1. Coefficients, duration, questions, professional advice… Linternaute.com enlightens you on the instructions for use of the great oral!

[Mis à jour le 20 juin 2022 à 15h40] The 2022 baccalaureate oral exams started this Monday, June 20 and run until Friday, July 1, on dates varying according to the establishment and the academies. The key test of the new baccalaureate must both allow the jury to assess the students’ knowledge and their ability toexpression oral and reflective. The candidate must in particular explain what he has learned during his school course, argue how the specialty lessons have influenced his future student and professional career… Find out below oral expression pro tips to optimize your grade in the oral examination of the 2022 baccalaureate.

From the coefficients to the course of the event, including its adjustments linked to the Covid, the way it is scored, examples of questions or even special results information… Browse through our special page to learn more about the mode of use of the great oral!

The new Minister of Education Pap Ndiaye wished, on Monday, to encourage the first candidates to take the oral exams this year. In his tweet, we also find the “last advice from the teachers before the test”: “We invite the students to practice a lot : in front of his family, in front of his friends, in front of comrades. You have to film yourself several times too, identify language tics, parasitic gestures…” underlines Pierre Labarbe, professor of physics-chemistry and Great oral trainer. “Let your relatives or friends ask you questions. It will force you to see which points need to be clarified, those on which you are solid, and those on which you feel weaker and which you will therefore have to prepare to be comfortable during the interview. .” continues Solenn Ferrec, professor of history and geography, also Grand Oral Trainer.

“Time 2 of the Grand Oral is a time that is also being prepared”, points out Pierre Labarbe, “for example in listing questions likely to be asked by the jury.” The video then answers the question “What should you think about the day before the event?”. “The day before, remember to prepare your summons, your identity document, a bottle of water for the preparation time and, of course, the list of your two problematized questions.”, summarizes Solenn Ferrec. “Thinking about your outfit, you can’t improvise.” adds Pierre Labarbe. “Have a dress code that allows you to be both comfortable and respectful“.

“What are the good reflexes to have on D-Day” is another question that candidates can ask themselves before the baccalaureate oral test. “A successful oral is an oral that is both well prepared from the point of view of content and well highlighted, with oral skills.” Summarizes Grand Oral Trainer Pierre Labarbe in the Minister’s tweet video education. “The oral begins as soon as you enter the room.” notes the specialist of the event in question Solenn Ferrec. “Remember to say hello to your jury, then watch them throughout your Grand Oral. Your hands are neither crossed nor behind your backbut they support your speech.”

Another good reflex to think about on D-Day of the baccalaureate exam: “It’s also possible to ask the jury to rephrase the question they asked.” suggests Pierre Labarbe. “A last piece of advice?”, we see displayed on the video of the ministry. breathing exercisesfor example cardiac coherence, which you can exercise during the preparation time to be able to lower your heart rate and better manage your stress in front of the jury.” suggests Solenn Ferrec. “When you enter the room, the dice are thrown .”, launches Pierre Labarbe, on the screen. Regardless of your level of preparation, you have to believe in yourself, be convinced, motivated. You have a jury before you. A Grand oral to give is a bit like a performance, a show. Put yourself in the shoes of a rock star! Must be convincing, motivated, committed to the end.

On the specialty site Studyrama, our partner during the written exams for the baccalaureate and the patent, Charlie Clark, expert in oral strategy and founder of the oral strategy consulting service Whistcom also gives advice on how to earn points in the grand oral examination for the baccalaureate. Some of the tips he shares include:

• Give importance to non-verbal language. “During oral performance, we forget that the body speaks louder than words. The Grand Oral jury trusts what it sees rather than what it hears,” says the expression specialist oral. Beware, therefore, for example, of mini-gestures expressing uncertainty.
• Invite silence into your speech. Moments of pause allow you “to catch your breath and think about what you are saying in advance”, points out Charlie Clark. “Furthermore, being silent gives the jury time to listen to you and follow you in your argument. If you chain word after word over and over again, it will be difficult to understand you.”
• Interact with the jury. The risk here would be to focus so much on oneself that one almost forgets the existence of the jury! “If you want to interest the jury, you have to try to put yourself in their shoes by asking yourself the following question, for example: ‘What does he want to hear?’ suggests the expert. Oral performance is, in his view, more like dialogue than monologue. The key is therefore to interact with the other and to involve them in your talk.

