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

Message for the Tuesday and Thursday L3 groups

December 20th, 2007

Dear students,

Here is the revision plan for the exams scheduled for January 08th and January 10th :

1/ All the idiomatic expressions since the beginning of the semester

2// Yunus Interview + the Bonsai Tree / Tony Blair and Slavery / Remembering Famine in Ukraine / The Business of Genetic Ancestry / Immigration Policy in Australia

3/ Vocabulary

4/ There will also be an unknown report : listen as much as you can to improve your listening comprehension : listen to reports from the BBC, ABC, PBS, etc.

Here are the links for the reports needed for the exam :

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

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

As said earlier, there will not be any "contrôle final", the factor/coefficient for this exam in January will be 3 (for the previous in-class exam, the factor/coefficient was 2)

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor

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 !
- 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)

For Tuesday, December 18th and Thursday, December 20th

Dear students (the Tuesday and the Thursday L3 groups),

For the last week before the Christmas break, carefully listen to the following reports, highlight the main ideas and write a summary of around 100 words (I will not collect these summaries but will ask some of you to read their work) :

- Tony Blair, slavery and reparation
- Remembering Famine in Ukraine

The report we studied last Friday (catch-up class) on Yeltsin's Legacy is also available :

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

December 04th, 2007

Dear students (the Tuesday and Thursday L3 groups),

There will be a catch-up class and it will take place next Friday, December 7th, from 8 to 10 am in room 366.

We will mostly work on audio and video reports and we will practice listening comprehension (fill in the gaps, questions, etc.).

Best regards,

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

Message for the Thursday group (L3)

December 1st, 2007

Dear students (the Thursday group),

Last Friday (November 30th, catch-up class), we finished Ambrose (fill in the gaps) and we practised listening comprehension based on the report titled Remembering Darwin. Those who could not come are kindly requested to listen to this report three times and answer all the questions. The correction on this exercise in also given on this link :

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

Best regards,

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