Bonjour, je passe mon oral type bac en anglais et je compte utiliser ce que j'ai préparé pour le vrai examen. Du coup j'aimerais avoir une correction et un avis s'il vous plait.

I'm going to talk about the notion of spaces and exchanges.To begin with, I would like to give a definition of this concept/idea : the notion of spaces and exchanges can be understood/considerered as the geographical and symbolic areas that all societies occupy or as the interactions between men in different societies. To illustrate this, we can ask the question: to what extent does taking a sabbatical year be rewarding ?

First of all a gap year is a year off where you go in a froreign country for study or to make some voluntarism. This phenomenon is increasingly popular in the world. Including in the United States among students. In fact, after the gap year of celibrity, such as Prince William and recently Malia Obama, many students wanted and want to do the same. Taking a gap year has become a trend.

But this trend has many disadvantages The Irish Independent's article shows it. The point of view of the narrator is neutral, he informs us that the year of the discrepancies is simply "A doss year " paid by the Bank of Mom and dad. He explains that several students spend their time at "lolling about on beaches ", it gives an impression of laziness. The article mentions that taking a sabbatical year could be a danger with the fact that some students will not continue their studies.
In addition, a video from BBC News attests that it is possible to face major dangers such as road traffic accidents, the possibility of falling into drugs and sexual harassment of young people. And I can add that when you leave your family, your friends and your home, you can get homesick. Not to mention, that you may have difficulty adapting to the local population of the country. Sometimes the standard of living is quite high and expensive or in some countries you can catch harmful diseases.

But gap year present also a lot of advantages. First of all, travellling around the world, while you travel you can meet people and discover new culture. It's a rewarding experience for students because they can do volunteer work and help poor people, moreover students can learn a foreign language. More over thanks a gap year you can be more mature, it's give you a sense of independence, to see something of the real world , you can take a job experience and prepapare you financially before enterring at school. Also it's allows you to make décision about what you want to do for a living, like Jennifer who decide to switch her law studies for medicine's ones. And the most going on a gap year enables you to be looked positively by the employers, it shows you're adaptable for an employement if you have to go in other country.

I think taking a gap year is a good thing to the extent that it is prepared and considered. With help such as the gogapyear.com site, it is easy to get information about the country of destinations. As for the high price, programs like Erasmus exist and can reduce spending. And sincerely I think that homesickness is not a good excuse with the spread of social networks.