1/ The program of revisions for this second vocab test is the same as last week's program. There will be no idioms.
2/ There will be an optional reading comprehension exercise: students will be able to get up to + 2 points maximum on their last week's grade. (bonus points)
1/ There will be no catch-up session whatsoever even if you have a valid and sincere justification.
2/ Please, do arrive on time if not in advance!
This second main exam (90 minutes maximum) on May 16 will cover:
- Government and Politics: the entire handout
- Reading comprehension texts:
a) History of Advertising
b) Learning Methods
c) Teaching teachers
- Listening comprehension vocabulary ("March 21 exam audio reports")
- Idioms and expressions: "animals", "character and personality" and "colors": you will have to find the idioms in both languages: from French into English and English into French and translate your answers and/or complete the notes.
Example1:Question (complete the idiom): it's raining ...and ... !your answer:- it's raining CATS and DOGS- translation: "il pleut des cordes!"Example 2:Question (translate): il pleut des cordes!your answer: it's raining cats and dogs!
- chapters 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 (passive voice): BONUS POINTS
- chapters 105, 106, 107 and 108 (comparative and superlative structures)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.
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.
3/ Second short vocab test: May 23Should you need clarifications, email me.
a) History of Advertising
b) Learning Methods
c) Government and Politics: up to "page 5" ie "the state opening of Parliament"
1/ Second main exam (40% of the semester grade): May 16
2/ Second short vocab test: May 23
3/ Should you miss one of these exams, there will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification.
5/ 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).
1/ Vocabulary:a) History of Advertising
b) Learning Methods
c) Government and Politics: up to "page 5" ie "the state opening of Parliament"2/ Reading Comprehension: there will be an unknown text with question on it like "Learning Methods", "History of Advertising" and "Sustainable Growth at Didcot" (the handouts regarding this last training exercise were distributed on March 07, it's available on this blog from the link you are familiar with)3/ Listening Comprehension: there will be listening comprehension exercises based on unknown recordings with questions on them like Tests 1 and 3. You will hear the recordings only twice!4/ Grammar in translation: you will have to translate sentences in French into English using the structures from the chapters we have covered so far ie chapters 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 (passive voice).5/ Idioms and expressions: "animals" and "character and personality": you will have to find the idioms in both languages: from French into English and English into French and translate your answers and/or complete the notes.Example1:Question (complete the idiom): it's raining ...and ... !your answer:- it's raining CATS and DOGS- translation: "il pleut des cordes!"Example 2:Question (translate): il pleut des cordes!your answer: it's raining cats and dogs!
1/ First short vocab test: March 28
2/ Second main exam (40% of the semester grade): May 16
3/ Second short vocab test: May 23
4/ Should you miss one of these exams, there will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification.
5/ 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.
1/ First short vocab test: March 28
2/ Second main exam (40% of the semester grade): May 16
3/ Second short vocab test: May 23
4/ Should you miss one of these exams, there will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification.
5/ 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.
Online dictionaries:
Wordreference:
http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/
Longman: http://www.ldoceonline.com/
Merriam-Webster:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/