PAU Anglès 2006 · Juny · Sèrie 1 · Part 2 · Writing

PART TWO: WRITING Choose one topic. Write about either 1 or 2. Minimum length: 100 words. [0-4 points] 1. You are an Erasmus student at the University of Bergen (Norway). One professor asks you to talk to your class about the Catalan language and culture. Write the text of your presentation. 2. Imagine you are a journalist. Write an interview with a European commissioner for the protection of minority languages. Your objective is to find out what the European Union is doing in order to protect the rights of those linguistic groups.

b) The Rom are writing down their old Gypsy songs and fables. c) All Romani dialects have been unified in one single Romani language. d) Romani has a "special position" in public radio and television. 7. The last paragraph suggests that the opinion that western societies have of the Gipsy culture is often… a) positive. b) pessimistic. c) negative. d) accurate. 8. According to the author, which of the following is helping the Rom to gain access to modern society? a) Assimilation by the western societies and communication in foreign languages. b) The preservation and cultivation of their own ancient language and culture. c) Translating important western literary works into the Romani language. d) Translating important Romani literary works into western languages. PART ORAL A CHAMPION ON TWO WHEELS