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)