Grades : Tuesday and Thursday Groups

Dear students,

I have brought all your papers abroad and while holidaying and resting, I'm trying to grade your papers as well. I will return your papers upon my arrival and at the latest on Monday morniıng at the library in the English department (from 9 am to 11:30 am).

Maybe we can meet in a cafe before Monday at Place de La Sorbonne (ie on Saturday afternoon for example).

I'll let you know.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor

IDIOMS /20
VOCAB /20
AUDIO REPORTS /20
UNKNOWN REPORT /10
PHRASAL VERBS /10
TOTAL 1 /80
FINAL GRADE /20

TUESDAY GROUP

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0,5

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10,0
19,5
17,0
3,0
4,0
53,5
13,5

CHBD Fnn
14,5
20,0
8,0
4,5
7,0
54,0
13,5

CRL Stpn
16,0
20,0
17,0
8,5
10,0
71,5
18,0

DLPR Mtld
15,5
14,0
11,0
1,0
0,0
41,5
10,5

DLLRS Sr
15,0
17,5
4,5
5,0
5,0
47,0
12,0

L CB LM Bt
15,0
2,5
1,5
4,5
0,0
23,5
6,0

L GLL Arl
16,5
16,0
5,5
3,5
5,5
47,0
12,0

DBZ Cdr
10,0
14,0
4,0
3,0
0,0
31,0
8,0

PPNTR Frs
12,5
16,0
3,0
2,5
2,5
36,5
9,0

PTT Ml
19,0
20,0
13,5
7,0
7,0
66,5
16,5

RGR Md
13,0
18,5
3,5
2,0
5,0
42,0
10,5

VRML Flrn
15,5
18,0
8,5
3,0
0,0
45,0
11,5

IDIOMS /20
VOCAB /20
AUDIO REPORTS /20
UNKNOWN REPORT /10
PHRASAL VERBS /10
TOTAL 1 /80
FINAL GRADE /20

AVERAGE GRADES /20
13,27
15,08
7,46
3,69
3,54
43,04
10,88

THURSDAY GROUP

IDIOMS /20
VOCAB /20
AUDIO REPORTS /20
UNKNOWN REPORT /10
PHRASAL VERBS /10
TOTAL 1 /80
FINAL GRADE /20

BSS Mxm
6
3,5
2,5
1
0
13,0
3,5

VNGLST Nbt
16
6
8
2,5
3
35,5
9

GVN Jn Bpt
13
14,5
13
1
5
46,5
12

GNT Lvr
14
18
11,5
4
1
48,5
12,5

GLLR Jsc
3
1,5
0
0
0,5
5,0
1,5

LMRT Mcl
11
6,5
7
4,5
0
29,0
7,5

PNCN Ls
14
10
12
4,5
5
45,5
11,5

SRX Nn
16
6
5
3
2
32,0
8

SVL Fn
18
14
1,5
2
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35,5
9

TFR Mrt
16
10
2
1
0
29,0
7,5

IDIOMS /20
VOCAB /20
AUDIO REPORTS /20
UNKNOWN REPORT /10
PHRASAL VERBS /10
TOTAL 1 /80

FINAL GRADE /20

AVERAGE GRADES /20
12,7
9
6,25
2,35
1,65
31,95
8,2

Message for all groups

Revision program for the second in-class exam (January 06 and 08):

• All the reports (except the report you had for the previous exam (ie the uknown report))
• Idioms (horse, leg, arm, foot, head, eye)
• Phrasal Verbs (all the pages)
• Vocabulary (all the reports except the report you had for the previous exam (ie the uknown report))
• There will be an unknown report with specific questions (listening comprehension)

The exam will be from 8:30 am to 9:30 maximum am but the class will begin at 8 am as usual!

I will try to return your papers before this exam and I will let you know where and when you can come and check your papers.

I will be outside France until January 01 and I may not be able to answer your emails before that date.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor (mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message for all groups

UPDATE / DEC 08:

We have tested the equipment this morning (Monday, Dec 08) and since everyrthing is working now, I can confirm that the screening of the movie will take place at 7 pm (till 8:30 pm) tomorrow (Dec 09) in amphi Milne Edwards.

Since I will be coming from another institution in the south of Paris, I might be slightly late (10 to 15 minutes maximum). Do wait for me.

