Thursday, May 26, 2011

Muhammad Yunus - The Bonsaï Tree

Saturday, May 14, 2011

SECOND MAIN EXAM AND VOCAB TEST: REMINDERS

Dear students, 

As said and repeated last weeks, the program for this SECOND MAIN EXAM on May 17 or May 19 (depending on the group you belong to) will cover the following topics: 
  • Idioms
    • CAT / HORSE / MONKEY / ARM / EYE / HEAD / FISH / LEG / FOOT / BEAN / FRUIT / PIE / VEGETABLES / RED / SILVER / PIG / GOLD / BIRD 
  • Listening Comprehension
    • Remembering Famine in Ukraine
    • Sicko 
    • Spanglish 
    • A Nuanced History of Jamestwon
  • Vocabulary
    • Remembering Famine in Ukraine
    • Sicko 
    • Spanglish 
    • NO VOCABULARY FROM "A Nuanced History of Jamestwon", there will be a test on it next week
  • Grammar: everything done during the second semester (including the "wish" and "if" structures)
There will be a SHORT TEST on May 24 or May 26 (depending on the group you belong to):
  • Vocabulary
    • Remembering Famine in Ukraine
    • Sicko 
    • Spanglish 
    • A Nuanced History of Jamestwon
  •  False Friends: ex 1, 2, 3 and 4
 OTHER REMINDERS: 
  • THERE WILL BE NO CATCH-UP SESSION WHATSOEVER EVEN IF YOU HAVE A VALID AND SINCERE JUSTIFICATION.
  • You are strictly forbidden to switch groups, I will remove up to 10 points if you switch groups without my explicit and prior agreement for which you will have to provide me with a genuine and sincere justification.
  • Should some students be absent 3 times (ie 2 + 1) without providing a valid and sincere justification, they are automatically excluded from the English class, which means they will not have any grades at all in English even if they had taken part in some of the exams during the semester. 
  •  In case you fail to be present for a class session (for justified or unjustified reason), you will have to do all the exercises from a unit/chapter of your choice from the grammar textbook (English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy). You will have to hand in these exercises the following class otherwise you will get a zero. This assignment must be handwritten NOT typed.
  • Here is the link all L3 students (Tuesday and Thursday groups) will have to use to find the documents (audio reports, phrasal verbs, vocabulary, etc.) used and discussed during the class sessions. In case this link does not work, switch to Mozilla/Firefox or to Internet Explorer or email me, I will send the documents and audio reports by emai: 
http://9giga.sfr.fr/n/50-17/share/LNK51384cab25c068d3c/

Best regards, 

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

VOCAB TEST GRADES-THURSDAY/TUESDAY GROUPS



05 MAY 11

SHORT VOCAB TEST

GRADE

/20


RMND Brtrnd 14.0
BLMM Dvd 17.0
BSSL Rnd 13.5
CSS BTL Rtr 17.0
CHLLN Ltt 17.0
CMBZ Gll 18.5
DLFRG Sph 16.5
D SNT VNCNT Lx ?
DGS Dmtll 12.0
GRDTT Chl 17.0
HCK MDN Cml 5.5
KRVLL Gnvr 12.0
LDFF Mrc 16.0
MCHLM Ms 11.5
MLTC Tnj 16.0
MRDN Rmn 15.5
NNS-D-CST Xl 13.5
PLLSSR N ?
SLL D-Mr 19.5
SNCHS Cmll 17.0
SFR Phd 18.5




AVERAGE GRADE 15.1
MIN 5.5
MAX 19.5



TUESDAY GROUP
AVERAGE GRADE 15.6
MIN 8.0
MAX 19.5

Saturday, May 7, 2011

LAST EXAM DATES - SMALL CHANGES


Dear students,

As I told you this week, because of my absence last week, the second vocab test will take place on May 24 or May 26 depending on the group you belong to.


Tuesday group:
  • Second Main Exam: May 17
  • Second Short Vocab + False Friends Test: May 24
Thursday group: 
  • Second Main Exam: May 19
  • Second Short Vocab + False Friends Test: May 26
REMINDERS:  
  • The Second Main  Exam will cover eveything done during the second semester.
  • THERE WILL BE NO CATCH-UP SESSION WHATSOEVER EVEN IF YOU HAVE A VALID AND SINCERE JUSTIFICATION. 
 Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Monday, April 25, 2011

Class cancelled on April 26 and 28

Dear students,

Due to bad health,  I won't be able to have class next Tuesday and next Thursday (April 26 and 28).

My sorries for the inconvenience and for this (very) late notice. I wish I could have informed you earlier.

Reminder: everything planned for this week is postponed for next week.

Best regards,

MN

Monday, April 11, 2011

NEXT EXAM DATES / HOMEWORK FOR APRIL 26-28 / REMINDERS

April 26 (Tuesday group) / April 28 (Thursday group): short vocab test (15 minutes) from the following audio reports:
  • Remembering Famine in Ukraine
  • Sicko
  • Spanglish (vocabulary up to "...wheareas Jews or the Poles or the Germans")
  • False Friends 1, 2, 3 and 4
May 10 (Tuesday group) / May 12 (Thursday group): short vocab test (15 minutes)

May 17 (Tuesday group) / May 19 (Thursday group): second main exam (this exam will account for 40% of your "contrôle continu" semester grade.  

Homework for April 26 (Tuesday group) / April 28 (Thursday group):
False Friends 5 and 6
Spanglish: listening comprehension + vocabulary
Idioms: Bird / Pig / Gold
REMINDERS: 
1/ There is no "contrôle final" in L3, make sure your don't miss this exam. As per the rules of the History department, I will not be able to do anything if you miss this exam even if you have a very valid and very sincere justification. As a result, there won't be any catch-up session whatsoever.

2/ You are strictly forbidden to switch groups, I will remove up to 10 points if you switch groups without my explicit and prior agreement for which you will have to provide me with a genuine and sincere justification.

3/ Should some students be absent 3 times (ie 2 + 1) without providing a valid and sincere justification, they are automatically excluded from the English class which means they will not have any grades at all in English even if they had taken part in some of the exams during the semester.

4/ In case you fail to be present for a class session (for justified or unjustified reason), you will have to do all the exercises from a unit/chapter of your choice from the grammar textbook (English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy). You will have to hand in these exercises the following class otherwise you will get a zero. This assignment must be handwritten NOT typed.

Job/internship opportunities

These job/internishp offers might interest some of you, do check the following link: 

http://www.paris-sorbonne.fr/l-international/le-service-des-relations/les-opportunites/

Stage d’été à l’Ambassade des Etats-Unis (deadline: April 08)

Poste à pourvoir auprès d’un programme américain (deadline: May 31)

Poste à pourvoir auprès de la MICEFA (programme USA) (deadline: May 13)