Grades : Tuesday and Thursday Groups

Dear students,

I have brought all your papers abroad and while holidaying and resting, I'm trying to grade your papers as well. I will return your papers upon my arrival and at the latest on Monday morniıng at the library in the English department (from 9 am to 11:30 am).

Maybe we can meet in a cafe before Monday at Place de La Sorbonne (ie on Saturday afternoon for example).

I'll let you know.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor

IDIOMS /20
VOCAB /20
AUDIO REPORTS /20
UNKNOWN REPORT /10
PHRASAL VERBS /10
TOTAL 1 /80
FINAL GRADE /20

TUESDAY GROUP

BNGN G Thr
0,0
0,0
0,0
0,5
0,0
0,5
0,5

BRND Cml
10,0
19,5
17,0
3,0
4,0
53,5
13,5

CHBD Fnn
14,5
20,0
8,0
4,5
7,0
54,0
13,5

CRL Stpn
16,0
20,0
17,0
8,5
10,0
71,5
18,0

DLPR Mtld
15,5
14,0
11,0
1,0
0,0
41,5
10,5

DLLRS Sr
15,0
17,5
4,5
5,0
5,0
47,0
12,0

L CB LM Bt
15,0
2,5
1,5
4,5
0,0
23,5
6,0

L GLL Arl
16,5
16,0
5,5
3,5
5,5
47,0
12,0

DBZ Cdr
10,0
14,0
4,0
3,0
0,0
31,0
8,0

PPNTR Frs
12,5
16,0
3,0
2,5
2,5
36,5
9,0

PTT Ml
19,0
20,0
13,5
7,0
7,0
66,5
16,5

RGR Md
13,0
18,5
3,5
2,0
5,0
42,0
10,5

VRML Flrn
15,5
18,0
8,5
3,0
0,0
45,0
11,5

IDIOMS /20
VOCAB /20
AUDIO REPORTS /20
UNKNOWN REPORT /10
PHRASAL VERBS /10
TOTAL 1 /80
FINAL GRADE /20

AVERAGE GRADES /20
13,27
15,08
7,46
3,69
3,54
43,04
10,88

THURSDAY GROUP

IDIOMS /20
VOCAB /20
AUDIO REPORTS /20
UNKNOWN REPORT /10
PHRASAL VERBS /10
TOTAL 1 /80
FINAL GRADE /20

BSS Mxm
6
3,5
2,5
1
0
13,0
3,5

VNGLST Nbt
16
6
8
2,5
3
35,5
9

GVN Jn Bpt
13
14,5
13
1
5
46,5
12

GNT Lvr
14
18
11,5
4
1
48,5
12,5

GLLR Jsc
3
1,5
0
0
0,5
5,0
1,5

LMRT Mcl
11
6,5
7
4,5
0
29,0
7,5

PNCN Ls
14
10
12
4,5
5
45,5
11,5

SRX Nn
16
6
5
3
2
32,0
8

SVL Fn
18
14
1,5
2
0
35,5
9

TFR Mrt
16
10
2
1
0
29,0
7,5

IDIOMS /20
VOCAB /20
AUDIO REPORTS /20
UNKNOWN REPORT /10
PHRASAL VERBS /10
TOTAL 1 /80

FINAL GRADE /20

AVERAGE GRADES /20
12,7
9
6,25
2,35
1,65
31,95
8,2

Message for all groups

Revision program for the second in-class exam (January 06 and 08):

• All the reports (except the report you had for the previous exam (ie the uknown report))
• Idioms (horse, leg, arm, foot, head, eye)
• Phrasal Verbs (all the pages)
• Vocabulary (all the reports except the report you had for the previous exam (ie the uknown report))
• There will be an unknown report with specific questions (listening comprehension)

The exam will be from 8:30 am to 9:30 maximum am but the class will begin at 8 am as usual!

I will try to return your papers before this exam and I will let you know where and when you can come and check your papers.

I will be outside France until January 01 and I may not be able to answer your emails before that date.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor (mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message for all groups

UPDATE / DEC 08:

We have tested the equipment this morning (Monday, Dec 08) and since everyrthing is working now, I can confirm that the screening of the movie will take place at 7 pm (till 8:30 pm) tomorrow (Dec 09) in amphi Milne Edwards.

Since I will be coming from another institution in the south of Paris, I might be slightly late (10 to 15 minutes maximum). Do wait for me.

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Reminders for the revision program:

• All the reports except BBC Ouch
• Idioms (horse, leg, arm, foot, head)
• Phrasal Verbs (only pages 4/13/21)
• Vocabulary (everything except BBC Ouch)
• There might be an unknown report with specific questions (listening comprehension)

The exam will be from 8:30 am to 9:30 maximum am but the class will begin at 8 am as usual!

As said earlier: we will watch a movie (my M1 students) in English with English subtitles next Tuesday evening (Dec 09 - 7 pm- 8:30 pm), "normally" in amphi Milne-Edwards (I will confirm this on Monday or Tuesday). Youare most welcome to come as well.

You will have to write an essay on this movie (optional assignment) to help you "boost" your semester grades. This optional assignment will have to be returned in January (first class).

We will discuss some of the issues that appear in the movie during the second semester (if you are still around), so this movie will be a good preparation and will help you better understand and "visualize" these issues.

Best regards,
Mounir Nassor (mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message for all groups for Dec 02 & 04

Dear students,

For December 02 and 04 ou have to prepare the report from BBC Ouch.

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=dc18f91e&share=LNK404748ff8c6a6d460

Try from another computer (if you can) or email me if this link does not work so that I can send you the MP3 file.