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Reminders for the revision program:

• All the reports except BBC Ouch
• Idioms (horse, leg, arm, foot, head)
• Phrasal Verbs (only pages 4/13/21)
• Vocabulary (everything except BBC Ouch)
• There might be an unknown report with specific questions (listening comprehension)

The exam will be from 8:30 am to 9:30 maximum am but the class will begin at 8 am as usual!

As said earlier: we will watch a movie (my M1 students) in English with English subtitles next Tuesday evening (Dec 09 - 7 pm- 8:30 pm), "normally" in amphi Milne-Edwards (I will confirm this on Monday or Tuesday). Youare most welcome to come as well.

You will have to write an essay on this movie (optional assignment) to help you "boost" your semester grades. This optional assignment will have to be returned in January (first class).

We will discuss some of the issues that appear in the movie during the second semester (if you are still around), so this movie will be a good preparation and will help you better understand and "visualize" these issues.

Best regards,
Mounir Nassor (mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message for all groups for Dec 02 & 04

Dear students,

For December 02 and 04 ou have to prepare the report from BBC Ouch.

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=dc18f91e&share=LNK404748ff8c6a6d460

Try from another computer (if you can) or email me if this link does not work so that I can send you the MP3 file.

This report will not be included in the first in-class exam (Dec 09 and 11)

As usual:

• highlight the main ideas
  
• prepare 10 questions and their answers (we will use them for class discussion).
  
• check the vocabulary and start learning it
• revise the idiomatic expressions and the previous vocabulary
  

Do not spend too much time browsing the dictionaries, use good online dictionaries (wordreference or CD Rom Robert et Collins) . Spend more time to learn and know them.

I might collect a sample of this preparation work. If you are absent for unjustified reasons, if this homework is forgotten or not done, you will automatically get a zero. In case you are absent for valid reasons, do not forget to bring the justification/certificate the following week.

Reminder:

The Tuesday group will have their final exam on January 06 and the Thursday group on January 08. It will last 60 minutes (from 8:30 am to 9:30 am) and will be based on everything done during the semester (listening comprehension, audio reports, vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs). There will also be an unknown report and specific questions will be asked on this report (listening comprehension work).

If you miss this exam or if you are late for any reason (even if it is justified), there will be no catch-up exam whatsoever!

There will also be an in-class exam on December 9 (Tuesday group) and December 11 (Thursday group). It will last 50 minutes (from 8:30 am to 9:20 am) and will be based on everything done during the semester (listening comprehension, audio reports, vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs). The report from BBC Ouch is not included!

In order to be fair with the Thursday group, students from the Tuesday group will not be allowed in any case to take the exam on Thursday in case some of them miss the exam on Tuesday for whatever reason (even if it is justified).

Do not wait the until the last week to start learning the vocabulary, the idiomatic expressions, the phrasal verbs.

In order to improve your listening comprehension do regularly listen the audio reports we have studied/discussed so far and use your homework/preparation work. to avoid making the mistakes I mentioned in your papers. Do also listen to any English TV and/or radio channels and/or audio reports from the internet sites indicated earlier (PBS, BBC, ABC, etc.) on a very regulary basis.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message for all groups

Dear students,

Contrary to what some students of the Tuesday group claimed, I have been confirmed today by my supervisor (Mr Mathis, History department) that I am allowed to have an in-class exam in early January just after the Chrismas holidays. This exam will count for 40% of your semester grade and 100% of the grade of those students who have decided to be in "contrôle final".

As a result, the Tuesday group will have their exam on January 06 and the Thursday group on January 08. It will last 60 minutes (from 8:30 am to 9:30 am) and will be based on everything done during the semester (listening comprehension, audio reports, vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs). There will also be an unknown report and specific questions will be asked on this report (listening comprehension work).

If you miss this exam or if you are late for any reason (even if it is justified), there will be no catch-up exam whatsoever!

There will also be an in-class exam on December 9 (Tuesday group) and December 11 (Thursday group). It will last 50 minutes (from 8:30 am to 9:20 am) and will be based on everything done during the semester (listening comprehension, audio reports, vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs).

