Ministère de L’Education Nationale République du Mali
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Centre National des Examens et ***********
Concours de L’Education
EPREUVE D’ANGLAIS
SERIE: TLL
Output profile: Linguist, writer or interpreter.
COMPETENCES:
1. Read different types of texts: read, analyze and interpret different types of texts; give a
motivated opinion about the content of a read text
2. Write different types of texts: produce a text in respecting the writing norms of these
texts
CONTEXT: Religion
Belief in supernatural beings like gods doesn't amount too much if you can't
communicate with them, so religions which teach that gods exist naturally also teach how to
talk to them - usually with some form of prayer or other ritual. Theists believe in at least one
god so it's likely that they would also try to communicate with whatever gods they believe in.
What's most important, though, is that theism doesn't teach or encourage prayer in any form
and it's possible to believe that a god exists without seeking communication.
Religions are never just a collection of isolated and unrelated beliefs. Religions are
entire worldviews based upon those beliefs and around which people organize their lives.
Theists naturally have worldviews as well, but theism itself isn't a worldview and doesn't
promote any one worldview. Theists have different ideas about how to live because they have
different philosophies or religions. Theism is not a philosophy or ideology, but it can be part of
a philosophy, ideology, or religion.
A few believers follow their religion in isolated ways, but religions typically involve
complex social organizations of believers who join each other for worship, rituals, prayer, etc.
Theists belong to a variety of groups and many may belong to religious congregations if they
are religious theists. However, there isn't any one organization which welcomes theists of all
sorts - these organizations are based around the additional beliefs which people have in addition
to their theism.
Some of the characteristics of religion are more important than others, but none is so
important that it alone can cause a system to be a religion. If theism lacked one or two of these
characteristics, then it would be a religion. If it lacked five or six, then it might qualify as
metaphorically religious, in the sense of how people follow baseball religiously.
Instructions: Read the text above carefully, in addition, apply what you learnt in the
classroom about Religion to:
1. Write out a short essay of about 3 to 4 paragraphs on the participation of religious
congregations in our complex social organizations. (12 pts)
2. Suppose you are Ramata DOUMBIA, Rue 230, Porte 917, Bolibana, Bamako, Mali;
write a letter to The President, National Commission for Reconciliation, Bamako to
advise him to invite religious congregations to contribute to peace building in Mali. (6
pts)
NB: include layout and organization of letter, add why religious congregations must be associated to
peace building.
Criteria for performance: (2 pts)
1) Clean exam answer sheet: 0.5
2) Task achievement: 0.5
3) Accuracy: 0.5
4) Spelling: 0.5
