Monday, December 10, 2012

Second Main Exam: Dec 13

This second main exam (maximum 90 minutes) will cover:

1/Vocabulary:     

- False Friends (exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4 (1st column)
- Reading comprehension texts:   
     - Remnants of the past
     - Language diversity
     - Pottery production in Akrotiri
     - Trends in the Indian fashion industries
     - Recovering a damaged reputation
     - Neanderthals and modern humans
- Listening comprehension vocabulary ("Archaelogy", "Practice test 1", "History of Dentistry", "Natural Medecine", "After graduation", "Employment", "Air Travel in the USA")
2/Grammar (in translation): 
- Units 26 to 34 included
- Units 145, 144, 143, 142 and 141: all the phrasal verbs from these five chapters. Also see below the corrections of units 142 and 141.
Units 142 and 141: I had provided the corrections of the other exercises on Nov 29 on the board)
3/ There will be a reading comprehension exercise (unknown text) and a listening comprehension exercise (unknown report), you will hear this unknown report only twice.

Reminders:
1/ There will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification. Please do arrive on time if not in advance!
2/ Attendance is compulsory: unlike in L2 and in M1, there is no "contrôle final" in L3 because the English course is optional in L3. Should the students be absent 3 times (ie 2 + 1) without providing a valid and sincere justification, their semester grade will be impacted by - 30% (example: if a student's semester grade is 10/20 and is absent 3 times without justification, their grade will be: 10 x (-30%) = 07/20.
3/ Second short vocab test: Dec 20
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CORRECTIONS Units 142: 
ex 3

2 calm down (se calmer)
3 slowed down (a ralenti)
4 was turned down (a été refusée / n'a pas été admise)
5 broken down (tombé en panne)
6 cut down on (réduire (la quantité) de / réduire ma consommation de)
7 let down (de les avoir déçu - de n'avoir pas été à la hauteur de leurs attentes)
8 was closed down / shut down (a été fermé - on l'a fermé)
9 to be knocked down / to be pulled dow  (qu'on le démolisse, détruise, etc.)
10 turned down the chance (laisser passer la possibilité/l'opportunité de...)
11 was knocked down (a été renversé)
12 broke down (s'est rompu / brisé / (leur mariage) n'a pas tenu)

ex 2

2  took them down (enlever)
3stand up (se tenir debout)
4 turned it up (augmenter le volume)
5 put their bags down (poser leurs sacs par terre)
6 were blown down / fell down (ont été déracinés / ont été arrachés)
7 wrote it down (ai écrit)
8 bent down and picked them up (s'est penchée et a ramassé)

CORRECTIONS Units 141:

ex 2

2 went off (s'est déclenchée)
3 finish off (terminer)
4 carry on / keep on driving) (continue à conduire, avance)
5 ripped off (sest fait arnaquer, escroquer)
6 getting on well (ça se passe très bien)
7 dozed off / nodded off / dropped off (m'assoupir)
8 told off (s'est fait réprimandé, remonté les bretelles)
9 get on (s'entend bien)
10 had gone off / going off (avait explosé)
11 keep on (continue à faire)
12 get on (retourner à)
13 showing off (de se vanter, de se mettre en avant, de faire le fanfaron, etc.)
14 put off (nous avons été dissuadés, rebutés)

ex 3

2 finish off (terminer)
3 were ripped off (tu t'es fait escroquer)
4 go off (se déclencher)
5 did you get on with (s'est passé)
6 went on / carried on playing (continué à jouer)
7 tell them off (ne les grondent pas)
8 doesn't get on with (ne s'entend pas bien avec) 

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

REMINDERS: ATTENDANCE RULES!!

Dear students, 

Attendance is compulsory: unlike in L2 and in M1, there is no "contrôle final" in L3 because the English course is optional in L3. Should the students be absent 3 times (ie 2 + 1) without providing a valid and sincere justification, their semester grade will be impacted by - 30% (example: if a student's semester grade is 10/20 and is absent 3 times without justification, their grade will be: 10 x (-30%) = 07/20. 
If you have no valid and sincere justification for your possible absence for the short tests and  short quizzes that will also take place during the semester, you will get a zero mark.  

There will be no catch-up session whatsoever if you miss the first and/or the second main exam.

Best regards, 

MN
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

REMINDER: Permanent link for documents (audio reports, transcripts, handouts, etc.)


Here is the link all L3 students (Thursday group) will have to use to find the documents (audio reports, transcripts, handouts, etc.) used and discussed during the class sessions:

[in case this link does not work, switch to Mozilla/Firefox or to Google Chrome or to Internet Explorer or email me, I will send the documents and audio reports by email
  
http://9giga.sfr.fr/n/50-17/share/LNK394850647c62681f3/


All my students are required to check this website on a regular basis (at least twice a week) and before coming to class. 
 
Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)