In order to be fair with everyone, students from the Tuesday group will not be allowed in any case to take the exam on Thursday in case some of them miss the exam on Tuesday for whatever reason (even if it is justified) and vice versa (in case some students from the Thursday group cannot come on Thursday and want to come on Tuesday instead).

Should you need clarifications, you can either email me or ask me next Tuesday or Thursday.

Do not wait the until the last week to start learning the vocabulary, the idiomatic expressions, the phrasal verbs.

In order to improve your listening comprehension do regularly listen the audio reports we have studied/discussed so far and use your homework/preparation work. to avoid making the mistakes I mentioned in your papers. Do also listen to any English TV and/or radio channels and/or audio reports from the internet sites indicated earlier (PBS, BBC, ABC, etc.) on a very regular basis.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message for theThursday group: for November 27

Dear students,

1/ Prepare the last two pages of the phrasal verbs. Do not spend too much time browsing the dictionaries, use online sites related to the phrasal verbs (use Google: "phrasal verbs"). Spend more time to learn and know them.

2/ Here is the link to the new report (BBC Ouch Mikey and Darnell) we will start working next week (Nov 27):

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=dc18f91e&share=LNK404748ff8c6a6d460

In case, this link does not work, try from another computer (if you can) or email me and I will send it to you by email.

As usual:

• highlight the main ideas
  
• prepare 10 questions and their answers (we will use them for class discussion).
  
• check the vocabulary and start learning it
• revise the idiomatic expressions and the previous vocabulary
  

I might collect a sample of this preparation work. If you are absent for unjustified reasons, if this homework is forgotten or not done, you will automatically get a zero. In case you are absent for valid reasons, do not forget to bring the justification/certificate the following week.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

For Nov 18 : message for the Tuesday group

Dear students (the Tuesday group),

Updated Nov 15:

1/ This message posted earlier is cancelled:

[For November 18: there will be a short quiz on the vocabulary (all the reports studied so far) and a class discussion on Sicko and Stonehenge. I might collect a sample of the homework (main ideas + questions and answers on Stonehenge/Sicko) and we will have a class discussion on Sicko and Stonehenge.]

2/ The short vocabulary quizz is postponed to next week (Nov 25); but continue learning the vocabulary! The rest of the homework has to be done ie the preparation work (main ideas + 10 questions and answers) on Stonhenge. I may collect a sample of papers on a random basis.

3/ Prepare the phrasal verbs: do not spend too much time browsing the dictionaries, use online sites related to the phrasal verbs (use Google: "phrasal verbs"). Spend more time to learn and know them.

4/ Do not forget that we will have class from 8 am to 10 pm (we have to catch up the Nov 11 class).

My sorries for this mishap.

Regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message for the Thursday group

Dear students (the Thursday group),

As agreed earlier: we will catch up the sessions that were missed at the beginning of the semester: for the next two sessions, starting from November 20, we will have class from 8 am to 10 am instead of 8 am to 9:30 am.

For November 20: there will be a short quiz on the vocabulary (all the reports studied so far) and a class discussion on Sicko and Stonehenge.

Regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

The 2008 US Elections

Dear students,

Here are a few links to understand a bit better these American elections and the results.

If you come across an interesting/insightful/funny article or video or audio report, email them to me and it will be shared with the rest of students.

BBC

The US Elections 2008

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/indepth/us08.shtml

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/americas/2008/vote_usa_2008/


Election results

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7697829.stm

The Battleground Map

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7456953.stm

If the world could vote

http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/gallup/

Newsweek

Abortion, The Silent Issue

http://www.newsweek.com/id/167211

Pro-Life Catholics For Obama

http://www.newsweek.com/id/163896

The World Hopes For Its Firts President

http://www.newsweek.com/id/166910

Who is Michelle?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/112849

What Michelle Can Teach Us

http://www.newsweek.com/id/166857

PBS

Election Map and Results

http://www.pbs.org/vote2008/?campaign=election_module_news_header#mapspot

Biographies/Debates/Interviews : Obama / McCain

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/choice2008/

Obama:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/choice2008/obama/

Obama's biography (video):

http://www.pbs.org/vote2008/video/2008/11/preview_barack_obama.html

McCain:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/choice2008/mccain/

Message for the Tuesday group

Dear students (the Tuesday group),

As agreed this morning: we will catch up the Nov 11 class:. for the next three sessions, starting from November 18, we will have class from 8 am to 10 am instead of 8 am to 9:30 am.

Regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

For Thursday (Nov 06)

Message for the Thursday group

For Thursday (Nov 06):

1/ Work on the audio report from PBS on Stonehenge: prepare 10 questions and their answers and highlight the main ideas:

http://www.archaeologynews.org/link.asp?ID=162619&Title=Archaeologists%20Find%20Workers%27%20Village%20Near%20Stonehenge

2/ Phrasal Verbs: page 3 and 4

3/ We will have a class discussion on the reports on Sicko and Stonehenge

Reminder: Here is the link to retrieve the handouts previously distributed (sometimes, this link does not work for reasons I have not been able to understand, try from another computer (if you can) or email me and I will send the documents.

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=dc18f91e&share=LNK404748ff8c6a6d460

Scheduled Quizzes

- Nov 13: Idioms (ARM/LEG/HORSE/FOOT/HEAD)
- Nov 20: Vocabulary quizz + phrasal verbs

Regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

New enrolling students from November 10 onwards

Dear students,

As confirmed by the administration (my supervisor) yesterday, I will no more accept new students from November 10 onwards.

Should there still be new students on or after that date, they are required to ask the head of their department a special written request, and explain and justify why they have missed class from September 29.

New students will be given additional work and they will have to catch-up all the work done so far.

Regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Homework for October 28 & 30 (Tuesday and Thursday groups)

Homework for next week (Tuesday, October 28 and Thursday, October 30)

1/ In case you need to watch the videos again on idiomatic expressions from the BBC, here is the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/the_teacher/index.shtml

2/ Prepare the report on Sicko by Moore from PBS

• listen to this audio report several times
• highlight the main ideas
• check the transcript from PBS
• start learning the vocabulary & the idiomatic expressions
  
• prepare several questions and their answers (around 10 questions ): we will use them for class discussions in small groups
• I will collect a sample of homework on a random basis and they will be graded. Those who will not bring it or who will not do it will get a zero . Ditto for those who will be absent for unjustified reasons.
• find the right answer on page 1&2 (the phrasal verbs) and start learning them, here is the link if did no get the handouts:
  

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=dc18f91e&share=LNK404748ff8c6a6d460

3/ Thursday group only:

• everything mentioned above on Sicko & the phrasal verbs (page 1&2)
  
• write a short summary on Einstein (around 150 words +/- 10%). I will collect them. Skip a line when you write it or if it is typed, use double spacing and font 12. There should be no deadly mistakes (capitalization rules, basic grammar mistakes, no contracted forms, no plagiarism).

You can retrieve this audio report and its transcript from this link from PBS, there is a video as well (try to watch it):

Sicko by Moore (PBS)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june07/sicko_06-29.html

In case you cannot listen to/download this audio report, you can email me, I will send it to you by email.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

For October 21 & 23

Homework for next week (Tuesday, October 21 and Thursday, October 23)

Prepare the reports on Darwin & on Einstein

• listen to these audio reports several times
• highlight the main ideas
• check the transcripts from PBS
• start learning the vocabulary & the idiomatic expressions
  
• prepare several questions and their answers (around 10 questions on each report): we will use them for class discussions in small groups
• Tuesday group only: write a short summary on Darwin (around 150 words +/- 10%). I will collect them. Skip a line when you write it or if it is typed, use double spacing. There should be no deadly mistakes (capitalization rules, basic grammar mistakes, no contracted forms, no plagiarism).
  

You can retrieve these audio reports and their transcripts from these links from PBS, there is a video as well (try to watch them):

DARWIN
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june06/darwin_3-01.html

EINSTEIN
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june07/einstein_04-26.html

In case you cannot listen to/download these audio reports, you can email me, I will send you these audio reports by email.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Homework for next week (Tuesday, October 14)

Online dictionaries and useful sites :

- BBC

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/default.stm
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/

- PBS (USA)

• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/

- ABC ( Australia)

• http://www.abc.net.au/

- Lexilogos

• http://www.lexilogos.com/anglais_langue_dictionnaires.htm

  -Wordreference

http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/

Homework for next week (Tuesday, October 14)

Prepare the report on Darwin

• listen to the audio report several times
• highlight the main ideas
• check the transcript from PBS
• learn the vocabulary

You can retrieve the audio report and the transcript from this link from PBS, there is a video as well:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june06/darwin_3-01.html

In case you cannot listen to the audio report, you can email me, I will send you the audio report.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message for the Tuesday and Thursday L3 groups

Dear students,

To have up to 2 points on your last exam, you can entirely rewrite your paper and correct all the mistakes and return it before Tuesday evening (June 3rd) to the office of the History department.

