Thursday, November 20, 2008

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 "contrĂ´le 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)