Sujets zero épreuve orale BTS SIO
vocabulaire du secteur tertiaire
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Wednesday, May 4th
picoCTF, a free computer security education program
=> picoGym is a noncompetitive practice space where you can explore and solve challenges from previously released picoCTF competitions
Tuesday , May 3rd
Sujets zero épreuve orale BTS SIO
Wednesday, April 13th

Use this form to comment upon the picture above (the form is based on this worksheet).
Wednesday, March 30th
Wednesday, March 23rd
Sujet d’écrit, BTS tertiaires 2019 et corrigé
Joke of the day

Tuesday, March 22nd
videos about some recurring themes at the exam
Choosing an OS for your computer
Work placement oral presentations
Wednesday, March 9th
Work placement oral presentations
Tuesday, March 8th
Start with the test here.
Work placement oral presentations
Wednesday, March 2nd
=> see March 1st and if you are ready, take a look at what is below)
The Second Renaissance Part I & II, (no subtitles in this version but the transcript is here) from the Animatrix, a prequel to the Matrix trilogy, take also a look at The Three Laws of Robotics which are very relevant to this subject.
It is also a good opportunity to ponder this quotation by Stanley Kubrik the director of 2001: A Space Odyssey, a famous science fiction film from 1968 based on the writings of Arthur C. Clarke.
One of the fascinating questions that arises in envisioning computers more intelligent than men is at what
point machine intelligence deserves the same consideration as biological intelligence. Once a computer
learns by experience as well as by its original programming, and once it has access to much more
information than any number of human geniuses might possess, the first thing that happens is that you
don’t really understand it anymore, and you don’t know what it’s doing or thinking about. You could be
tempted to ask yourself in what way is machine intelligence any less sacrosanct than biological
intelligence, and it might be difficult to arrive at an answer flattering to biological intelligence.
in Stanley Kubrick Directs, 1971.
Tuesday, March 1st
For next week prepare a detailed account of your work placement to be able to explain to me what you did and where, with the main focus on your project. Be ready to talk for about five minutes and to answer a couple of questions.
Wednesday, December 15th
Le dossier et les instructions concernent un oral de 20 minutes, nous allons le transformer en un écrit de 55 minutes.
1) Présentation en anglais de l’analyse du dossier
(120 words +/- 10% – in English)
2) Rédaction d’un email au manager donnant des conseils à propos du sujet décrit dans la mise en situation.
(120 words +/- 10% – in English)
dossier : http://langues.ac-dijon.fr/IMG/pdf/sujet_zero_no3.pdf
video du dossier : http://langues.ac-dijon.fr/IMG/mp4/sujet_zero_no3.mp4
Tuesday, December 14th
Make a detailed list of specifications (specs) for each of these 7 gadgets and send it to me.
Wednesday, December 8th
- a kind of follow-up about “green IT”
2. Browse WIRED.com until you find a long article that catches your attention and read it!
Tuesday, December 7th
sujet ORAL zero n°2 (PDF – 426 ko) take a look at part 2 and prepare some notes
you may find this page helpful: https://www.pugetsound.edu/technology-services/green-computing
Wednesday, December 1st
- sujet ORAL zero n°2 (PDF – 426 ko)
- vidéo sujet ORAL zero n°2 (MPEG4 – 22.9 Mo)
Send me part 1 in a written format
ressources : fiche d’aide à la présentation de documents
Tuesday, November 23rd and Wednesday, 24th
Compilez une liste d’expressions et d’éléments à utiliser lors de l’examen à partir de ces conseils pour newbies :
- ADVICE
- 10 Things to Look for When Buying a Laptop
- The top 10 things to consider when buying a new laptop
- How to Pick an Operating System
- Which Operating System Should You Choose for Your Next PC
- Top Ten Safe Computing Tips
- 50+ Internet Security Tips & Tricks from Top Experts
- Ways to Access Your Files From Anywhere
- Getting started with your first computer: all the vocabulary you need to talk to a newbie!
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- www.gcflearnfree.org/windowsbasics/troubleshooting-basic-problems/1/
- www.computerhope.com/basic.htm
- www.pcworld.com/article/2047667/how-to-solve-the-10-most-common-tech-support-problems-yourself.html
- www.wikihow.com/Troubleshoot-a-Computer
- EXPRESSING ADVICE IN ENGLISH
- Top 10 Ways To Give Advice In English
- Making Suggestions and Giving Advice in English
Tuesday, November 16th
26 Computers and Internet Magazines (October 2021) choose one to download and read
+ oral presentations
Tuesday, November 9th
26 Computers and Internet Magazines (October 2021) choose one to download and read
Wednesday, October 20th
l’examen oral
- cadrage des sujets (PDF – 394.6 ko)
- grille d’évaluation (PDF – 661.4 ko)
- sujet zero n°1 (PDF – 424.6 ko)
- vidéo sujet zero n°1 (MPEG4 – 25.8 Mo)
Tuesday, October 19th, Wednesday, 13th and Tuesday, 12th
Choose a subject for an oral personal presentation (after the autumn holidays) :
- something you like
- something you know about
- something related to new technologies (doesn’t ned to be specifically about computers and computing)
- something which can be talked about in English
- => search the web IN ENGLISH for information and vocabulary,
- => Google is mainly going to give you results in French, try another search engine called Duckduckgo which can be easily switched to another language and location => https://duckduckgo.com/settings
- => compile a long list of elements (nouns, adjectives, VERBS, phrases, sentences etc. Store this list ONLINE.
- => prepare your presentation using the collected material
- => you may add some pictures or a very short video clip (but no slides) to help your audience focus and understand
- => you need about 300 words to talk for a few minutes.
Wednesday, October 6th
Check the script of the drone video if you haven’t done so yet.
Take some notes while doing the following exercises, don’t write EVERYTHING but write SOMETHING! If you find an exercise too easy, just jump to the next one, if you are bored, tell me 🙂
Tuesday, October 5th
Let’s fly!
Watch the video below and in another window do the “fill in the blanks” exercise
At the end of the class I will give you the password to this link to the video with subtitles (dronesarefun)
Wednesday, September 29th

