Einstein - PBS Newshour

Here is the link to watch the video on the report on Einstein:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june07/einstein_04-26.html

ATTENDANCE RULES / GRADING POLICY

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, 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 mark that will be added to all your other grades. This assignment must be handwritten NOT typed. 

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)

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/

Permanent link for documents (audio reports, transcripts, etc.)

Here is the link all L3 students (Thursday group) will have to use to find the documents (audio reports, grammar, 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 email] 

  
http://9giga.sfr.fr/n/50-17/share/LNK51384cab25c068d3c/

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)

GRADES AND FIRST SEMESTER GRADES

Dear students, 

The first column ("extra points...") refers to the reading comprehension exercise (2 texts) you did on Jan 05 to give you extra points on the first main exam. 

Reminders: 

1st main exam = 30% of the Contrôle Continu grade
2 short vocab tests: 15% each of the Contrôle Continu grade
2nd main exam = 40% of the Contrôle Continu grade

Email me as soon as possible if there are mistakes. 

Best regards, 

MN 

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

	EXTRA POINTS: + 2 POINTS MAXMIMUM ON 1st MAIN EXAM	VOCAB TEST - 05 JAN /20	1st SEMESTER GRADE  /20
BLHIA Bssd		0.0	1.6
BRLN Prr-Ndr	1.2	7.2	7.3
BNKN Ndg		15.8	7.4
BDVN Prscll	1.1	18.4	12.5
CHRBT Chrltt	1.5	19.0	16.5
DSRS Clmnc	1.6	19.2	14.3
DP-NNRCH Mdln			14.2
FSK Ktrn	1.1	19.4	16.7
FRNCS Stphn	1.2	12.8	6.2
MKS Cth	1.1	17.2	12.7
LCLNCH Mrn	1	18.6	13.9
LHR Bndct	1.7	19.6	18.1
PCQT Chrltt	1.5	17.8	13.5
PRRN Lx	1.6	19.6	16.6
PRBT Nm	1.1	19.2	12.6
SVSTR Chrstn	1.2	11.4	7.2
TSSRNT Fnn	1	18.4	14.6
	AVERAGE GRADE	14.9	12.1
	MINIMUM	0	1.6
	MAXIMUM	19.6	18.1

Exams (Dec 15 and Jan 05)

The second main exam next week (Dec 15) will cover: 

1/ Audio reports (listening comprehension + vocabulary) 

• Jamestown
• Darwin 
• Spanglish 

2/ Grammar in translation

• units 132 to 135 included
• units 38 to 41 included

3/ Idioms (BBC): Head / Hair / Eye / Bean / Leg / Arm / Fish / Foot / Fruit / Cat / Pie

4/ There wil be no false friends on Dec 15.

The second short vocab test + reading comprehension exercises (to get up to 2 extra points on the frist main exam)  will take place on Jan 05 and will not last more than 40 minutes (20 minutes each).The short vocab test will cover:

• Jamestown
• Darwin 
• Spanglish 
• False friends: ex 1, 2 and 3

REMINDER:

There will be no catch-up session whatsoever if you are absent for the exam on December 15, even if you have a valid and sincere reason. 

REMINDERS

As said earlier, there will be no class on Dec 01.

The short vocab test on Dec 08 will cover the vocabulary from: 

• Darwin
• Early History of Jamestown 
• False Friends: ex. 1, 2 and 3

There will be nothing from "Spanglish" since we did not finish it last Thursday. Please, prepare "Australia's Aborigines".