Thursday, December 13, 2007

Message for the three students from the Thursday group

This message is ONLY for the three students from the Thursday group who claimed they could not attend the first exam last week because of the strike. As I told you, this take-home assignment will not count like the exam we had last week. Instead of factor 2, it will count factor/coefficient 1. The factor/coefficient applied for the next exam scheduled in January will be 3. This assignment is due for our next session on December 20th. You can email it to me before December 20th if you cannot come to class. It can be word-processed or hand-written.

Instructions :

1/ Listen to this report titled “Tony Blair, Slavery and Reparation” several times and answer all the questions as precisely as possible.

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=dc18f91e&share=LNK366846fb864f38f55

  1. According to the journalist, what has become fashionable among politicians ? (1 point)
  2. Why what Tony Blair is going to do is "not enough" for Kofi Mawulu Klu ? (3 points)
  3. Explain why, according to Professor Greyling, we are all descendants of slaves. (2 points)
  4. Why what Kofi Mawulu Klu wants is a "futile" act for Professor Greyling ? (2 points)
  5. Why what happened between the 17th to the 19th century should be put into perspective (Professor Greyling) ? (2 points)
  6. What according to Professor Greyling should we mostly be concerned about ? (2 points)
  7. Why what Kofi Mawulu Klu wants is a "futile" act for Professor Greyling ? (2 points)
  8. What is the link between current and past events made by Kofi Mawulu Klu ? (3 points)
  9. Explain why the Europeans are not the only responsible for the slave trade ? (3 points)

2/Use appropriate and precise quotations from the interview to justify your answers.

3/Required format :

- word processed paper : Font : Times New Roman / Size : 12 / Margins : 2.5 cm (top, bottom, left, right) / Space between lines : double space / Your name should appear on the upper left part of the first page. Pages must be stapled if handed in personally. If emailed, the required format must be in one of the following formats : .doc / .rtf / .odt (no other format will be accepted).

- hand-written paper : Margins : 2.5 cm (top, bottom, left, right) / Space between lines : double space / Your name should appear on the upper left part of the first page. Pages must be stapled.

4/ If you do not follow all these guidelines : - 2 points !

5/ Also check all the deadly mistakes : - 1 points for each deadly mistake !

  • basic agreement rules (there were students, they are, she was / no plural forms for adjective, etc.)
  • capitalization for nationalities (adjectives and nouns)
  • no contracted forms : "is not" instead of "isn't" / "are not" instead of "aren't"/ "cannot" instead of "can't", etc.

6/ Deadlines : December 19th midnight if emailed or you can hand in it to me personaly on December 20th. No paper will be accepted after the class on December 20th.


RECOMMANDATIONS :

- DO THIS EXERCICE ON YOUR OWN !

- DO NOT CUT AND PASTE FROM ANOTHER CLASSMATE'S WORK !
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DO NOT ASK AN ENGLISH TUTOR TO DO THIS EXERCISE !

7/ Llike the rest of the students, you are also required to prepare, highlight the main ideas and write a summary of the second report titled "Remembering Famine in Ukraine".


Regards,

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