Do not forget to return the original paper so that I can see the difference.

The unknown report (Alzheimer's Disease) can be reached from the following link :

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

As far as extracts are concerned (part 4), here are the indications and references :

1. Blood Diamonds : from 11:40 minutes till the end
2. The Business of Genetic Ancestry : from 3:55 minutes to 6:00 minutes
   
3. Lethal Injection Debate : from 1:30 minutes to 2:40 minutes
   
4. Maathai BBC Interview : from 3:40 minutes to 6:15 minutes
   

Best regards,

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

Message for the Tuesday and Thursday L3 groups

Dear students,

The second and last exam will take place on May 20th and May 22nd (factor 3) from 8:45 to 10 am. From 8 to 8:45, we will finish our discussion on Maathai.

The revision program includes the entire second semester :

• all the audio reports + handout on the death penalty + article by Maathai
  

• all the vocabulary (including that of the handout on the death penalty and the article by Maathai)
  

• all the idiomatic expressions
  

• there will be an unknown report
  

• you will have to write a summary
  

Reminders :

• all your rewritten papers must be returned before next class (May 20th for the Tuesday group and May 22nd for the Thursday group), which is the last deadline !
  

• those of you who are not able to have access to the audio reports can email me and I will send these reports by email to them.
  

Best regards,

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

Message for the Thursday group (L3)

Dear students (the Thursday group),

As agreed today, since there will be no class on May 8th, we will have class on Monday, May 5th, from 8 to 10 am at La Sorbonne - Serpente (28 rue Serpente), room D116 (on the first floor).

I hope you will all come since this catch-up class is only meant for you and for a better preparation for your final exam.

I strongly recommend that you submit summaries for a better preparation for the second and last exam.

I also strongly recommend that you prepare extensively and in advance the reports we are going to study :

• Lethal Injection Debate + Handout on the Death Penalty in America
  

• Maathai The Interview BBC 24 March 2007 + article by Maathai ("Nature, Nurture, Culture")

Otherwise the link remains the same and it should work for most of you :

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

Best regards,

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

Message for the Tuesday and Thursday L3 groups

Dear students (the Tuesday and Thursday groups)

You are all required to rewrite entirely your papers I returned last week. Correct all the mistakes and rewrite those sections and paragraphs of your paper that were wrongly worded and answered.

The better you will rewrite your paper, the higher grade and points you will get.

If you fail to correct the mistakes, you will be downgraded !

You will have to return the original paper so that I can see the mistakes you have corrected.

For technical reasons I could not understand, some of you have not been able to have easy access to the reports. In this case only, you can email me and I will send the reports to you by email.

I strongly recommend that you submit summaries for a better preparation for the second and last exam.

I also strongly recommend that you prepare extensively and in advance the reports we are going to study :

• Lethal Injection Debate + Handout on the Death Penalty in America
  

• Maathai The Interview BBC 24 March 2007 + article by Maathai ("Nature, Nurture, Culture")

Otherwise the link remains the same and it should work for most of you :

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

I strongly recommend that during the holidays you revise the reports we have studied (+ the handouts), the vocabulary lists and the idiomatic expressions.

I also very strongly recommend that you listen to the BBC World Service or PBS or ABC for half an hour minimum EVERY DAY.

There are thousands of programs you can download (sometimes with transcripts) for free and listen on your MP3 player.

• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
  

• http://www.abc.net.au/
  

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/
  

Best regards,

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

Revision program for the first exam (April 1st and April 3rd)

Dear students (the Tuesday and Thursday groups)

Your first exam will take place on April 1st and April 3rd from 9 to 10.

