Women and Power — English Bac STM

ضمن برنامج بكالوريا STM

English carries a coefficient of 2 in the Bac Sciences et Technologies Mécaniques (STM) stream. The core subjects are Mathematics and Engineering Sciences (coefficient 7 each), then Physics-Chemistry (coefficient 5). English and Philosophy (coefficient 2) form the margin where candidate rankings and honours are settled. Mastering the structure of a piece of writing matters more here than memorising it.

في الامتحان

Three parts: Reading Comprehension, Language, and Writing (about 180 words). Reading technical drawings and function diagrams builds the same skill an essay needs: breaking an argument into parts and rebuilding it as a coherent plan.

أهداف التعلم

Reuse this vocabulary field in the Bac STM Reading answers and in the argumentative essay (coefficient 2)
Use the vocabulary of gender equality: gender equality, gender gap, discrimination, stereotype
Describe the obstacles women in power face: glass ceiling, gender pay gap, bias
Use the vocabulary of empowerment: empowerment, leadership, role model
Argue in a nuanced way about progress made and inequalities that persist

المفاهيم الأساسية

Gender equality and inequality

gender equality, gender gap (the overall gap between genders), gender pay gap (the pay gap specifically), discrimination, stereotype (gender stereotype). E.g. “The gender pay gap remains a major issue in many industries.”

The glass ceiling and bias

glass ceiling (an invisible barrier holding women back from the top positions), bias (an unconscious prejudice) — key phrases for describing structural obstacles.

Empowerment and leadership

empowerment, leadership, role model — positive vocabulary used to describe progress and inspiring figures in positions of power.

الأخطاء الشائعة

Confusing gender gap (the general gap between men and women, across all areas) with gender pay gap (specifically the pay gap): the second is a special case of the first.

Using discrimination with no precise complement: specify gender discrimination to avoid ambiguity with other forms.

Writing an essay that ignores the progress made: a nuanced development mentions both the advances (more women leaders than 50 years ago) and the inequalities that persist.

مثال محلول

نص السؤال

Write a sentence using both glass ceiling and empowerment to describe how the place of women in business is changing.

التصحيح

Set up the contrast between obstacle and progress. Use glass ceiling for the lasting obstacle, empowerment for the progress under way.

Link the two with a contrast connector. although / while fit to contrast a remaining problem with a positive change.

Result. “Although the glass ceiling still prevents many women from reaching top executive positions, growing empowerment programmes are helping more of them break through it.”

افهم الدرس، ثم تدرب.

ينشئ Orka تمارين غير محدودة وامتحانات تجريبية مصححة تغطي برنامج اللغة الإنجليزية في بكالوريا STM، مع تتبع تقدمك درساً بعد درس.

تابع مجاناً مع Orka

3 تمارين للتدرب

التمرين 1

Easy

Find the meaning of “glass ceiling”: (an invisible career barrier / a glass roof / a transparent window)

عرض التصحيح

an invisible career barrier — the phrase names an unseen obstacle that holds women back from the highest positions.

التمرين 2

Medium

Complete: “Despite having the same qualifications, she was paid less than her male colleague — a clear case of the ___.” (gender pay gap / role model / empowerment)

عرض التصحيح

gender pay gap — the context describes exactly a pay gap between a man and a woman with equal qualifications.

التمرين 3

Hard

Explain in one sentence why the word stereotype can partly account for the glass ceiling.

عرض التصحيح

Gender stereotypes (for instance the idea that leadership is a “naturally” male quality) unconsciously influence promotion decisions, helping to create and maintain the glass ceiling that holds women back from top management positions.

تعمق أكثر في هذا الدرس

أكثر من 50 تمريناً تفاعلياً في هذا الدرس

تمارين يولدها الذكاء الاصطناعي ويصححها خطوة بخطوة حسب مستواك.

تسجيل الدخول مطلوب

اختبار ذكي متكيف

أسئلة تتكيف تلقائياً مع إجاباتك الصحيحة وأخطائك.

تسجيل الدخول مطلوب

تصحيح امتحانات سابقة مرتبطة بالدرس

مواضيع من الامتحانات الوطنية والجهوية السابقة.

تسجيل الدخول مطلوب

خطة مراجعة شخصية

ترتب أولوية هذا الدرس حسب تقدمك الحقيقي في الشعبة.

Premium

بطاقات مراجعة الدرس

الصيغ والتعريفات الأساسية لمراجعة سريعة.

Premium

مدرس ذكي بالدارجة

اطرح أسئلتك حول الدرس واحصل على شرح فوري.

Premium

الأسئلة الشائعة

How do I illustrate this theme with Moroccan or international examples?

Naming well-known figures (ministers, scientists, business leaders, Moroccan or international) makes the essay more concrete; you can also mention public policies promoting parity (quotas, parental leave).

Should I only talk about women in politics?

No; the theme of “power” also covers science, business, education and culture — varying the areas in an essay shows a broader reflection than the political example alone.

Does empowerment have a simple synonym?

Words like “self-determination” or “emancipation” come close, but empowerment also stresses the idea of giving someone the concrete means (skills, confidence, resources) to act on their own situation.

English is far from my mechanical specialism — how do I approach it?

Treat it as a system with inputs and outputs: the input is a prompt, the processing is analysis then discussion, the output is a conclusion that settles the question. Learn that flow, apply it to the 31 chapters with two examples each, and one weekly session is enough to raise the mark.

How do I use this theme in the Bac STM essay without sounding generic?

Anchor each key term in one concrete, personal example — a place, a person, a situation you know. A specific illustration in accurate English scores better than a long list of terms with no support, on any of the society prompts in the programme.