First main exam: Nov 15

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

1/Vocabulary:     

- False Friends (exercises 1, 2 and 3)
- Remnants of the past
- Language diversity
- Trends in the Indian fashion industries
- Listening comprehension vocabulary ("Archaelogy", "Practice test 1", "History of Dentistry", "Natural Medecine" and "After graduation")

2/Grammar (in translation): 

- Units 26 to 31 included
- Units 145, 144 and 143 (all the phrasal verbs from these three chapters) 

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.

Oct 25: Short Vocab Test (around 20 minutes maximum)

This short vocab test will cover:

- False Friends (exercises 1, 2 and 3)

- Remnants of the past 
- Language diversity

- Listening comprehension vocabulary ("Archaelogy" and "Practice test 1")

Exams dates / Reminders

- First short vocab test (vocabulary + false friends covered until Oct 18 included): Oct 25. This vocab test will last around 15 minutes maximum.

- First main exam (around 80 minutes): Nov 15

Reminders:

1/ Nov 01: no class

2/ Second short vocab test: Dec 20

3/ Second main exam (40% of the semester grade): Dec 13

4/ Should you be absent during one of these exams, there will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification.

MN

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

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)

USEFUL TOOLS AND SITES

Online dictionaries:

• English/French - French/English dictionary

Wordreference:

http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/

• English/English dictionaries

Longman:

http://www.ldoceonline.com/

Merriam-Webster:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

PBS (USA) Newshour 

•  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/

ABC (Australia) The World Today

• http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/

BBC (UK) World Service

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/
  

Phrasal Verbs:

• http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html

• http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/

• http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/
  

BBC Learning English

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
  

BBC Idioms

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/
  

Anglais Facile.com

• http://www.anglaisfacile.com/

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)

A Message from the History Department

This may interest some of you:

ATTENTION TRÈS IMPORTANT:


Les inscriptions aux concours de recrutement de 2013 (CAPES et Agrégation) sont ouvertes. Elles auront lieu sur le site SIAC2:

http://www.education.gouv.fr/pid63/siac2.html


du mardi 29 mai 2012, à partir de 12 heures au mardi 10 juillet 2012, 17 heures.

Il est très conseillé de ne pas attendre le dernier moment pour le faire et surtout, une fois passé le 10 juillet, il sera absolument impossible de s'inscrire et donc de passer les concours. Les candidats admissibles à la session 2012 doivent aussi s'inscrire par précaution.