This report will not be included in the first in-class exam (Dec 09 and 11)

As usual:

• highlight the main ideas
  
• prepare 10 questions and their answers (we will use them for class discussion).
  
• check the vocabulary and start learning it
• revise the idiomatic expressions and the previous vocabulary
  

Do not spend too much time browsing the dictionaries, use good online dictionaries (wordreference or CD Rom Robert et Collins) . Spend more time to learn and know them.

I might collect a sample of this preparation work. If you are absent for unjustified reasons, if this homework is forgotten or not done, you will automatically get a zero. In case you are absent for valid reasons, do not forget to bring the justification/certificate the following week.

Reminder:

The Tuesday group will have their final exam on January 06 and the Thursday group on January 08. It will last 60 minutes (from 8:30 am to 9:30 am) and will be based on everything done during the semester (listening comprehension, audio reports, vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs). There will also be an unknown report and specific questions will be asked on this report (listening comprehension work).

If you miss this exam or if you are late for any reason (even if it is justified), there will be no catch-up exam whatsoever!

There will also be an in-class exam on December 9 (Tuesday group) and December 11 (Thursday group). It will last 50 minutes (from 8:30 am to 9:20 am) and will be based on everything done during the semester (listening comprehension, audio reports, vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs). The report from BBC Ouch is not included!

In order to be fair with the Thursday group, students from the Tuesday group will not be allowed in any case to take the exam on Thursday in case some of them miss the exam on Tuesday for whatever reason (even if it is justified).

Do not wait the until the last week to start learning the vocabulary, the idiomatic expressions, the phrasal verbs.

In order to improve your listening comprehension do regularly listen the audio reports we have studied/discussed so far and use your homework/preparation work. to avoid making the mistakes I mentioned in your papers. Do also listen to any English TV and/or radio channels and/or audio reports from the internet sites indicated earlier (PBS, BBC, ABC, etc.) on a very regulary basis.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message for all groups

Dear students,

Contrary to what some students of the Tuesday group claimed, I have been confirmed today by my supervisor (Mr Mathis, History department) that I am allowed to have an in-class exam in early January just after the Chrismas holidays. This exam will count for 40% of your semester grade and 100% of the grade of those students who have decided to be in "contrôle final".

As a result, the Tuesday group will have their exam on January 06 and the Thursday group on January 08. It will last 60 minutes (from 8:30 am to 9:30 am) and will be based on everything done during the semester (listening comprehension, audio reports, vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs). There will also be an unknown report and specific questions will be asked on this report (listening comprehension work).

If you miss this exam or if you are late for any reason (even if it is justified), there will be no catch-up exam whatsoever!

There will also be an in-class exam on December 9 (Tuesday group) and December 11 (Thursday group). It will last 50 minutes (from 8:30 am to 9:20 am) and will be based on everything done during the semester (listening comprehension, audio reports, vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs).

In order to be fair with everyone, students from the Tuesday group will not be allowed in any case to take the exam on Thursday in case some of them miss the exam on Tuesday for whatever reason (even if it is justified) and vice versa (in case some students from the Thursday group cannot come on Thursday and want to come on Tuesday instead).

Should you need clarifications, you can either email me or ask me next Tuesday or Thursday.

Do not wait the until the last week to start learning the vocabulary, the idiomatic expressions, the phrasal verbs.

In order to improve your listening comprehension do regularly listen the audio reports we have studied/discussed so far and use your homework/preparation work. to avoid making the mistakes I mentioned in your papers. Do also listen to any English TV and/or radio channels and/or audio reports from the internet sites indicated earlier (PBS, BBC, ABC, etc.) on a very regular basis.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Message for theThursday group: for November 27

Dear students,

1/ Prepare the last two pages of the phrasal verbs. Do not spend too much time browsing the dictionaries, use online sites related to the phrasal verbs (use Google: "phrasal verbs"). Spend more time to learn and know them.

2/ Here is the link to the new report (BBC Ouch Mikey and Darnell) we will start working next week (Nov 27):

http://www.neufgiga.com/index.php?m=c9ae77e8&a=dc18f91e&share=LNK404748ff8c6a6d460

In case, this link does not work, try from another computer (if you can) or email me and I will send it to you by email.

As usual:

• highlight the main ideas
  
• prepare 10 questions and their answers (we will use them for class discussion).
  
• check the vocabulary and start learning it
• revise the idiomatic expressions and the previous vocabulary
  

I might collect a sample of this preparation work. If you are absent for unjustified reasons, if this homework is forgotten or not done, you will automatically get a zero. In case you are absent for valid reasons, do not forget to bring the justification/certificate the following week.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

For Nov 18 : message for the Tuesday group

Dear students (the Tuesday group),

Updated Nov 15:

1/ This message posted earlier is cancelled:

[For November 18: there will be a short quiz on the vocabulary (all the reports studied so far) and a class discussion on Sicko and Stonehenge. I might collect a sample of the homework (main ideas + questions and answers on Stonehenge/Sicko) and we will have a class discussion on Sicko and Stonehenge.]

2/ The short vocabulary quizz is postponed to next week (Nov 25); but continue learning the vocabulary! The rest of the homework has to be done ie the preparation work (main ideas + 10 questions and answers) on Stonhenge. I may collect a sample of papers on a random basis.

3/ Prepare the phrasal verbs: do not spend too much time browsing the dictionaries, use online sites related to the phrasal verbs (use Google: "phrasal verbs"). Spend more time to learn and know them.

4/ Do not forget that we will have class from 8 am to 10 pm (we have to catch up the Nov 11 class).

My sorries for this mishap.

Regards,

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)