This very recent test is the one that best values ​​the oral skills and expression of baccalaureate candidates, with a coefficient 10 for the general stream, which is the most important after the specialty tests, all marked with a coefficient of 16. The grand oral is therefore an opportunity to accumulate a lot of points to obtain the diploma or obtain a mention. In technological courses, the opportunity to score points is all the greater when the coefficient of the test increases to 14.

For the grand oral of the 2022 baccalaureate, the candidates are invited individually for forty minutes. First, the candidate submits to the jury, on a sheet signed by the specialty teachers, the statement of two questions. The choice of question is up to the jury.

• Once his question in hand, the candidate hasa preparation time of twenty minutes to develop their response. During this period, he can, if he wishes, produce a support (map, graph, diagram) to support his statement, which he gives to the jury on a sheet provided on the day of the examination.
• These 20 minutes elapsed, make way for the presentation. 5 minutes longit allows the candidate to explain the motivations that led him to choose this question, then to present the answer he has developed.
• Once this short presentation is complete, a 10 minute discussion time is planned between the candidate and the jury. It is not a question of a simple interrogation of knowledge; conversely, it is an opportunity to clarify and deepen his thoughts: this exchange can allow the candidate to clarify what he has briefly presented. Indeed, whether you have the impression of having succeeded in your presentation or not, this exchange is an opportunity to provide additional information, and to show your ability to listen, dialogue, explain and argue.
• Finally, the test ends with 5 minutes dedicated to the candidate orientation projectwith description of his orientation project and discussion with the jury on this project.

The grade for the grand oral is based both on the knowledge provided during the presentation and on the general expression of the candidate. Marked out of 20 points, it represents 10% of the final baccalaureate mark for the general route and 14% for the technological route. The jury will examine above all the candidate’s knowledge, but also his ability to argue and connect knowledge, his critical spirit, the precision of his expression, the clarity of his words, his commitment in his word, his strength of conviction. The points can be submitted to the appreciation of each teacher according to different and more or less demanding criteria.

If this framework may appear to be fluctuating, the Ministry of Education and several rectors of academies nevertheless wanted to recall that the principle of benevolence prevailed for this still new test (since it is only its second edition). The ministry added details: “this oral allows the candidate to show his ability to speak in public in a clear and convincing way, to put the knowledge he has acquired, particularly in his specialty teaching, at the service of an argument, and to show how this knowledge has nourished his plan to continue his studies, or even his professional project”.

The 1st time of the event, that of the presentation, is not subject to development this year. But the 2nd time allows you to benefit from it! After the candidate’s presentation, there is indeed a ten-minute discussion between the jury and the high school student. The discussion revolves around the questions prepared by the student and the members of the jury are free to ask for clarification. This step must show the candidate’s ability to elaborate on the points of his argument, to hold a clear speech and to demonstrate his critical sense. Like last year, it was decided that the candidate could “use a support, such as a table, to illustrate or explain his remarks” during the time of exchange, as specified on the website of the Ministry of Education. .

According to website dedicated to Thotis studentshere are examples of questions formulated according to the specialties during the grand oral test:

In Ses (Economic and Social Sciences):

• “Are ecology and economy compatible?”
• “How can we reduce the public deficit?”

In geopolitics

• “Should humanitarian aid supersede the sovereignty of a country?”
• “Is humanitarian aid support for the regimes in place? – the example of Afghanistan”
• “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an impossible peace?”

In mathematics

• “How to explain that, in a group of 23 people, there is more than one chance in two that at least two of them were born on the same day?”
• “Why are pollsters wrong all the time?”

In SVT

• “Can we grow potatoes on Mars?”
• “Is it true that if we painted all the roofs and roads white, we would lower the temperature of the Earth?”

In Arts

• “What ethical questions can the art recovered from the colonies raise?”
• “Should works of art or objects in museums be returned to their countries of origin?”

A priori, the results of the grand oral test will be available on July 5, 2022, at the same time as the results of the other tests (French, philosophy and specialty tests). The coefficient according to the sector and the date of passing the oral early does not influence the publication of the results. The grade for the grand oral will also be available on the detail of the candidate’s transcript. The transcript of marks must be issued to the candidate by the school in which he is registered.