Message to the Thursday group (L3)

November 28th, 2007

Dear students (the Thursday group),

As confirmed today, the first in-class exam will take place next Thursday (December 6th) from 9 to 10 am. There will be questions on the vocabulary, on the idiomatic expressions, on the two reports we have studied (Andrew Keen and Ambrose) and there will be questions on an unknown report you will hear twice or thrice.

I strongly recommend that you train your ear as much as possible and listen to audio reports from the sites I had mentioned at the beginning of the class ie PBS, ABC and BBC World Service.

Do not forget that we have a catch-up class scheduled for tomorrow (November 30th) from 8 to 10 am (room 368).

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(email : mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message to the Tuesday group (L3)

November 28th, 2007

Dear students (the Tuesday group),

It was quite surprising to see so few students last Tuesday while the university was open (until at least 8:30 am / 8:45 am).

We had a class despite the small number of students. I returned the papers and we checked the answers. We also listened to the report titled "Moscow's Homeless" and worked on text completion (fill the gaps). See folder "Listening Comprehension" on this link :

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=7d397569&share=LNK366846fb864f38f55

A new list of idiomatic expressions was also discussed and explained. Finally, I introduced Yunus and gave the vocabulary related to this report.

For next Tuesday, we will start answering the questions on Yunus :

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=7d397569&share=LNK183447397c9e5caee

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(email : mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message to the Thursday group (L3)

November 23rd, 2007

Dear students (the Thursday group),

Only two students were able to come this morning.

As a result, we did not continue our discussion on Ambrose but just practised listening comprehension (listening to reports and aswering questions on these reports). The reports we used this morning are availble from this link (do listen to them and try to answer the questions on the handouts, a brief correction is also given) :

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=7d397569&share=LNK366846fb864f38f55

Next Thursday and Friday (second catch up class), we will finish Ambrose and the first exam is postponed to December 6th.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(email : mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message to the Tuesday group (L3)

November 20th, 2007

Dear students (the Tuesday group),

Only one student was able to come to class this morning. We waited until 8:30 for the rest of the students to come but nobody turned in. As a result, the class was cancelled.

For next Tuesday, do listen to the interview by Yunus and try to answer the questions (and use quotations to justify your answers) on the handout I have posted on this link :

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=7d397569&share=LNK183447397c9e5caee

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor

(email : mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message to the Thursday group (L3)

November 15th, 2007

Dear students (the Thursday group),

Despite the strike and the attempts to prevent students from entering the university which was open, we had a class today. We finished the questions on Andrew Keen ("Internet Kills Culture") and we worked on text completion (fill in the gaps - see folder "Internet Kills Culture", see the link below).

Next Thursday (November 22nd), we will work on Ambrose and the issue of plagiarism.

I strongly recommend that you prepare this new subject on plagiarism and answer all the questions.

Be careful, to answer the first 12 questions, you will need the New York Times article and for the rest of the questions, you will have to listen and/or watch the report from PBS (there is no transcript at all !).

Everything (handouts, reports, article, etc.) is available from this link :

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=7d397569&share=LNK3

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(email : mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message to the Tuesday group (L3)

November 13th, 2007

Dear students (the Tuesday group),

Here is the link to the next report on Muhammad Yunus we are going to study from next week (Tuesday, November 20th) onwards :

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=7d397569&share=LNK183447397c9e5caee

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(email : mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message to the Thursday group (L3)

November 10th, 2007

Dear students (the Thursday group),

As convened, the catch-up classes will take place as follows :

- Friday, November 23rd from 8 am to 10 am, room 368
- Friday, November 30th from 8 am to 10 am, room 368

Regards,

Mounir Nassor
(email : mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message to the Tuesday group (L3)

November 07th

Dear students (the Tuesday group),

This is just a reminder that this class is under the scheme of "contrôle continu" which means you all have to take the first exam which is scheduled for November 13th.

As a result, there is no "contrôle final" or "session de rattrapage" at all and failing to take this first exam will mean a zero.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)