TOPICS


 * TOPICS**

The CAPES oral also requires specialised knowledge in specific areas:


 * 1) you need to know the language of literacy criticism, in order to discuss the documents in the synthesis
 * 2) you should be abreast of current affairs in the English-speaking world (or Anglosphere), since the compréhension-restitution document is generally very recent
 * 3) you have to be able to discuss images (photos, posters, paintings, etc.), since the synthesis includes an 'iconographic' document

You should plan to give at least one __**presentation**__ in class by December. Prepare a talk of no more than 5 minutes on one of the following topics:

a) choose a topic from one of this year's set works and give a short presentation (author bio, themes, language, characters) b) choose the literary text from a past CAPES ELE dossier to present
 * Lit Crit**

a) choose an English-speaking country and present a political sketch (leader, political parties, recent history, issues and debates) b) choose a major news story and examine its treatment in two or three English-speaking countries (e.g., global warming, financial crisis)
 * Anglo news**

a) choose the iconographic document from a part CAPES ELE dossier to present b) give a presentation on an artist or particular work of art, using visual examples
 * Talking pictures**

Here are some starting points for __**research**__; you should find more as you work.

Talking about literature/culture ** [|John Tusa] BBC interviews with artists, writers, directors; transcripts.
 * English literature

[|Reith Lectures] Annual UK lecture series featuring leading writers, philosophers, scientists; transcripts.

[|Writers' Almanac] US public radio insitution Garrison Keillor talks about writers and artists and reads poety; transcripts.

[|Harper Audio] Readings from the work of famous authors, sometimes by those authors (no transcripts)

After Wikipedia you can try BBC News [|country profiles]: statistics and contemporary issues by country, and listen to the radio online.
 * current affairs in the Anglosphere

[|Australian national radio][|current affairs] (transcripts, mp3)
 * Australia**

[|Canadian national radio]
 * Canada**

[|Irish national radio]
 * Ireland**

[|New Zealand national radio] [|BBC], including [|BBC News]
 * New Zealand**
 * UK**

[|National Public Radio] [|KTEC Life and Times] (transcripts, mp3) [|Nashville Public Radio] (transcripts, mp3)
 * US**


 * the language of images