Bonjour,
Je passe mes oraux d'anglais demain et j'aimerais avoir si quelqu'un pouvait corriger mes synthèses et me donner son avis?
Merci d'avance.

SPACES AND EXCHANGES

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: the notion of spaces and exchanges can be understood as the geographical and symbolic areas that all societies occupy and the interactions between men and different societies.
To illustrate this, we may wonder if a gap year can be a rewarding experience. We will see in a first part the origin of the gap year and in a second part we will see his advantages and his drawbacks.

First, a gap year is a year when you decide to take a break from studying to travel or volunteer. It’s a year off before entering university, gappers can escape the stress of exams and school. It has become more and more popular since the 90s, in the UK and in the USA. We studied a text about the British government, which managed to pay for a trip for graduates who didn’t have enough money to travel overseas. They want to give gappers opportunity to discover another country and cross cultures. The goal of this action is to improve and promote rewarding leadership skills required in the workplace among young professionals.
A gap year presents a lot of advantages. First, travelling 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.
We studied two cases in class: Fiona and Jason. These are two students who wanted to go to foreign countries to help the inhabitants. Fiona wanted to help children in Kenya by fighting illiteracy. She wanted to do something meaningful and worthwhile. Jason wanted to break out of his rut by joining an agency which teach Indian students mathematics and English.
However, one of the major problems is money, indeed parents may not support the travel and hotel cost. The other disadvantages concern your own feel, you can be homesick about missing your family and your friends for a year.

To conclude, I think a gap year can be a rewarding experience for students. Even if on the one hand a gap year cost a lot of money. The things that you see and the people you meet during your travel can teach you something that you won't learn in lessons, indeed you can comeback a better person and become open minded.