The revision program includes :

• Idiomatic expressions of the second semester : Idioms 1 ("lemon"), Idioms 2 ("the early bird..."), "Money" and "Birds"

• Vocab 1 and 2

• Audio reports : The Business of Genetic Ancestry and Blood Diamonds
  

In the exam, you will also hear an unknown report and you will have to answer a few comprehension questions : I strongly recommend that you listen as much as you can to reports from the BBC, PBS and ABC.

In case you missed some of the classes, do catch up very quickly.

Here is the link to listen to the reports studied so far :

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

Best regards,

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

Message for the Thursday group (L3)

Dear students (the Thursday group)

Your first exam will take place on April 3rd from 9 to 10.

For the next session (March 20) :

1/ Learn the idiomatic expressions

2/ we will continue our discussion on the report titled "Blood Diamonds" :

• highlight the main ideas

• write a short summary (100 words) : I will not grade your summary but will check your mistakes.

• check the vocabulary

3/ Learn the vocabulary (Vocab 1 and Vocab 2) : check from the link below if you do not have any of these handouts.

You are all required to prepare in advance this report.

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

Best regards,

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

Message for theTuesday group (L3)

Dear students (the Tuesday group)

Your first exam will take place on April 1st from 9 to 10.

For the next session (March 18) :

1/ Learn the idiomatic expressions

2/ we will continue our discussion on the report titled "Blood Diamonds" :

• highlight the main ideas

• write a short summary (100 words) : I will not grade your summary but will check your mistakes.

• check the vocabulary

3/ Learn the vocabulary (Vocab 1 and Vocab 2) : check from the link below if you do not have any of these handouts.

You are all required to prepare in advance this report.

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

Best regards,

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

Message for the Thursday group (L3)

Dear students (the Thursday group)

For the next session (March 13) :

1/ Learn the idiomatic expressions

2/ we will finish our discussion on the report titled "The Business of Genetic Ancestry" and we will start working on "Blood Diamonds" :

• highlight the main ideas
• write a short summary (100 words) : I will not grade your summary but will check your mistakes.
  
• check the vocabulary
  

3/ Learn the vocabulary (Vocab 1 and Vocab 2) : check from the link below if you do not have any of these handouts.

You are all required to prepare in advance all these reports.

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

Best regards,

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

Message for theTuesday group (L3)

Dear students (the Tuesday group)

For the next session (March 11) :

1/ Learn the idiomatic expressions and prepare the exercice from the handout given today

2/ we will continue our discussion on the report titled "The Business of Genetic Ancestry" and we will start working on "Blood Diamonds" :

- highlight the main ideas
- write a short summary (100 words) : I will not grade your summary but will check your mistakes.
- check the vocabulary

3/ Learn the vocabulary (Vocab 1 and Vocab 2) : check from the link below if you do not have any of these handouts.

You are all required to prepare in advance all these reports.

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

Best regards,

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

Message for the Thursday group (L3)

Dear students (the Thursday group)

For next week (Feb 28) :

1/ prepare the reports titled "The Business of Genetic Ancestry" AND "Blood Diamonds" :

- highlight the main ideas
- write a short summary (100 words)
- check the vocabulary

2/ Learn the idiomatic expressions

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

Best regards,

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

Message for theTuesday group

Dear students (the Tuesday group)

For next week (Feb 26) :

1/ Learn the idiomatic expressions

2/ prepare the reports titled "The Business of Genetic Ancestry" AND "Blood Diamonds" :

- highlight the main ideas
- write a short summary (100 words)
- check the vocabulary

3/ Finish the fill in the gaps exercice on "Jokela High School"

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

Best regards,

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

Homework for February 19 and 21

Dear students,

For next week (Feb 19 and 21), prepare the report titled "The Business of Genetic Ancestry" :

- highlight the main ideas
- write a short summary (100 words)
- check the vocabulary

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


Best regards,

Mounir Nassor

Your second exam papers

January 14, 2008

Dear students,

I have finished grading your papers but, very unfortunately, I was not allowed to leave your papers at the office of the History department.

As a result, I will return your papers at the beginning of the second semester class.

Those of you who could not make it for the second exam are requested to provide a valid justification (medical certificate, etc.), otherwise they will get a zero. This justification has to be handed over to the History department before next Wednesday (January 23rd). Ask the History department to email me that they have seen your justification and email me whenever you have submitted this justification to the History department.

Very best regards,

Mounir Nassor