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)