Describe the picture above by filling in this form.
Tuesday, September 28th
- Watch the following video (watch the video once WITHOUT the subtitles (CC = closed captioning), then a second time WITH the subtitles. If the video is still difficult to understand, you may download the CC using https://www.nitrxgen.net/youtube_cc/ and then copy and paste the text to Deepl.com.
2. read the article from which the video was extracted and take notes about IoT.
Wednesday, September 22nd
you need to work with 2 windows side-by-side (one for the sound, the other for the exercise, or you may listen to the sound file on your smartphone)
The Bear and The Dragon by Tom Clancy – American accent + extract from a spy novel – you may download the mp3 file or listen to it directly below.
and/or
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling – British accent – extract from the first chapter of the first volume – you may download the mp3 file or listen to it directly below.
Tuesday, September 21st
Wednesday, September 15th
about MKBHD
Tuesday, September 14th
Use these handouts as reference : Simple Tense Chart / Complete Tense Chart
- https://www.englishclub.com/esl-quizzes/grammar-3-for-since.htm
- http://englishmaven.org/HP6/Present%20Tense%20Final%20Exam.htm
- http://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/tenses/at050-my-piano-lessons.htm
- http://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/tenses/all-tenses-19.htm
- http://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/tenses/all-tenses18.htm
- http://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/tenses/all-tenses17.htm
- http://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/tenses/all_tenses3.htm
- http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs29practicetest.htm
- http://examtimequiz.com/english-aptitude-test-on-tenses/
Wednesday, September 8th
An overview of the English Tense System
Getting ready :
=> useful vocabulary and ideas to play your role during the exam => prepare a list of phrases to remember for the exam
- 10 Things to Look for When Buying a Laptop
- The top 10 things to consider when buying a new laptop
- How to Pick an Operating System
- Which Operating System Should You Choose for Your Next PC
- Top Ten Safe Computing Tips
- 50+ Internet Security Tips & Tricks from Top Experts
- Ways to Access Your Files From Anywhere
Tuesday, September 7th
- General introduction and a short history of the English Language
- Référentiel BTS SIO complet à télécharger
- l’examen oral
- la fiche de notation à l’examen oral
- un sujet type