Magister contest topics from different universities

Hello all,

I have a favour to ask you mates. If you have the contest questions of last year (2009, Bouzareah), esp. the one of American civilisation post them here please. I gave mine to a friend.
Please post them today, if you can!

Thanks in advance.

Thank youuuuuu very much dear mates for your help . May Allah reward you.

Magister Exam
University of Med kheider Biskra (2002 /2003)
Civilisation and Applied linguistics
I-Civilisation:
Choose only one of the following:
British Civilisation Question:
List and give your comments about the different ways a government is established and controlled in Great Britain.
American Civilisation Question:
J.F.Kennedy,one of the most prominent presidents of America, once said
that the U.S.A was a society of immigrants, each of whom had begun life a
new ,on an equal footing. This is the secret o f America: a nation of
people with the fresh memory of old traditions, who dare explore new
frontiers.
Discuss the president’s saying and give your comments on the
contribution of immigration to success of the U.S.A as a powerful
nation.
II- Applied linguistics:
Account for the general evolution of linguistic theory in the last half
century (structural Linguistics; Transformational Generative
Grammar;Psycholinguistics;Sociolinguistics…etc.) in correlation with the
general trends in foreign ******** teaching.

Good luck
Magister Exam
University of Mantouri Constantine 30 September 2004
Reading and writing convergences
I-Morning Part: Essay Writing.03 hours

Good writing is almost never accidental.
Discuss and bring out the requirements that help you achieve this?


II-Teaching English as a foreign ********: 2 hours
Explain the stages of development and the required activities foreign
******** learners have to go through in order to develop their reading
and writing abilities

Magister Exam
University of Oum El bouaki 2004
T.E.F.L and General linguistics
I-General linguistics:
“What we can do as a part of investigation of ******** is concentrate on
those properties which make human ******** a unique type of
communication system”
* Discuss.

II-T.E.F.L:
As a teacher of a foreign ********, you have to select a specific methodology to dp the learner’s abilities in the ********.
* Discuss the method and the tests you would use ?

Magister Exam
University of Med kheider Biskra (2005)
American Civilisation and Didactics
I-Didactics:
Discuss the following Quotation:
“The need for an eclectic approach to second ******** learning combines
the best features of different approaches. However, the translation of
such general conclusions into actual classroom practice is a complicated
affair.”
Elizabeth Ingram (1976) P.289.

II-American Civilisation:
“It is a catastrophe when evil triumphs, but it is an ever greater
catastrophe if it compels the just to resort injustice in order to
combat it. Unless the world returns to moral conscience ;to the value
of the spirit and its primacy over force, power is only a source of
destination.”
Discuss this quotation with special reference to the U.S.recent foreign policy.

Ecole Doctorale d’Anglais université de Annaba(2007)
I-General /Theoretical linguistics:
Some schools of linguistics share similarities while some others have totally different views about ********. * Discuss.
II-Sociolinguistics:
Choose one of the following topics:
1- What kind of problems can be involved in the definition of speech community?

2- What is the basic nature of ******** and how will this affect teaching?
Literature
Literary theory:
Discuss the following statement:
“One of the great problems in the theory of fiction from Aristotle to
Auer Bach has been the relationship between fictional art and life: the
problem of mimesis*
Support your arguments with precise examples showing evidence of a wide reading

*Mimesis: The representation of nature (or life )in artistic creation
Magister in Linguistics /Didactics
University of Algiers Bouzareah (2007)

I-General linguistics:
Discuss fully the statement made by Chomsky (1972 ):
“Personally, I am primarily intrigued by the possibility of learning something .
From the study of ******** ; that will bring to light inherent properties of the human mind”.

Magister Entrance Examination
University of Bedjaia
Literature: (03 hours)
Discuss any one of the following statements with reference to two works (at least) focusing on both form and *******.
1-British literature:
The Modernists were obsessed with the idea that the culture they were born in had come to a dead end.
2-American literature:
The re-assessment of the American Dream (in its economic, social an
cultural dimensions) is a constant feature of twentieth-century American
literature.
3-African literature:
Post-colonial African literature subverts both African Establishment and European literature.

Would someone please help me in dissolving the answer of this question?
1- the impact of ethnicity on American foreign policy. Discuss with reference
to specific ethnic groups and events.
Thank you in advance